Bangladesh, March 21 -- A university student named Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury was killed on March 19 as a bus ran him over. He was reportedly using a zebra crossing near Jamuna Future Park of Pragati Sharani when the speeding bus ran him over during the early hours of the day. Besides being a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals, the victim was a road safety campaigner. Ironically, this happened at a time when Dhaka Metropolitan Police is observing a traffic week to bring discipline to the city streets.
On the same day, 10 more people were killed across Bangladesh in road accidents. The death of Abrar has led to protests by students. From the results of past incidents, it is understandable that such protests will do little to chang...