It started with a traffic accident over a week ago. Now protests over road safety in Bangladesh have paralyzed parts of Dhaka and spread beyond the capital.

Bangladesh witnessed 7,294 deaths and 12,019 injuries from a total of 6,927 road accidents that occurred across the country in 2024, ... In Dhaka city alone, 394 road accidents claimed 246 lives and ...

Bangladeshi Students Bring Dhaka to a Standstill With Protests Over Road Safety 3 minute read Bangladeshi students march during a student protest in Dhaka on Aug. 2, 2018.

A total of 614 people were killed and 1,196 injured in 597 road accidents across Bangladesh in May, according to a report by the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity. The report was released on Thursday, ...

Wearing school uniforms and carrying school bags, tens of thousands of students have spilled their anger while shouting slogans on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh since last Sunday, July 29, when two ...

In the five-part, the authors look at Dhaka, Bangladesh, which by 2025 the U.N. predicts will be home to more than 20 million people--more populous than Mexico City, Beijing or Shanghai.