Photo : BSSDHAKA, Feb 1, 2026 (BSS) - The Road Safety Coalition Bangladesh (RSCB) has called upon political parties to make a commitment to enact a separate Road Safety Act based on the Safe System Approach in their election manifestos. Road safety expert M Khalid Mahmud read out the written statement in the press conference while Road Safety Project Manager of the Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) Kazi Borhan Uddin moderated it. Speakers at the press conference said that Bangladesh's first law governing road safety and transport was the Motor Vehicles Ordinance of 1983. Due to numerous shortcomings in the law's road safety provisions, the sector has long faced legal complexities, they added. Moreover, they said, the current law is not fully aligned with the five pillars of the United Nations' Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 01, 2026 11:51 UTC