Dhaka – At least three persons including a teenage boy were killed in separate road accidents in Gopalganj and Fenchuganj upazilas in Sylhet on Wednesday and Tuesday night.
Category: Accidents
Driver confesses buses’ competition cause deaths
Dhaka – Two buses’ competition to get more passengers on board has resulted in the fatal accident that caused the tragic end of two young lives on Airport Road on July 29.
Wheat-laden vessel sinks near Ctg port
A wheat-laden lighter vessel capsized in the Bay of Bengal Tuesday morning.
Husband commits suicide in Rajshahi after brawl with wife
Dhaka – A young man committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Tulshipur Chakpara village in Bagha upazila on Saturday morning.
Van torched as college girl crushed under wheels in Gazipur
Amid the ongoing student demonstrations demanding safer roads, another college girl was killed after being hit by a covered van at Barabari on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway on Saturday which was later torched by an angry mob.
Bus torched as motorbike rider crushed under it in Dhaka
Dhaka, Aug 3 – Amid the ongoing student-led protest across the country demanding safer roads, a bike rider yesterday was killed under a bus at the capital’s Maghbazar area.
PM Hasina Tk 2mn each to two accident victims’ families
Md Jahangir Fakir, father of Diya Khanam Mim who along with another student died in a recent city road crash, on Thursday urged the students to go back home as he hoped that the Prime Minister will take effective steps…
2 schoolboys drown in Cumilla
Dhaka – Two schoolboys drowned in the Dharma Sagar pond in Cumilla on Thursday.
Schoolgirl killed in Cumilla road crash
Dhaka -A schoolgirl was killed and another injured when a bus knocked her down on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Gomta in Chandina upazila in Cumilla on Tuesday.
I am sorry, says Shahjahan Khan on Sunday’s student deaths
After widespread criticism for his visibly smirk reaction, Shipping Minister, Shajahan Khan, on Tuesday expressed his great sorrow and regret over the Sunday’s road crash that had killed two students.
Will today’s youth save the world?
The world has known about the dual crises of climate change and over-exploitation of natural resources since the 1970’s. Action has been slow in coming, but many say that we are entering a transition period towards sustainability in the areas…
Shahjahan rejects call for resignation as irrelevant
Describing the demand made by the students and cetizens for his resignation as illogical, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Monday said he has taken many steps to curb road accidents.
HC orders Taka 5 lakh compensation to victims families
The High Court on Monday directed the owners of ‘Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan’ to provide Tk 5 lakh within a week to each family of the two students who were killed in a road crash at Airport Road on Sunday.
Students barricade Airport road over Sunday’s bus tragedy
Dhaka, July 30 – Traffic on Airport road came to a halt on Monday morning as students of different schools and colleges blocked the road protesting the death of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin School and College in a…
Students go berserk in Capital as bus kills 2 injures 12
College students went berserk as a bus ploughed through some of their fellows in front of Kurmitola General Hospital on Airport Road in the capital on Sunday, leaving two dead and 12 others injured.
Truck-microbus collision leaves 4 dead in Sylhet
Six people were killed and three others injured as a truck collided head-on with a microbus at Ilashpur in Osmaninagar upazila on Thursday afternoon.
Seven killed as bus hits human hauler in Barguna
Barguna, July 26 – At least seven people were killed and three others injured when a bus rammed a human hauler at Manikjhuri in Amtoli Upazila of Barguna district on Thursday.
Two workers die on ship blast in Karnaphuli
Chattogram Bureau Two workers have died in an explosion on a ship in the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram’s Shikolbaha on Monday afternoon.
Three killed in Rangpur road crash
Dhaka – At least three people were killed as a bus rammed an auto-rickshaw on Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Hajirhat area in Rangpur on Sunday morning.
Two killed in C’nawabganj road crash
Dhaka – Two motorcyclists were killed as the biker lost control over the wheels while trying to avoid a head-on collision with a truck at Dhobpur in Shibganj upazila Chapainawabganj on Saturday.
Two workers die failing off building at DU
Two construction workers died reportedly after falling off an under-construction building at Jagannath Hall on Dhaka University (DU) campus on Saturday.
Sirajganj road crash leaves 1 dead, 21 injured
Dhaka – A man was killed and 21 others were injured as a bus drove into a roadside ditch on Sirajganj- Belkuchi road at Shamespur area in Belkuchi upazila in Sirajganj on Thursday night.
Microbus gas-cylinder blast kills 3 in Tangail
Tangail, Jul 17 – Three passengers of a microbus were killed and four others, including three policemen, injured as its gas-cylinder exploded at Kumudini College intersection in the district town early Tuesday.
Cox’s Bazar Truck overturns; Sylhet bus-truck collide: 8 die
Cox’s Bazar, Jul 16 – Five people were killed and nine others injured as a bamboo-laden truck overturned in front of Balukhali customs office in Ukhia Upazila on Monday morning.
Immigration process hampered following fire at Dhaka airport
Smokes spread at the departure hall of the terminal-1 of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport following a small fire incident on Sunday evening.
Sylhet road crash leaves 3 dead
Dhaka – Three people, including a woman, were killed and 30 others injured in a road accident involving four vehicles in Lalabazar area of Dakkhin Surma upazila in Sylhet on Sunday.
Two brothers die from electrocution in Chattogram
Dhaka – Two brothers died from electrocution at Jabbarhat village in Hathazari upazila in Chattogram on Sunday morning.
3 of five BD school footballers swept in river found dead
Cox’s Bazar, July 14 – Members of Fire Service and Civil Defense recovered three bodies among five students who went missing while collecting a ball that fell in Matamuhuri river in Chakoria Upazila on Saturday.
Rajshahi schoolboy drowns in Padma
Dhaka – The body of a schoolboy was recovered from the Padma River near the city on Friday night, five hours after he drowned in the river.
Clash over land leaves 2 dead in Moulvibazar
Dhaka- Two people were killed and 40 others injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a disputed land at Pammadpur in Moulvibazar on Saturday.