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Bangladesh’s roads have become a national tragedy, claiming thousands of lives every year amid reckless driving, unfit vehicles, corrupt licensing, footpath encroachment,transport syndicates and weak enforcement. A four-part Daily Observer investigation traces the crisis, the failures that sustain it and the reforms needed to make the country’s roads safer.
Every year of drift on Bangladesh's roads is a year of measurable national loss -
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Bangladesh’s roads have become a national tragedy, claiming thousands of lives every year amid reckless driving, unfit vehicles, corrupt licensing, footpath encroachment, transport syndicates and weak enforcement. A four-part Daily Observer investigation traces the crisis, the failures that sustain it and the reforms needed to make the country’s roads safer.
![Road safety vital for liveable Dhaka [Part-II]](https://www.observerbd.com:443/2026/09/12/ob_1789235094_th.jpg "Road safety vital for liveable Dhaka [Part-II]")
Ask any Bangladeshi road-safety researcher what causes a crash and the honest answer is: almost
Bangladesh’s roads have become a national tragedy, claiming thousands of lives every year amid reckless driving, unfit vehicles, corrupt licensing, footpath encroachment, transport syndicates and weak enforcement. A four-part Daily Observer investigation traces the crisis, the failures that sustain it and the reforms needed to make the country’s roads safer.
![Road safety vital for liveable Dhaka [Part-I]](https://www.observerbd.com:443/2026/09/09/ob_1788975065_th.jpg "Road safety vital for liveable Dhaka [Part-I]")
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