Dhaka – Coast Guard members recovered four bodies early Saturday after a boat, carrying at least 55 passengers, capsized in the Sandwip Channel in Chittagong on Sunday night.At least 25 passengers went missing after the boat sank in the channel…
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10 houses gutted in Joypurhat fire
Dhaka – At least 10 houses were gutted in a fire at Shalban Guchchhagram village in Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat on Saturday night.
Lightning strikes kill 3 in NE district of Sylhet
Dhaka- Three people, including a father and his son, were killed in two incidents of lightning strike in Companyganj upazila of Sylhet district in NE Bangladesh on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Fazal Uddin, 42, and his son of Nur Uddin,…
Two killed in Gopalganj road crash
Dhaka- Two motorcyclists were killed and their co-rider was injured in a road accident on the Muksudpur-Ujani Road in Muksudpur upazila under Gopalganj district in western Bangladesh on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Sajib Roy, 22, son of Bablu…
Fire at Shahjibazar power station in Habiganj
Dhaka – A fire broke out at Shahjibazar Power Generator Company Limited in sadar upazila in Habiganj, Northwest of Bangladesh capital Dhaka, on Saturday. Jamal Uddin, in charge of Shaistaganj fire service, said the fire broke out as a transformer…
Bagerhat trawler capsize: Salvage operation called off
Dhaka- The salvage operation launched in search of the missing victims of trawler capsize in Panguchhi river was concluded after about 96 hours on Saturday.Morelganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Obaidur Rahman officially called off the operation in the morning…
Expatriate killed by lightning strike in Sylhet
Dhaka – An expatriate was killed and another injured when a thunderbolt struck them at Bulbulikandi in Balaganj upazila on Thursday night.UNB agency
Death toll in Bagerhat trawler capsize rises to 17
Dhaka, Mar 31 – The death toll in Tuesday’s trawler capsize in the Panguchi River in Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat rose to 17 as three more bodies were recovered from the river on Friday.
3 killed in N’ganj trawler capsize
Dhaka – Three people were killed and 10 others went missing as a trawler capsized in the Meghna River in Sonargaon upazila on Thursday afternoon.The deceased are Sattar Miah, 40, Zohra Begum, 70, and Kanchan, 68, of Rampura in the…
Death toll in Bagerhat trawler capsize 12
Dhaka, Mar 30 – The bodies of seven more people, who had gone missing after a trawler capsized in the Panguchi River in Morrelganj upazila of Bagerhat on Tuesday morning, were recovered from the river on Thursday, raising the death…
Indonesian man’s body found inside python – police
A missing Indonesian man was found dead inside the body of a python, according to local police. Akbar went missing on Sunday on the island of Sulawesi, after leaving to harvest palm oil. In the search for the 25-year-old, police…
Magura road crash leaves one dead
Dhaka – A man was killed and eight others were injured as a three-wheeler hit a roadside tree at Kadamtala in Sreepur upazila on Tuesday morning.UNB agency
Five dead as trawler with 100 passengers capsizes in BD
Dhaka – Fiver bodies have been recovered early Tuesday as a passenger trawler carrying about 100 persons capsized in river Panguchi in Bagherhat district on the southwestern part of Bangladesh.
Fan dies after falling off football stadium in Brazil
Dhaka — A Brazilian football fan has died after falling 25 meters from the top of Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo onto a parking lot.The height is equivalent to an eight-story building.AP/UNB agency
Motorcyclist killed in Ctg road accident
Dhaka – A youth was killed in a road accident in city’s Kalurghat area today. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Munna, 22, son of Mohammad Yusuf, hailed from Kuaish area under Hathazari thana. Police said Munna was critically injured…
Road accidents claim 18 lives in 3 dists
Dhaka – Eighteen people were killed in three road accidents in Chuadanga, Khulna and Sirajganj districts on Sunday.In Chuadanga, a fatal road accident at Joyrampur Battala on Chuadanga-Jessore road in Damurhuda upazila in the early hours left 13 day-labourers and…
Woman killed in Savar wall collapse
Dhaka- A woman was killed as a wall of a house collapsed on her during storm at Bhabanichar Dakhshinpara area here, on the outskirts of the capital, on Saturday morning.UNB agency
BB fire caused by ‘electric short circuit’
The fire at Bangladesh Bank’s headquarters in the city’s Motijheel area on Thursday night originated from an electric short circuit at a water heater, said deputy director (Dhaka) of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) headquarters Samarandra Nath. Samarandra Nath,…
City building catches fire
Dhaka- A fire has broken out at a multi-storey building in the city’s Karwan Bazar since Friday afternoon.Mizanur Rahman, a duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) headquarters control, said the fire originated on the 1st floor of…
3 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi road crash
Dhaka – Three Bangladeshi nationals were killed in a road accident in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, on Friday.
10 killed in Mymensingh road crash
Dhaka, Mar 24 – At least 10 people were killed and two others injured when a cement-laden truck plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Meherabari in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh early Friday.
Fire at Bangladesh Bank 13th floor: Docs, UPS burnt
Dhaka, Mar 23 – Bangladesh Bank Bhaban in the city’s Motijheel area caught fire on Thursday night. Sources at the Fire Service Central Control Room said the fire originated on the 12th floor of the multi-storey building around 9:28pm.
Woman burn to death in Natore fire
Dhaka, Mar 23 – A septuagenarian woman was burnt to death and her daughter-in-law injured when a fire broke out at a house at Mashinda village in Baraigram upazila of Natore early Thursday.
2 killed in Dinajpur wall collapse
Dhaka – Two people were killed as a mud wall collapsed on them at Nurpur village in Ghoraghat upazila in Dinajpur on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as house owner Abdul Kafi, son of Hossain Ali of the village, and worker…
Housewife dies from electrocution in Joypurhat
Dhaka -A housewife died after being electrocuted in Panchbibi Upazila of the district last night.The deceased was identified as Karima Begum, 28, hailed from the village Nakurgachi of the upazila.agency
Two jute godowns three business cerntres gutted in Magura fire
Magura, Mar 21 – At least five godowns and business centres in Mohammadpur upazila headquarters were gutted in a fire early Tuesday. These included two jute godowns and three businessestablishments.
Five killed in Gaibandha bus plunge
Dhaka, Mar 19 – Five people, including a child, were killed and 16 injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Jumarghar on Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha early Sunday.
Dhaka-M’singh rail-link disrupted as train derails
Gazipur, Mar 17 – Train services on Dhaka-Mymensingh route remained suspended following the derailment of a bogie at Joydebpur Rail Station on Friday morning.
3 killed in Rangamati hillock collapse
Dhaka – Three people were killed as a hillock collapsed on a house in College Gate area of the district town on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Shamsul Alam, owner of the house, and construction workers Kalu Malakar and…
Father, son killed in Natore road crash
Dhaka– A man and his three-year-old son were killed and his wife was injured as a covered van rammed their rickshaw in Bonpara Bazar of Baraigram upazila in Natore on Thursday morning.UNB agency