Dhaka-A fire broke out in a residential building at Japan Garden City in the city’s Mohammadpur area on Wednesday.Mizanur Rahman, duty officer of fire service and civil defense central control room, said the fire broke out on the fourth floor…
Category: Accidents
At least 48 dead in bus plunge onto rocky beach in Peru
Lima, Jan 3 (AP/UNB) — At least 48 people died when a bus tumbled down a cliff onto a rocky beach Tuesday along a narrow stretch of highway known as the “Devil’s Curve,” Peruvian police and fire officials said.
Accidents rose 16%, fatalities 26% in 2017
Dhaka, Jan 1 – At least 4,284 people, including 516 women and 539 children, were killed and 9,112 others were injured in 3,472 road accidents across the country in the last year.
Tejturi Bazar slum fire doused
Dhaka – After more than one hour of hectic efforts, firefighters doused the fire that broke out at a slum in city’s East Tejturi Bazar area on Monday noon.
Two hurt as barge carrying New Year fireworks display catches fire
Two people were injured when a barge carrying a New Year fireworks display caught fire at an Australian beach. A few minutes into the show at Terrigal Beach in New South Wales, an apparent malfunction caused fireworks to go off…
5 killed as bus drives into auto-rickshaw in Sirajganj
Dhaka – Five people, including a couple, were killed in a road accident at Baghabari Bus Stand in Shahjadpur upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Sirajul Islam, 30, and his wife Arifa, 25, residents of Santhia upazila, Abdur…
Van driver killed in Jessore road crash
Dhaka – A rickshaw van driver was killed and two others were injured in a road accident in front of Singa Adarsha Degree College on Jessore-Khulna highway in Jessore on Saturday noon.
Magura road crash kills 1
Dhaka – A man was killed and 14 people were injured in a collision between a truck and a human hauler on Magura-Jessore highway in Shimulia area of Sadar upazila in Magura on Saturday.
3 labourers killed in Ctg landslide
Dhaka – Three day-labourers were killed in a landslide while removing slope soil from a hill at Dakkhin Rajanagar in Rangunia upazila on Saturday.
12 dead in New York City apartment fire
The deadliest residential fire to hit New York City in at least a quarter century swept through a Bronx apartment building Thursday on one of the coldest nights this winter, killing 12 people and leaving four more fighting for their…
At least 15 dead in fire at rooftop Mumbai restaurant
New Delhi, Dec 29 (AP/UNB) — A fire broke out early Friday in an upscale rooftop restaurant in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, leaving at least 15 dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
3 of a family burnt in Ctg cylinder blast
Dhaka- A woman and her two children sustained severe burn injuries on Thursday as a fire broke out in their house following gas cylinder explosion in Garibullah Shah residential area under Khulshi thana in the district.The victims are Tanjira Aktar,…
Father, daughter killed in Natore road crash
Dhaka – A man and his daughter were killed as a bus rammed their motorcycle at Bypass road in Kandivita area of Natore municipality on Thursday afternoon.The deceased are Ful Miah and his daughter Morsheda, 13, of Ramnagar in the…
Boy killed in Gazipur slum fire
Dhaka – A boy was killed and two others were injured in a fire which broke out at a slum in Block 2 of Ershadnagar in Tongi early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Rana Ershad, 13, son of Monir Hossain…
Raw jute worth Tk 109-crore gutted in Khulna fire
Khulna, Dec 27 – Huge raw jute were burnt down in a fire that broke out at two godowns of a jute mill by Bhatpara-Bejerdanga road in Phultala upazila early Wednesday.
Two BAF aircraft crash after midair collision in Cox’s Bazar
Two training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday evening following a midair collision.
4 killed in Bogra road accident
Dhaka – At least four people were killed and 25 others injured in a road accident at Mokamtala in Shibganj upazila in Bograearly Wednesday.The deceased are Abdul Zabbar, 55, son of Bhola Mia of Harirampur village in Shibganj, Ashraful Alam,…
3 killed as bus hits roadside tree in Bogra early Wednesday
Bogra, Dec 27 – Three people, including a woman, were killed and at least five others injured in a road accident at Mokamtala in Shibganj upazila on early Wednesday.
Fire at city’s textile mill
Dhaka – A textile mill in the capital’s Shyampur area caught fire early Monday.The fire originated at ‘Lucky Textile Mills’ situated on the second floor of a six-storey building around 4:30am and it soon engulfed the entire floor, said Mahmudul…
Gas cyllinder blast burns a passenger bus in Dhaka City
Dhaka – A bus burned down due to a gas cylinder explosion near Shahbag area of Dhaka around 12 pm on Wednesday creating panic on the road.
UNO critically injured in Faridpur road crash
Dhaka – Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Saltha upazila was injured critically in a road accident at Ziakuli in the upazila on Wednesday morning.
Stone trader killed in Satkhira road accident
Dhaka – A stone trader was killed and four pedestrians were injured in a road accident in front of Bhomra land port in Satkhira on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Uzzal Hossain, a resident of Paikgachha upazila of…
Case filed over stampede death at Mohiuddin’s qulkhwani
Dhaka – An unnatural death case was filed with port city’s Chawkbazar police station on Monday late night over 10 person’s death in a stampede at the qulkhwani of former Chittagong city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury at a community centre…
Road crash kills 1 in Faridpur
Dhaka – A human hauler driver was killed in an accident as his vehicle collided with a truck at Kanaipur-Chitarbazar road in the district on Tuesday. The deceased was Md. Obaidur Rahman, 35, son of Panchu Sheikh hailing from East…
10 killed in stampede at Chittagong Mohiuddin chy’s post funeral rite
At least 10 people were killed and 50 others injured in a stampede during the qulkhwani of late former Chittagong City Corporation Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury at a convention centre atAskar Dighirpar in the city on Monday. The deceased were…
Couple’s mysterious death in Natore
Dhaka – A couple died mysteriously after taking dinner at Dhola village in Lalpur upazila on Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Abdus Sobhan and his wife Shefali Begum.
Gas cylinder blast burns 4 in Dinajpur
Dhaka – At least four people sustained burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at a jewellery shop in Fulbari upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
11 workers burned in Gazipur gas cylinder blast
Dhaka – Eleven workers suffered burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at a cosmetics factory in Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur on Tuesday afternoon.
Security guard burnt alive in N’ganj market fire
Dhaka – A security guard was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at a branch of United Commercial Bank (UCB) at a city corporation market in Taanbazar area of the city early Sunday.The deceased was identified as…
Woman crushed under train in Gazipur
Dhaka – An unidentified woman was crushed under the wheels of a train in Chandra area of Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur on Saturday morning. The deceased couldn’t be identified immediately.S M Rakibul Islam, in-charge of Joydevpur Railway Police Outpost, said…