A female worker was killed and 29 people suffered burn injuries in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Gopalganj of Sadar upazila on Wednesday. Police and locals said the boiler went off with a big bang at ‘Jamuna…
Category: Accidents
3 killed in Pabna road crash
Dhaka – Three people were killed and 30 others injured when a bus overturned on Pabna-Dhaka highway at Madhupur in Ataikula upazila on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Musa, 22, a bus helper and son of Nifaz Ali, Mamin, 28,…
Fire at Gazipur furniture market
Dhaka – A furniture market caught fire at Tongi Bazar in the city on Wednesday morning.Sources at the fire service said the fire erupted at a furniture shop around 10 am and it soon engulfed several other adjacent shops.
5 shops gutted in Sylhet fire
Dhaka- At least five shops were burnt as a fire broke out at a market in Bandar Bazar of the city in Sylhet on Monday night.
Cop killed in Bogra road crash
Dhaka- A police constable was killed when a truck knocked him down on Bogra-Rangpur highway at Mokamtola in Shibganj upazila in Bogra early Tuesday.
Honey collector killed by tiger in Sundarbans
Dhaka- A honey collector was killed and his brother injured in an attack by a tiger in Dingamari cannel under Satkhira range of the Sundarbans early Monday.
Three killed in Bogra bus plunge
Dhaka, Apr 17 – Three people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Bogra Simabari Bazar in Sherpur upazila of the district in north-central Bangladesh early Monday. Yunus Ali, additional director of…
Fire at Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar TCB building put out
Dhaka, Apr 16 – A fire broke out at Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) building in the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Monday morning and it was extinguished within 30 minutes.
3 killed in Bogra bus plunge
Dhaka- Three people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Bogra Simabari Bazar in Sherpur upazila in Bogra early Monday.
Truck driver, helper killed in Natore road crash
Dhaka – A truck driver and his helper were killed and an ambulance driver was injured in a collision between the two vehicles on Natore-Pabna highway in Kadamchilan area in Lalpur upazila in Natore on Sunday noon.
Woman killed as nor’wester lashes Sherpur
Dhaka – A woman was killed as a nor’wester lashed several villages across the district early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Salma Beowa, wife of late Meser Sheikh of Bankakura village in Jhenaigati upazila.
Two killed in Natore road accident
Two People were killed as a truck collided head-on with an ambulance in Kadamchilan area under Lalpur upazila of the district this noon. The victims are ambulance driver Farid Hossain, 50, and its helper Sujon Sheikh, 32, residents of Muladuli…
Two killed in Sirajganj bus auto-rickshaw accident on NW Bangladesh
Dhaka, Apr 16 – Two people, including a minor boy, were killed and three people injured in a bus-auto-rickshaw accident at Shimultala on Sirajganj-Nalka road in the sadar upazila of Sirajganj on Saturday night.
Sirajganj road accident kills 2
Dhaka- Two people, including a minor boy, were killed and three people injured in a road accident at Shimultala on Sirajganj-Nalka road in the sadar upazilaon Saturdaynight.
Sexagenarian woman killed in city road crash
Dhaka -An unidentified sexagenarian woman was killed as a speedy vehicle ran over her under the footover bridge at Uttara in the capital on Saturday morning.
Father, daughter killed in Dinajpur road crash
Dhaka, – A man and his daughter were killed and two others injured as a bus hit a rickshaw van in Mirzapur area of Birampur upazila in Dinajpur on Saturday noon.
2 schoolboys drown in Teesta
Dhaka, – Two schoolboys drowned in the Teesta River at Mohipur in Gangachhara upazila in Rangpur on Friday.The deceased were identified as Anwarul Sayeed, 14, a resident of Dhap area of Rangpur city, and Sumon Ahmed, 14, of Islambagh area…
Road accident kills minor girl in Nawabganj
Dhaka – A five-year-old baby girl was killed in a road accident in Rishipara area on Dhaka-Bandhura road under Nawabganj upazila of the district today. The deceased was identified as Srabonti Moni hailed from Rishipara of the upazila.
Four shops burnt in Thakurgaon fire
Dhaka, Apr 11 – Four shops were gutted in a fire at a market in Thakurgaon district town on Monday evening.
21 shops gutted in Pirojpur
Dhaka – At least 21 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Indurkani upazila bazaar here this morning.Fire service sources told BSS that the fire originated from a shop and soon engulfed the adjacent shops. Being informed, two…
Two killed in Bogra road accident
Dhaka – Two people were killed and two others injured as a truck hit a roadside tree in Erulia bazar area in the town this noon.The victims are truck helper Pavel, 25, son of Rajib Pramanik and sand worker Jahangir…
Road crash kills journalist in Mymensingh
Dhaka- A journalist of a local daily was killed in a road accident in Laxmipur area on Mymensingh-Phulbaria road under Phulbaria upazila of Mymensingh district tonight.The victim was Shamsul Haque Sarker, 52, son of late Rustom Ali, Phulbaria correspondent of…
Three killed in Mymensingh road accident
Dhaka -At least three people were killed and two others injured in a truck-pickup van collision at Sokholla Morolbari on Mymensingh-Sherpur road under Phulpur upazila of the district in the early hours of today.
Road crash kills two in Sylhet
SYLHET,- Two people were killed in a road accident in Nipoban area on Sylhet-Tamabil road here this afternoon.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
20 dead in Myanmar boat crash
YANGON, April 8, 2017 (BSS/AFP) – At least 20 people were killed when their passenger boat collided with a river barge at night in western Myanmar, authorities said Saturday, with more feared drowned as rescue workers renewed their search in…
Lightning strike kills one in Sherpur
Dhaka– A fish farm caretaker was killed in a lightning strike at Madhabpur Morgachura in Sribordi upazila in Sherpur on Wednesday.
Train derails at Bhuapur, snaps Dhaka’s rail link with north
Dhaka, Apr 6 – Dhaka’s train communication with the country’s northern region remained suspended as three bogies and the locomotive of a train derailed near Bangabandhu Bridge at Pathailkandi in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail early Thursday.
2 killed in B’baria road crash
Dhaka – Two motorcyclists, including a UP chairman, were killed as a truck hit their bike at Bertala on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Ashuganj upazila on Tuesday night.
4 construction workers electrocuted in Lalmonirhat
Dhaka – Four construction workers died from electrocution at Dhelaguri village in Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday noon.
Young man punched to death in C’nawabganj
Dhaka– A young man was punched to death allegedly by his ‘drunk’ friend during their picnic in front of Club Supermarket in the district town in Chapainawabganj on Monday night.Saber Reza Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said some picnickers…