Dhaka, April 5 – A Dhaka court Thursday placed two drivers on a two-day remand each in a case filed in connection with losing an arm of Titumir college student Rajib Hossain.
Category: Accidents
3 of a family injured in N’ganj fire
Dhaka – Three members of a family sustained burn injures as a fire broke out from a mosquito coil at their house in Shastapur area of Fatulla here in Narayanganj early Thursday.
Mother, daughter killed in Khulna road crash
Khulna- A woman and her minor daughter were killed when a bus hit a rickshaw at Khalishpur in the city on Wednesday morning.
4 killed in Savar road accidents
Dhaka- Four people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Aricha highway here in Savar on Monday night.
2 killed in Satkhira road crash
Dhaka – Two motorcycle riders were killed and two others injured following a head-on collision between two motorbikes on Kaliganj-Shymganj road in Pirojpur Katakhali area of Kaliganj upazila on Tuesday morning.
3 Bangladeshis killed in Australia road crash
Dhaka – At least three Bangladeshi nationals were killed Saturday in a fatal road crash at Kakadu Highway in Darwin, the capital city of Northern Territory of Australia.
8 killed in Gopalganj bus plunge
Dhaka -Eight people were killed and 23 others injured in a fatal road accident at Biswambordi on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Muksudpur upazila in Gopalganj early Sunday. Seven of the deceased were identified as Asim Majhi, 32, hailing from Jhalakathi, Hasan,…
Lighting strike kills 3 farmers in Pabna
Dhaka – Three local farmers of Manikhat union in Sujanagar upazila were killed in lighting strike in Pabna on Friday night.
3 burnt in Dhaka garment factory fire: 60 shanties gutted
Dhaka, Mar 31 – Three workers of a garment factory suffered burn injuries as a fire that broke out in a six-storey building at East Kazipara in the city early Saturday.
Cop killed in Mymensingh road crash
Dhaka – A member of law enforcers was killed and 10 other people were injured as two buses collided head-on on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway at Chairmanbari area of Trishal Upazila in Mymensingh on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Md Ali,…
Pallabi ‘water-tank blast’ victim dies at Dhaka hospital
Dhaka, Mar 28 – A minor girl, who along with four other people sustained burn injuries after an underground reservoir of a house exploded and caught fire in the city’s Pallabi area on Tuesday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital…
Two killed in Comilla road crash
Dhaka-A truck driver and his assistant were killed on Tuesday as a truck hit another electric generator laden-truck on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Sonakathia area in Chauddagram upazila.
3 killed in Ctg road crash
Dhaka – At least three people were killed and two others injured in a head-on a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Baluchora area of the city early Tuesday.
Drone nearly hits plane landing in New Zealand from Japan
Wellington, Mar 27 (AP/UNB) — Air New Zealand says a drone came within meters of a flight descending into Auckland Airport from Tokyo, putting the safety of 278 passengers and crew at risk.
48 dead, children caught in deadly Russia mall blaze
At least 48 people have died in a fire that tore through a shopping and entertainment complex in the Siberian coal-mining city of Kemerovo.
3 killed in Jessore road crash
Dhaka – Three people were killed and seven others injured as a truck hit a human hauler in Harikhali area of Sharsha upazila in Benapole on Sunday afternoon.
3 minor girls drown in Meghna
Dhaka – Three minor girls drowned while taking bath in the Meghna River at Ibrahimpur village of Sadar upazila here on Sunday.
Man killed in Khulna gas cylinder blast
Dhaka – A balloon seller was killed and two others injured as a gas cylinder went off at Prattasha area of the town on Sunday evening.
Baby’ head severed during caesarean operation
The High Court on Sunday summoned the Civil Surgeon of Comilla and six other physicians to appear before it on April 4 to place their explanation over a faulty cesarean operation when doctors cut the baby’s head off.
Boat capsizes in the Shitalakkhya: 5 bodies recovered
Narayanganj, Mar 25–The bodies of five young men were recovered early Sunday after a boat sank in the Shitalakkhya River following a collision with a cargo vessel in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Friday.
38 shops gutted in Ctg fire
Dhaka- At least 38 shops were gutted in a fire in a market at Nayabazar under Patenga Police Station in Chittagong on early Saturday.
2 killed in Dhamrai road crash
Dhaka- Two people were killed and 11 others injured on Saturday as a human-hauler plunged into a roadside ditch after being hit by a truck on Dhaka-Aricha Highway at Sutipara bus stand areain Savar.
US-Bangla flight makes emergency landing at Dhaka airport
Barely two weeks after its tragic plane crash in Nepal, a Malaysia-bound flight of US-Bangla Airlines made an ‘emergency landing’ at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Saturday.
Pilot Abid’s wife Afsana passes away
Dhaka, March 23 – Afsana Khanom, wife of pilot Abid Sultan who died in the US-Bangla aircraft crash in Kathmandu, passed away at the National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital on Friday.
Three more plane crash victims laid to eternal rest
Three more victims of the US-Bangla plane crash were laid to eternal rest at their respective villages in Rajshahi, Barisal and Khulna on Friday.The victims are freedom fighter Nazrul Islam, Alifuzzaman and Piyash Roy.
19 dead as bus plunges off Philippine cliff
Manila, March 21 (BSS/AFP) – Nineteen people were killed and 21 others injured when a passenger bus lost control and plunged off a cliff in the central Philippines, police said Wednesday.
4 killed as train hits covered van in Feni
Feni, Mar 21 – At least four people were killed and two others injured when a train hit a covered van at a manned level crossing near Feni Railway Station early Wednesday.
DNA test awaited 3 dead BD plane crash victims in Nepal
Dhaka, March 20 – The relatives of three passengers who died in Nepal plane crash will have to wait for some more time to get their bodies as it would require the matching of DNA samples.
Fire at Nasir Glassware factory in Tangail
Dhaka – A fire burnt down huge valuables at Nasir Glassware and Tube Industries in Gorai area of Mirzapur upazila here in Tangail on Tuesday afternoon.
Sylhet lightning ignited fire death toll 6
Dhaka- Another victim of the devastating fire at a colony in Golapganj upazila died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the capital in Sylhet on Tuesday, taking the death toll from the incident to six.