A 32-year-old woman was killed and her son injured as a speeding car hit them while they were crossing the road in Dhaka’s Gulshan Monday.
Category: Accidents
Body of missing microbus driver of recovered in Daulatdia
The body of a missing driver of a microbus that fell into Padma River on Monday was recovered on Thursday morning, around 45 hours after an accident.
Road accidents in Bangladesh claim 468 lives in April
Dhaka, May 2: At least 468 people were killed and 507 others injured in 432 road accidents across the country in the last month amid the nationwide lockdown, said Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers’ welfare platform, on Sunday.
26 dead as speedboat sinks in Padma after hitting bulkhead
At least 26 people died when a speedboat sank in the Padma River near Kathalbari Ferry ghat in Shibchar Upazila of Madaripur district on Monday.
3 children drown dead in Khagrachhari
Khagrachhari, Apr 30 : Three children, including a brother and sister, drowned in Khagrachhari’s Panchhari on Friday morning.
3 killed in Jhenaidah road crash
Jhenaidah, Apr 28: Three people were killed and four others injured in a road accident on Jhenaidah-Kushtia highway on Wednesday.
Gas cylinder explodes in Bogura; 4 burnt
Bogura, Apr 16 : At least four people, including three members of a family were burnt as a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Bogra’s Sherpur on Friday.
1 killed in Dhaka City road crash
A man was killed after an auto-rickshaw rammed into a bus in the capital’s Nilkhet area on Wednesday morning.
Rajshahi road crash leaves 2 dead
Two people were killed when a truck hit a van on Rajshahi-Dhaka highway at Jewpara Borosenbagh in Puthia Upazila of Rajshahi district on Monday.
Launch Capsize: 23 more bodies recovered, Death toll now 29
Twenty-three more bodies were retrieved from the sunken launch in the Sitalakkhya River, taking the total death toll from the tragic accident to 29.
21 policemen injured as bus hits police van in B’baria
At least 21 policemen were injured as a bus hit a police van on Cumilla-Sylhet highway at Pirbari in Sadar Upazila early Monday.
6 bodies found, over 15 missing as launch capsizes in N’ganj
Bodies of six women, who went missing in a boat capsize in the Sitalakkhya River on Sunday, were recovered early Monday.
4 killed in Chattogram road crash
Four people were killed when a truck rammed a CNG run auto-rickshaw on Chatogram-Kaptai road at Goschi Nayahat in Raozan upazila of Chattogram district early Wednesday.
Motorcyclist crushed under train in Jashore
Benapole, Mar 30: A motorcyclist was crushed under the wheels of a train in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore district on Tuesday.
4 killed as truck hits two auto-rickshaws in Chittagong
Chittagong, Mar 26: Four passengers were killed and three more were injured as two CNG auto-rickshaws were hit by a truck at Rangunia Upazila on the Chattogram-Kaptai Road.
2 killed in Chattogram road crash
Chattogram, Mar 24 : Two people were killed as a truck hit a lorry in Barobkunda area of Sitakunda upazila on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Wednesday.
Fire at Rohingya camp in Ukhiya
Cox’s Bazar, Mar 22: A fire broke out at Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Monday afternoon.
3 children killed as a pile of soil collapsed on them
Three children in Gaibandha’s Sundarganj were killed Friday as soil piled up on a roadside collapsed on them as they were playing outside their house on Friday.
Bus-truck collision leaves one dead, 7 injured in Sylhet
Sylhet, Mar 16 (UNB)-A man was killed and seven others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday.
3 of a family hurt in Gazipur gas line blast
Gazipur, Mar 13 : Three members of a family suffered injuries following a gas line blast at Kashimpur in Gazipur on Saturday.
Two leading musicians die in fatal crash in Mirsarai
Dhaka, Mar 13: Two of the country’s leading musicians — percussionist Hanif Ahammed and drummer Partha Guha — died in a fatal road crash in Chittagong on Saturday morning.
Thakurgaon sees nearly 500 fire incidents in one year
News Desk There have been close to 500 cases of fire in Thakurgaon district in the past one year, a government survey has revealed.
2 workers go missing as stone-laden vessel sinks in Karnaphuli River
Two workers went missing as a stone-laden vessel sank in the Karnaphuli River at Kalarpole in Patiya upazila in Chattogram district on Tuesday.
Coal-laden vessel sinks in Pashur River in Bagerhat
A coal-laden cargo vessel sank in the Pashur River at Ismailer Char near Sundarbans in Mongla upazila of Bagerhat district on Saturday night.
7 dead, 15 hurt as two buses collide in Sylhet
At least seven people were killed and 15 others injured as two buses collided head-on on Sylhet-Dhaka Highway in Rashidpur area on Friday morning.
5 killed, 23 injured in Sirajganj bus-truck collision
At least five people were killed and 23 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Konabari in Kamarkhand Upazila of Sirajganj district on Tuesday.
Bogra bus-truck collision leaves 6 dead, 15 hurt
Bogra, Feb 21 – Six people were killed and 15 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on Bogura-Dhaka highway at College Road in Sherpur Upazila of Bogura district on Sunday.
Karnaphuli boat tragedy: 3 bodies found after 4 days
Four days after a boat capsized in the Karnaphuli river, bodies of three victims have been fished out by rescuers, the Coast Guard said Friday.
Man crushed under train in Khulna
A man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Khulna Railway Station on Thursday morning.
The identity of deceased could not be known yet.
Two killed in Sylhet as truck plunges into canal from bridge
Two people were killed after a truck plunged into a canal from a bridge in Jaintiapur Upazila of Sylhet early Sunday.