The government is going to bring three-wheelers under registration to bring down road accidents and ensure safety, Transport Minister Obaidul Quader said Thursday.

At least 484 people were killed and 673 injured in 427 road accidents throughout the country in January this year.

Four people were killed and two others injured after a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sherpur-Jhenaigati road at Mirzapur in Sadar upazila of Sherpur on Sunday.

A trolley (power tiller with trailer) driver and his assistant were killed in a road crash on Kushtia-Ishwardi Highway in 10 Mile area of Bheramara upazila on Saturday morning.

A court here on Thursday summoned former shipping minister Shajahan Khan in a defamation case filed by Nirapad Sarak Chai founder Ilias Kanchan.

Popular film actor and founder of Nirapad Sarak Chai movement Ilias Kanchan on Wednesday filed a Tk 100 crore defamation case against former shipping minister Shajahan Khan.

As many as 5227 people were killed and 6953 others injured in some 4702 road accidents across the country in 2019, according to a road safety advocacy group.