Holistic approach needed to improve public transport system
We have yet to see the full implementation of the Road Transport Act, 2018, even though five years have passed since its passage in parliament
Transport leaders continue to block full implementation of the Road Transport Act.
Road safety remains a neglected issue
Time to put people’s safety at the heart of policymaking
The family of a person killed in a road crash due to reckless or negligent driving will get at least Tk 5 lakh in compensation.
Where exactly is the holdback?
The High Court today (July 19, 2022) directed the trustee board formed under the Road Transport Act, 2018, to give Tk 5 lakh – in 15 days – for the baby born during a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on July 16.
Continued lack of concern for road safety is unacceptable
The government is going to enforce the much-anticipated Road Transport Act 2018 from today.
The Road Transport Act-2018 is yet to be brought into effect a month after the president's approval, allegedly due to a movement against the law by transport workers.
Law Minister Anisul Huq says transport workers are enforcing the strike because they do not know about the road transport act properly.
The proposed Road Transport Act 2018 will be placed before the parliament today, Road Transport and Bridges Ministry said yesterday.
A draft law approved by the cabinet yesterday proposes a maximum punishment of five years' imprisonment for causing death to a person by reckless driving, drawing strong criticism from road safety campaigners who termed the sentence insufficient to end anarchy on roads.
