Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- Eight years ago on October 22, 2017, the day was declared as the National Road Safety Day in Bangladesh. But it still remains ever elusive as the silent epidemic of road crash continues to wreak havoc. A recent survey on fatalities from road accidents in the country has revealed a grim reality.
According to the survey, nearly 66 people die in road-traffic crashes per day, equating to roughly 24,233 deaths in one year. This is shocking, as the figure is nearly four times higher than that of the previously released government estimates of the annual deaths.
Marking the day, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity Secretary (BJKS) General Md. Mozammel Haque Chowdhury at a press briefing on Tuesday said that the country has witnessed...