Amid growing concerns over the large number of lives lost in crashes, the government has taken a step to enact a new law on road safety.  

A woman lost her legs under the wheels of a train near the Arani Station in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila yesterday, while her four-year-old granddaughter, whom she was holding in her arms at the time, was miraculously unharmed.

A man was found dead beside Panchagarh-Banglabandha highway at Goalpara village in Sadar upazila, Panchagarh early yesterday.

A schoolteacher was killed as a pick-up van hit her after it ploughed into a home garden as the driver lost control over the vehicle in Ramu, Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

Granddaughter unharmed in her arms

One Bangladeshi and 22 Indian crew members are on board a British oil tanker MV Marlin Luanda which reported an outbreak of fire in the Gulf of Aden, following an alleged Houthi missile strike

A pedestrian was killed after a tractor ran over him in Jamalpur's Islampur upazila this afternoon

At least 6,524 people were killed and 11,407 injured in 6,911 road crashes last year, Road Safety Foundation said today

Two people were killed as a truck coming from the opposite direction hit their motorcycle in Mastul area on 300-feet road in Dhaka early yesterday.

One person was killed and another injured after being hit by a police vehicle in the capital’s Jatrabari area on Thursday night.

A two-year-old child died after being run over by a battery-run three-wheeler near the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila yesterday morning.

A two-year-old child died after being run over by a battery-run three-wheeler near the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila this morning.

One person was killed and another injured after being hit by a police vehicle in the capital's Jatrabari area last night

Two people were killed as a truck coming from the opposite direction hit their motorcycle in Mastul area on 300-feet road under in Dhaka early today.

Six members of a family suffered burn injuries in a fiery explosion presumably caused by a gas leak at their residence in the Baghpara area of Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj around 10:30pm on Wednesday.

A young man was crushed to death when he fell into the gap between the platform and the train at Birampur Railway Station in Dinajpur last morning.

A young man was crushed to death when he fell into the gap between the platform and the train in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur this morning

Six members of a family suffered burn injuries in a fire at a house in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj last night

Rajanigandha, the ferry that sank in the Padma river near Manikganj's Paturia a week ago, was brought to shore last night

An man and his wife were killed after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw on Nagarbari-Bogura highway in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj last night