A series of public protests in Bangladesh advocating improved of road safety held from 29 July to 8 August 2018.
The protests were sparked by the deaths of two high-school students struck by a bus operated by an unlicensed driver who was racing to collect passengers.
Serious clashes occurred when students marched through city streets demanding to see people’s driving licenses and parading through the streets chanting “we want justice.”
The demonstrators, overwhelmingly young people, demand that the government take action to improve road safet