Chattogram, Feb 5 (UNB) : At least three people were killed and four others injured as a truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chattogram city’s Bakolia on Friday. The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Md Wahid Mia,…
Category: Accidents
Oil spill panics people as 7 tanker wagons derail in Sylhet
Sylhet, Feb 5 — Train services between Sylhet and other parts of the country were disrupted on Friday after a train of fuel wagons derailed in the Maijgaon area of Fenchuganj Upazila, officials said.
Dhaka trader crushed under train wheels
Dhaka, Feb 3 (UNB): A trader was crushed to death by a train in Dhaka’s Jurain Rail Gate area on Wednesday. The train hit 37-year-old Abul Hossain when he was crossing the rail tracks, leaving him critically injured. The deceased…
2 killed in road accident
Dhaka, Feb 2 : Two men were killed in separate road accidents in Chapainawabganj and Jhenaidah on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Sumon Ali, 35, son of late Yusuf Ali of Rohonpur municipality’s Bhaatpara village of Gomostapur and Arif…
4 killed in Sherpur road accident
News Desk Four people were killed and two others injured after a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sherpur-Jhenaigati road at Mirzapur in Sadar upazila of Sherpur on Sunday. Three of the deceased were identified as Selim Mia, 25, son…
Two killed in capital as bus hits motorbike on Hanif flyover
Dhaka, Jan 23 — Two people, including a motorcyclist, were killed as a passenger bus hit a motorcycle on Mayor Hanif Flyover near Joykali Temple on Saturday.
Fishing trawler capsizes at Bay: 4 bodies found, 13 rescued
Cox’s Bazar, Jan 23 — Four bodies were recovered after a fishing trawler capsized with 25 people on board in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday.
3 including 2 kids killed in Moheshkhali Gas cylinder blast
Three persons, including two children, died and eight others were injured after a gas cylinder used to inflate balloons exploded in Moheshkhali under Cox’s Bazar district.
Man killed as gas cylinder explodes in Barguna ice factory
A 55-year-old man was killed and around 50 people including two fire fighters fell sick inhaling ammonia gas after a gas cylinder exploded in an ice factory in Barguna’s Patharghata Upazila early Friday.
Three killed as passenger bus overturns in Faridpur
Three people were killed and 15 others injured after a bus overturned in Bogail area of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur on Wednesday.
Work-bound bike riding couple killed under wheels of bus
A woman and her husband were killed after their motorcycle was hit by a passenger bus near the airport intersection in the capital on Monday.
N’ganj mosque AC blast: 22 accused get bail after surrender
Narayanganj, Jan 18 – Twenty-two charge-sheeted accused in Narayanganj mosque blast case secured bail for one month after they surrendered at a court on Sunday.
AC explosion at UAE visa centre leaves one dead, 7 injured
Dhaka, Jan 13 – A man was killed and seven others were injured as an Air Conditioner (AC) went off at the UAE Visa Processing Centre in Gulshan area on Wednesday afternoon.
3 die as truck falls into river in Rangamati
Rangamati, Jan 12 – At least three persons were killed when a truck fell into a river on Tuesday, following the collapse of a Bailey bridge in Rangamati district, police said.
Indonesian divers find parts of plane wreckage in Java Sea
JAKARTA, Indonesia (UNB/AP) — Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Sunday, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after…
Training aircraft crash lands at Rajshahi airport; crew safe
Rajshahi, Jan 9 – A training aircraft’s landing gear (wheels) split open forcing it to crash land during a training session at Rajshahi Shah Makhdum Airport on Saturday. All 3 crews including the trainer were unharmed.
5 killed as truck hits pick-up van in Tangail
Tangail, Dec 08 – Five people were killed and two others injured after a truck hit a pick-up van on Dhaka-Tangail Highway at Gharinda Bypass in Tangail on Tuesday.
Road crashes kill 6 of a family in Manikganj, 6 in Tangail
At least 13 people, including six members of a family, were killed, and 10 others were injured in road crashes on Friday in Manikganj and Tangail.
Bus plunges into ditch in Gopalganj leaving 4 dead
Four people were killed and 20 others injured as a ‘rashly driven’ bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Tungipara upazila on Gopalganj-Patgati road in Gopalganj on Saturday morning.
One killed as train hits truck in Jessore
A truck driver was killed, and his assistant injured as a train hit his vehicle at Murli railway crossing of Khulna-Benapole highway on Saturday.
Tourist dies falling off Cox’s Bazar multi-storied resort
A tourist died falling from the eighth floor of a resort in Kolatoli area in Cox’s Bazar town.
Man’s death in road accident sparks protest in Chittagong
Local residents blocked Chattogram-Khagrachhari road after a businessman died in a road accident at Boro Dighir Par of Hathazari upazila on Tuesday.
9 of a family burn injured in Chittagong ‘gas line blast’
Nine members of a family sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out at a house following an explosion reportedly from gas pipeline leakage at Uttar Kattoli in Chattogram city early Monday.
Train hits bus killing one in Gazipur: Rail link disrupted
Gazipur, Nov 07 – A man was killed and several others were injured when a train hit a bus at Sonakhali level crossing in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur early Saturday.
College student goes missing in Barisal Kirtonkhola River
Barisal, Nov 03 – A college student went missing as he fell into the Kirtankhola River in Barisal district from a trawler on Monday night. The victim was identified as Dipak Ghosh Dip, 16, son of Mintu Ghosh of Amanatganj…
Bangladeshi peacekeeper killed in CAR road mishap
A Bangladeshi peacekeeper was killed and two others were injured in a road accident at Dele in Bangui (Central African Republic) on Sunday.
4 missing after boat sinks in Agunmukha River
Four people went missing after a speedboat with 17 people capsized in Agunmukha River at Patuakhali’s Rangabali on Thursday.
95 Waterway accidents kill 149 in three months in Bangladesh
Though the number of launch capsizes has decreased, different type of vessels accident is taking place on inland waterways round the year and deaths of people continue, said a report of two non-government organisations on Saturday.
11 dead in Netrakona engine boat capsize
At least 11 people, including five minors and three women, drowned after a trawler capsized on Gumai River of Netrakona’s Kamlakanda upazila on Wednesday morning.
Why do Air Conditioners explode? How can we prevent them?
Bangladesh witnessed apparently the deadliest blast from Air Conditioner at a mosque at Fatullah in Narayanganj on Friday night that left 16 people dead so far.