Two people were killed and fiver others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Shalikha and Sadar upazilas on Monday evening.
Category: Accidents
4 ceramic workers killed in Dhamrai road crash
At least four ceramic workers were killed and 20 others injured as a bus carrying them rammed into a tree on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Jahanara, 26, Rahim,…
Comilla road crashes kill Cop, female teacher on polls duty
A policeman and a female assistant teacher of a primary school on election duty were killed in separate road accidents in Sadar Dakkhin upazila on Monday. The deceased were identified as Kamrun Nahar, an assistant teacher at Chashapara Government Primary…
9 army men injured in training grenade blast
A grenade accidently went off during a training session on Wednesday, leaving nine army personnel injured at Dinajpur Cantonment. The explosion at the firing range took place at 2pm, Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate’s (ISPR) and local sources confirmed.
800-kg jatka seized, two jailed in Laxmipur
Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive seized 800-kg jatka and awarded two people one- year imprisonment each in Jhumur cinema hall area here last night.
Lightning kills mother, daughter in Mymensingh
A mother and her daughter were killed and two others injured when lightning struck them at Bangaon village under Bhaluka upazila of the district on Tuesday.
Fire kills 9 Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia
At least nine Bangladeshis have been killed in a furniture shop fire in Riyadh on Monday night, the foreign ministry has confirmed. Seven of them -Md Jalal, Abdul Gaffar, Bahauddin, Shah Alam, Nazir Hossain, Matiur Rahman, and ‘Selim’ –from Comilla,…
Schoolteacher killed in Jhenidah road crash
A schoolteacher was killed in a road accident in Kola Bazar area of Kaliganj upazila on Monday night.
Lightning strikes kill 3 in C’nawabganj
Three people, including a girl, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike during a nor’wester that lashed different areas of Shibganj and Nachole upazilas on Sunday night.
Cop killed in Gazipur road crash
A police constable was killed and two others were injured as a truck knocked down them on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in the city early Monday.
Landslide kills 3 of a family in Moulvibazar
Three members of a family, including a child, were killed in an incident of rain-triggered landslide at a tea garden in South Shahbazpur of Baralekha upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Rajesh, 35, his wife Manju, 25,…
2 women electrocuted in Dinajpur town
Two women were electrocuted on Thursday at a house in Upashahar area of Dinajpur town.
2 killed in Faridpur road crash
Two people were killed and two others injured when a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch at Komorpur in Sadar upazila early Friday.
10 killed in Rajbari as two passenger buses collide early Friday
At least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Rajbari-Faridpur Highway at Basantapur in sadar upazila early Friday. Four of the deceased were identified as Alamgir, driver of Eagle Paribahan…
Patuakhali launch capsize death toll climbs to 17
The death toll from Saturday’s launch capsize in Kolagachia River in Golachipa upazila rose to 17 with recovery of one more body on Monday. The divers found another body at Dharandi Char around 10 am. The identity of the deceased…
Minor girl killed in Jamalpur road accident
A minor girl was killed in an accident at Beparipara on Jamalpur-Mymensingh road under Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday.
Patuakhali launch capsize death toll rises to 12
The death toll from Saturday’s launch capsize in Kolagachia river in Golachipa uapzila rose to 12 with recovery of five more bodies on Sunday morning. Officer-in-charge of Golachipa police station Fakhruddin said divers pulled out five bodies from the river…
MP’s wife ‘falls’ off roof, dies
Wife of MP Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury Nixon died on Tuesday night after reportedly falling off the roof of the six-storey building they lived in at Gulshan-2, Dhaka. Muntarin Mujib Chowdhury, 33, allegedly slipped and fell, Nixon’s personal assistant Khandker Jahidur…
Youth electrocuted in Sylhet
A young man died and his brother injured from electrocution at Brahmangaon village in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district on Monday night.
53 houses gutted in Thakurgaon
Fifty-three houses were burned down by a fire which broke out at Sukatipara village in Sadar upazila on Sunday night.
Lightning kills one in Goalanda
A young man was killed and another injured by a lightning strike in Doulatdia ferry ghat area on Monday morning.
2 truck drivers killed in Rangpur road crash
Two truck drivers were killed and their two helpers injured in a road accident at Mujibnagar point on the Rangpur-Dhaka highway under Pirganj upazila here this morning, police sources said.
Youth’s body recovered from river in N’ganj
The body of an unidentified youth was recovered from the Meghana river at Korbanpur in Sonargaon upazila here on Saturday night. Sonargaon thana officer-in-charge Md Rezaul Haq said being informed by locals, police recovered the body which was partially decomposed…
Girl drowns in Sirajganj
A minor girl drowned in a pond at Mirpur in Sirajganj district town on Friday noon.
Truck hits auto-rickshaw in city, 2 killed 3 hurt
Two people were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Paltan intersection in the city early Thursday. Among the deceased, one was identified as Alim, driver of the auto-rickshaw and son of Jahirul…
Fire at Bengal Group warehouse in city
A warehouse of Bengal Group caught fire in the city’s Tejgaon Industrial area on Wednesday. Sources at the Fire Service Control room said the fire originated at the godown near BSTI office at about 5:20 pm. Being informed, eight firefighter…
Smuggled goods worth Tk2.75 cr seized in Comilla
Government agencies seized smuggled goods worth over Tk2.77 crore during different anti- smuggling drives in Comilla in March this year and arrested 173 people in this connection.
Fire at Otobi furniture factory
A fire has broken out at furniture-maker Otobi’s factory at Savar on the outskirts of capital Dhaka. Fire Service control room official Md Ali told journalists the fire started around 9:45pm on Tuesday at the factory at Birulia Union’s Khagan…
Lightning kills one in Narsingdi
A man was killed and another injured in lightning strike at Ramnagar village in Raipura upazila on Saturday afternoon.
Man electrocuted in Jhenidah
A man died from electrocution in Jhenidah town on Friday morning.