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Four schoolteachers among five killed in Naogaon road crash

Four of the deceased in the accident were primary schoolteachers, said Naogaon police officer-in-charge Nazrul Islam to Prothom Alo

Bangladesh counts highest death rates from bike accidents

Global scenario Bangladesh counts highest death rates from bike accidents

Against every 10,000 motorcycles in the country, 28.4 persons are dying in accidents each year. Almost 40 per cent of them are aged between 24 and 30 years

Editorial

Road accidents Police can't evade responsibility for death of scientists, engineer

We are unwilling to term the Savar incident as a mere road accident. This is an accident caused by negligence or a glaring example of systemic murder

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Van driver killed in road crash in Kushtia

A van driver was killed after his vehicle was hit by a speeding truck in Kushtia on Thursday

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3 killed, 15 injured in road crash in Dinajpur

Three people, including a woman, were killed and 15 others were injured as an inter-city bus lost control and crashed against a bridge at Bankkali in Dinajpur

A man tries to comfort her daughter after his wife was killed in a road accident in Dhaka’s Mirpur on 29 March 2022 while taking her two children to school.

Road accidents: 107 students lose their lives in May

Students account for the highest number of the victims losing their lives in road crashes across the country throughout May with 107 students being killed during this period, according to the Road ...

People look at the destroyed battery-run auto-rickshaw in Kalukhali of Rajbari on 1 June 2022

Road accidents kill 10 in three districts

As many as 10 people were killed and some 21 others injured in separate road accidents in Rajbari, Rangpur and Khulna districts

The destroyed bus

Death toll in Barishal road crash rises to 11

At least 11 passengers of a bus were killed and 20 others injured as the vehicle hit a roadside tree on Barishal-Dhaka highway in Wazirpur upazila in Barishal

A stone-laden truck collides with a human hauler, locally known as Leguna, in Ullapara of Sirajganj on early Thursday, 26 May 2022, killing five people and injuring five others.

Truck-human hauler collision kills 5 in Sirajganj

Five day labourers were killed and five others injured as a stone-laden truck collided with a human hauler in Ullapara of Sirajganj early Thursday.

Road accident

1674 children died in road accidents in 28 months: RSF

As many as 1,674 children were killed in road accidents in the past 28 months until April 2022, said the latest report by RS

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Four killed in separate road crashes in Dinajpur and Magura

The accident occurred when the trio was returning from a petrol pump with fuel for their microbus that ran out of fuel on their way home

A number of motorcycles in the middle of a busy road violating traffic signals. Vehicles run in opposite directions on both sides of the road. This can cause an accident at any moment. The picture was captured by Dipu Malakar from Banglamotor intersection, Dhaka on 22 July.

Chaos on roads 830 killed in motorcycle accidents in four months

According to the figures of NITOR, some 1,474 people had received treatment at the hospital after being injured in various kinds of accidents. Of them, 65 to 70 per cent are victims of motorcycle ...

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543 killed in 427 road accidents in April: RSF

As many as 543 people, including 81 children, were killed and 612 others injured in 427 road accidents in April, Road Safety Foundation said

Editorial

Eid journey: Let the return journey be comfortable too

Focus should be on how this year’s experience could be used in the future

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Road crash kills five in Rangpur

Five people were killed when a microbus crashed into a three-wheeler on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway in the district on Wednesday night

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