Dhaka, March 30 -- Across Bangladesh, this year's 15-day Eid travel period has seen an acute road safety crisis, with 394 lives lost and 1,288 injured in 377 accidents, marking an 8.95 percent rise from last year, according to the Passenger Welfare Association.

The surge has sent shockwaves through the nation, as motorcycles, buses and battery-run rickshaws claim victims on highways, regional roads, railways and waterways alike, exposing deep cracks in traffic management and public safety.

The data was presented by the organisation's Secretary General Mozammel Haque Chowdhury at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters Unity on Monday morning.

According to the briefing, during the same period last year, 315 road accidents killed 322 p...