Hundreds of vehicles get clogged triggering heavy traffic congestion in city’s Banani Chairmanbari on Wednesday. NN photo

208 spots identified as accident-prone

bdnews24.com :Altogether 208 spots in Bangladesh’s roads and highways have been identified as ‘accident-prone areas’ in a research.A report on the research, jointly conducted by PPRC and BRAC, was unveiled on Wednesday in Dhaka.It says road accidents are taking place in a 57-kilometre stretch of nine national highways but the communications minister claimed “effective measures” had brought down the incidence of mishaps.Obaidul Quader, taking part in the programme, said the government worked hard to prevent road accidents.Eleven accident-prone spots on...

15 Aug 2014, 12:00 am