Dhaka, Nov. 15 -- Speakers at a programme marking the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on Sunday called for a separate and comprehensive Road Safety Act, saying existing transport laws are inadequate to address the country's growing road safety challenges.

They also stressed the need for a centralised, reliable database to establish the actual number of road crashes and fatalities in Bangladesh, alongside coordinated and effective measures to prevent road deaths.

The calls came at a youth march and candlelight vigil organised by the Health and Nutrition Sector of Dhaka Ahsania Mission at Shyamoli Children Playground in the capital.

Steps Towards Development (STEPS) also joined the programme, which was held to pay tribu...