DHAKA: Five days of protests by tens of thousands of students angry over the traffic deaths of two of their colleagues have largely cut off the capital Dhaka from the rest of Bangladesh, as the demonstrators pressed their demand for safer roads. One of the bus drivers fled the scene, although both were later arrested. At least 12,000 people die each year in road accidents often blamed on faulty vehicles, reckless driving and lax traffic enforcement. We can’t let people burn our vehicles in the name of protests,” he said. “We need our security too.”Buses are key to transportation in Bangladesh, where trains are overcrowded and most people cannot afford cars.

Source: Pakistan Today August 04, 2018 14:03 UTC