Dhaka – A sexagenarian man was killed as a bus hit him in the city’s Motijheel Shapla Chattar area on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Haji Abdul Ohab Khan, hailed from Babuganj upazila in Barisal district. He used to live…
Category: Accidents
Truck crushes couple dead in M’singh
Dhaka -A couple was killed as a recklessly driven truck crashed into them at Kathali in Bhaluka upazila in Mymensingh on Sunday morning.Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Shibir leader killed in Comilla road crash
Dhaka – City unit president of Islami Chhatra Shibir Dr Mojammel Haque was killed as an unidentified vehicle hit him in Mainamati-Najira area in Comilla on Friday night.Shahadat Hossain, secretary of the city unit of Shibir, said an unidentified vehicle ran…
Blaze kills 13 at birthday party in French bar at Rouen
A fire during a birthday party at a bar in the northern French city of Rouen has killed at least 13 people and injured six. The blaze in the Cuba Libre bar began in the basement room around midnight on…
3 electrocuted in 2 districts
Dhaka – Three boys died from electrocution in separate incidents in Joypuhat and Sirajganj districts on Friday.In Joypurhat, two minor children — Mahin, 9, son of Mahmud Hossain,and Sohag, 10, son of Aminul Islam of Sonapara village in Panchbibi upazila,…
Emirates airliner with 300 onboard crash lands in Dubai, firefighter killed
An Emirates flight from India with 300 people on board crash landed at Dubai’s main airport Wednesday, sending black smoke billowing into the air and halting all traffic at the Middle East’s busiest airport. There were no fatalities and all…
iPhone explosion burns Australian man’s bum
An Australian man has suffered severe burns in his upper right thigh from an exploding iPhone that he bought six months ago. Gareth Clear, a 36-year-old man from Bondi in New South Wales, was riding around on his bike on…
2 killed in B’baria road crash
Dhaka- Two people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and a truck at Bertala on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria on Monday morning.Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately,UNB news…
2 siblings drown in Laxmipur
Dhaka – Two minor siblings drowneds in a pond in Radhapur area of Banggakha union under sadar upazila on Sunday evening.The deceased were identified as Miraj Hossain, 8, a disabled boy and Shrabonti, 10, a student of class 5 of…
Two boys electrocuted in Bhola
Dhaka – Two boys were electrocuted at Didarmollah Panchbaria village of Doulatkhan upazila in Bhola on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Mohammed Shakib, 14, son of M Lokman Khan, and Shamim, 18, son of Dulal Miah of the village.
4 killed by lightning strikes in Rangpur
Dhaka- Four people, including two children, were killed in two separate incidents of lightning strike in Pirgachha and Kaunia upazila in Rangpur on Friday.
3 die from electrocution in Kishoreganj
Dhaka – Three people died and seven others were injured from electrocution at Nurpur in Itna upazila in Kishoreganj on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Sajib, 55, Ramiz, 35, and Afaz Uddin,20, hailing from Mithamoin upazila of the district,UNB News Agency…
Minor girl drowned in Rajshahi
Dhaka – A minor girl drowned in a pond at Mollapara in Rajshahi on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Saila Khatun, 7, a student of class II of Rajshahi Provat School and daughter of Shariful Islam of the area,UNB News Agency…
Man dies after falling from building rooftop in Jessore
Dhaka – A man, who was injured after falling from the rooftop of his house at Fatepur village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Saturday morning, died at Jessore Medical College Hospital early Monday.
10 die in Arial Khan trawler capsize
Ten people, including six children, died and some others went missing as a trawler sank in the Arial Khan River at Jongli Shibpur in Raipura upazila on Saturday.Nine of the deceased were identified as Mala Begum, 30, wife of Rabiullah,…
4 killed in Ctg road crash
Dhaka – Four people, including two women, were killed and 15 others injured in a collision between two buses on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway in Chunti area of Lohagara upazila in Chittagong on Friday morning.One of the deceased was identified as…
2 killed in Kushtia road accident
Dhaka – Two people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus skidded off the track and hit a roadside tree in Koipal Badurjhola area of Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as the bus helper…
Four-year-old boy’s body retrieved from Dhaka sewer
Dhaka -The body of four-year-old Zunayed Hossain Sabbir, who fell into a sewer in the city’s Mirpur area on Thursday, was recovered on Friday morning, ending a nervy wait of 19 hours.
2 farmers electrocuted in Sherpur
Dhaka – Two farmers died from electrocution while tilling their crop field at Dudhnoi village in Jhenaigati upazila of the district in Sherpur on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Abdul Khalek, 55, son of late Insan Ali and Taleb Ali,…
Construction worker electrocuted in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – A construction worker died from electrocution at Pithalitala in Shibganj upazila headquarters in Chapainawabganj on Tuesday noon.The deceased was identified as Abdul Matin, 40, son of Badu Mandal, a resident of Fultala village in the upazila.Sub-inspector of Shibganj Police…
2 killed as bus plunges into Chittagong ditch
Dhaka – Two people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Banshbari on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sitakunda upazila of Chittaghong on Wednesday morning, UNB news agency reported. The deceased were identified…
Bus with Chinese tourists catches fire in Taiwan, killing 26
A tour bus carrying visitors from China burst into flames on a highway near Taiwan’s capital on Tuesday, burning to death all 26 people on board, officials said, in the deadliest incident involving Chinese tourism to the island.The accident took…
2 killed in separate road crashes in Jhenidah
Dhaka – Two people were killed in separate road crashes in Sadar and Shailakupa upazilas on Tuesday.Fazlur Rahman, sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station, said an unidentified woman, aged about 50, was killed when a truck ran over her while she…
7 kids drown in 3 districts
Dhaka – Seven children, including two pairs of siblings, have met their watery burial in four separate incidents in Lalmonirhat, Dhaka and Chittagong districts.In Chittagong, two siblings — Asma, 11, and Tanjila, 9, daughters of Kabir Ahmed of Purba Ratanpur…
2 minors drown in Satkhira
Dhaka- Two minor cousins drowned in a pond at Kanaidia village in Tala upazila in Satkhira on Sunday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Riyad, 5, son of Ebadul Islam, and Rupali, 5, daughter of Mofidul Islam, both residents of the village.
3 killed in 2 Manikganj road crashes
Manikganj – Three people were killed and 15 others injured in two road accidents in Shibalaya and Sadar upazilas on Saturday morning.In Shibalaya, two motorcyclists were killed as a bus knocked down their vehicle at Tepra on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in…
Reckless bus kills schoolgirl in Kishoreganj
Dhaka – A schoolgirl was killed as a rashly-driven truck ran over her at Sukhia on the Dhaka-Kishoreganj highway in Pakundia upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Setu,11, class V student of Porabaria Government Primary School and daughter of…
Boiler goes off killing 2 in Naogaon rice mill
Dhaka – Two workers were killed and six others injured as a boiler blasted at a rice mill at Laskorpur village in Naogaon Sadar upazila on Saturday morning, UNB news agency has reported.
3 of a family killed in Bogra road crash
Dhaka – Three members of a family were killed and two people injured as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Sabgram in Bogra district town on Friday, UNB news agency has reported.
3 killed in Bogra road crash
Dhaka – Three people, including a woman and a child, were killed as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Sabgram in Sadar upazila on Friday in Bogra.The deceased could not be identified immediately,UNB News Agences Reported.