Sixteen people were killed and four others injured in truck accidents in Tangail, Naogaon and Manikganj districts on Wednesday. In Tangail, 10 people, including four members of a family, were killed and three others injured in a fatal road accident…
Category: Accidents
Body formed to probe Jhalakati road crash
A probe committee has been formed to investigate the reason behind the Tuesday’s road accident in Rajapur upazila that left eight people killed and 25 others injured.
Traffic sergeant killed in Faridpur road crash
A traffic sergeant was killed as a truck crashed into him at Piarpur on the Faridpur-Nurumia Bypass Road in the district town on Wednesday morning.
8 killed 40 hurt as bus plunges into ditch in Barisal
At least Eight people were killed and 40 injured as a bus lost control and plunged into a roadside ditch at Biswasbari in Rajapur upazila of Barisal district on Tuesday afternoon. Four deceased passengers out of the eight so far…
Cotton factory catches fire in B’baria
A fire broke out in a cotton factory in Kalibari area of Sarail upazila on Monday morning.
4 bodies recovered from along rail tracks in city
The bodies of four unidentified people, including two of women, were found, along railways, in different areas of the capital in just 24 hours’ time till Monday noon. Sub-inspector Rafiqul Islam of Kamalapur Government Railway Police Station said they recovered…
5 killed in Ctg bus-auto-rickshaw collision
Five people were killed and another was injured in a collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar Highway in Satkania upazila on Saturday evening. The deceased could not be identified immediately.
Missing likns to the oil tanker capsize baffle experts
Khulna – Some missing links in the movement of the oil tanket – ‘OT Southern Star 7’- from mongla depot to the Shela River have surprised concerned quarters in Khulna, highly placed sources have said. It is gathered that the…
7 killed 14 injured in Jessore, Rajshahi, Dhaka road mishaps
Seven people were killed and 14 others injured in road accidents in Jessore, Rajshahi and capital Dhaka on Friday. The dead included four in Jessore, two in Dhaka and one in Rajshahi. In Jessore, four people, including a student of…
Six crushed under wheels of train in Joypurhat
At least five people were killed and 30 others injured as they fell off a freight train and went under its wheels in Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat on Thursday afternoon. Four of the deceased were identified as Sadequl of Puranpoil…
Tourist killed at a road crash in Bandarban
A tourist was killed and three other seriously wounded in a jeep crashed at Chingtui Memberpara area on Bandarban-Chinbuk road on Monday.
Oil spill threaten fishes, mangroves as oil tanker sinks in Sunderbans
An oil tanker carrying some 3.57 lakh liters of furnace oil sank in the Shela River at Joymonigol under the East Zone of the Sundarbans on Tuesday morning as a cargo trawler hit it amid dense fog , leaving its…
Three college students killed in Rajshahi bus mishap
Three students have been killed after a bus carrying Rajshahi College’s female students collided with another and fell into a roadside ditch at Paba Upazila, police say. At least 20 others were also injured in the accident in front of…
Bus accident takes life of a varsity student in Dhaka
Another university died in a bus accident. This time it happened in Dhaka. A private university student Sadi Morshed (22) has been killed by a public bus on Tuesday afternoon. Sadi was a second year student of BBA at Independent…
IU closed as fellow’s death in accident sparts student-violence
The Islamic University (IU) has been closed for an indefinite period as the students went berserk following the death of a fellow student in a road accident. The decision to close the university was taken at an emergency meeting of…
Sr journo Zaglul Ahmed Chy killed in city road crash
Senior journalist and international affairs analyst Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury was killed in a road accident in the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Saturday night. He was 69. Chowdhury, also former managing director and chief editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS),…
2 BGB men killed in Dinajpur road crash, 9 locals injured in clash
Two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were killed as a truck crashed into their motorcycle in Fulbari upazila here on Friday. The deceased were identified Al Amin, 20, son of Golam Mostafa of Laxmipur, and Rubel, 22, son of…
One dead, 26 missing as trawler capsizes in Bay
A man died and at least 26 people went missing as a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal, on the outskirts of Saint Martin’s Island, early Friday. Port sources said a fishing boat named ‘FB Bandhan’ of Bengal…
6 farm labourers killed as truck crashes on pickup in Bogra
Six people were killed and four others injured as a truck crashed into a human hauler carrying a group of farm labourers in Kahalu upazila in Bogra on Monday night. The deceased could not be identified. Witnesses said 10 farm…
Grenade blast kills 2 BGB men at training time in Khagrachhari
Two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) battalion-16 were killed and four others injured as a grenade went off during training in Khagrachhari Cantonment on Sunday. The victims were identified as nayek subedar Abul Kashem, hailing from Chandina in Comilla,…
Gas line catches fire in Dhaka city
A gas supply line caught fire in Dhaka city’s Gulshan area on Friday night. Sources at the Fire Service central control room said the fire erupted in the gas supply line near Navana Tower at Gulshan-1 at 9:12pm.
15 shops gutted in Barisal
At least 15 shops were gutted and some others partially burnt as a fire broke out at Bandar area under Banaripara upazila of the district last night.
Blanket factory gutted inside Dhaka Central Jail
A blanket factory inside the boundary of Dhaka Central Jail was gutted by a fire in the city’s Bakshibazar area on Friday afternoon. Sources at the Fire Service central control room said the fire originated at the comforter factory, ‘Warming…
2 including Cop hurt in Jessore crude bomb attack
Two people, including a policeman, were injured in a crude bomb attack in Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday night. The victims were identified as constable Mamun, 32, of Sadar Police Station, and Rana, 35, the driver of a…
Lightning kills woman in Jessore
A woman was killed and another injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in sadar upazila on Saturday evening.
Minor girl killed in Sunamganj road accident
A minor girl was killed and three other people were injured in a road accident in Monar Bhangti area of Jagannathpur upazila on Wednesday evening.
Police constable killed in Gazipur road crash
A police constable was killed as a truck crushed into him on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Kaliakoir upazila on Thursday morning.
25 hurt in Chuadanga road crash
At least 25 people were injured in a road accident in Bhalaipur area of Sadar upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
Police constable killed in Gazipur road crash
A police constable was killed as a truck crushed into him on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Kaliakoir upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased, identified as Salamat Hossain, 50, hailed from Pathuli village in Basail upazila of Tangail district.
Teenage boy killed by lightning strike in Sylhet
A teenage boy died after being struck by a thunderbolt at Udaypur village in Chhatak upazila on Tuesday.