Staff Reporter :
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said, no child will be allowed on the two-wheel vehicle.
He said this after a meeting of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on Friday.
He said, “More than two persons on a motorcycle are not lawful henceforth.
The riders have to wear helmets as the use is mandatory. No leniency will be shown in this regard.”
“I want to add another thing that children cannot be taken on the motorcycle. Children are not allowed on motorcycles in any other country. But in Bangladesh the whole family rides it!
“This is dangerous. We will have to show zero tolerance because it’s too risky. We will have to implement this strictly throughout Bangladesh,” Quader said. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday ordered police to ensure that three persons are not riding a motorcycle together.
His instruction came a day after three men, riding a motorcycle, stabbed and shot dead a senior police officer’s wife in Chittagong.
The familiar trait assailants on a motorcycle armed with sharp weapons and guns caused a number of murders throughout the country in the past two years.
Police have blamed Islamist radicals for these killings.
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said, no child will be allowed on the two-wheel vehicle.
He said this after a meeting of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on Friday.
He said, “More than two persons on a motorcycle are not lawful henceforth.
The riders have to wear helmets as the use is mandatory. No leniency will be shown in this regard.”
“I want to add another thing that children cannot be taken on the motorcycle. Children are not allowed on motorcycles in any other country. But in Bangladesh the whole family rides it!
“This is dangerous. We will have to show zero tolerance because it’s too risky. We will have to implement this strictly throughout Bangladesh,” Quader said. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday ordered police to ensure that three persons are not riding a motorcycle together.
His instruction came a day after three men, riding a motorcycle, stabbed and shot dead a senior police officer’s wife in Chittagong.
The familiar trait assailants on a motorcycle armed with sharp weapons and guns caused a number of murders throughout the country in the past two years.
Police have blamed Islamist radicals for these killings.
