, Dec. 1 -- Bangladesh must urgently introduce a comprehensive and effective road safety law to halve road crash-related deaths and injuries by 2030, speakers said at a roundtable in the capital on Monday.

The discussion titled "Road Safety Law for Sustainable Development: Bangladesh Context and Priorities" was organised by the National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh at the CIRDAP auditorium.

Speakers said the World Health Organization identifies road crashes as a preventable non-communicable disease, noting that Sustainable Development Goal 3.6 calls for reducing global road crash deaths by 50 percent by 2030 and Bangladesh must act quickly and decisively to meet that target.

Presenting the keynote paper, Mohammad Wali Noman, Manager ...