An electrician, who was burnt in Thursday night’s fire on a Titas Gas transmission line, has died in the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Anwar Hossain, 38, died around 5:30am Friday, Saiful Islam, a sub-inspector with the…
Category: Accidents
Two killed three injured in a road mishap in Ctg
Two persons were killed and another three received injuries when a pickup van rammed into an auto-rickshaw at Srimai Bridge area on Cox’s Bazar road under Patiya upazila of the district at 7 am today.
Shops gutted as gas line catches fire in Gazipur
A supply line of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd caught fire after it developed a leak on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Sreepur upazila on Thursday night. Witnesses said the fire erupted around 6:30 pm while Titas employees were working…
Bicyclist killed in C’nawabganj road crash
A bicyclist was killed as a bus crashed into his bicycle on the Chapainawabganj-Rohanpur Road in Sadar upazila on Wednesday evening.
Lightning kills Krishak League leader in Kishoreganj
A local Krishak League leader was killed as a lightning strike hit him at Shapla Bonde in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.
4 killed 32 injured in road accidents around the country
Four people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a human-hauler on the Chapainawabganj-Sonamosjid Road in Shibganj upazila on Tuesday night.
Body of one missing student out of 4 found in St Martin’s
The body of a missing student, out of four, of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, was found in the bay in the Saint Martin’s Island here on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Sabbir Hasan, 22, a…
Truck rams into Leguna kills 4 at Chandra
A truck rammed into a four-wheeler, ‘Leguna’, killing four passengers at Chandra of Gazipur’s Kaliakoir Upazila on Tuesday. Police said five more were injured in the accident in front of Chandra Forest Office on Dhaka-Tangail Highway at 8am.
Bank official crushed under wheels of train in Rajshahi
A bank official was killed as a train hit him at Charkhutar intersection level crossing under Rajpara Police Station in the city on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Humayun Kabir, 55, a resident of Hargram Munshipara in the…
7 killed in road crashes across country
Seven people were killed and 42 others injured in separate road accidents in Kishoreganj, Manikganj, Joypurhat and Faridpur districts on Monday. In Kishoreganj, two people were killed and 25 others injured as a night coach plunged into a roadside ditch…
2 varsity students drown in bay, 4 go missing
Four students of a private university in Dhaka went missing and two others died as they drowned in the bay in Saint Martin Island here on Monday.
Bank official crushed to death by train in Rajshahi
A bank official was killed as a train hit him at Charkhutar intersection level crossing under Rajpara Police Station in the city on Monday morning.
Student dies in road accident
A private university student was run over by a bus in Dhaka’s Shukrabad on Sunday afternoon and he died later in hospital. Shahin Ferdous, 20, was a second-year student of journalism at Daffodil University, police said. His classmate Anwarul Haque…
Two burned to death in Jamalpur fire
A woman and her grand daughter were burned to death as a fire broke out in their house at Tilakpur village in Dewanganj upazila here early Sunday.
Woman killed in Rangpur road crash
A woman was killed and four people were injured as a bus crashed into an auto-rickshaw at Paglapir in the city early Saturday.
3 die in Noakhali road mishap
Three people were killed and two ohers injured when a tractor hit an auto-rickshaw at Noakhali’s Companyganj. The accident occurred around 1am on Sunday in Rastar Matha area under Charkakra union, said Companyganj Police Station OC Sajedur Rahman. All those killed…
Trains collide at Sirajganj: 2 killed 12 hurt
Two passenger trains rammed into each other early Sunday at Ullaparha in Sirajganj, leaving at least two passengers dead and injuring at least 12 others, when the ‘Ekta Express’ and ‘Lalmoni Express’ going in opposite directions ended up on the…
8 shops gutted in Rajbari market
At last eight shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Nurnahar Market in the district town early Friday.
Youth dies falling from bus roof in Jessore
A young man was killed after falling from the roof of a running bus in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district early Saturday.
Noakhali school catches fire
A fire broke out at Shibpur Muslim High School in Sadar upazila early Saturday.
4 die in Rangpur crash
Four people have been killed and 17 others injured as a bus fell off a bridge after colliding with a truck in Rangpur’s Peerganj, police say. The accident took place around 5:30am on Saturday on the Rangpur-Bogra highway, said Peerganj…
2 more Dhaka fire victims die
Two more victims of Thursday’s hardware store fire in Dhaka have died, taking the death toll to three. Khalilur Rahman, 36, and Shafiul Azam, 45, passed away at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Friday afternoon, doctors say.…
Mirpur CRP fire doused
The fire that broke out at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) in the city’s Mirpur area on Friday evening was extinguished after an hour. Assistant Director of the Fire Service and Civil Defence (Dhaka) Rafiqul Islam…
Fire breaks out at Mirpur CRP
A fire broke out at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) in the city’s Mirpur area on Friday evening.
Bike crash kills one in Jessore
A motorcyclist was killed and his two co-riders were injured as the vehicle they were riding rammed into a roadside tree at Goga Bazar in Sharsha upazila on Thursday morning.
Lightning kills 2 in 2 dists
Two people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj and Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar districts on Wednesday.
Man electrocuted in Sirajganj
A man died from electrocution near Jhawail bridge on the west side of the connecting road of Bangabandhu bridge in Kamarkhand upazila on Tuesday evening.
3 including cop killed in city road crashes
Three people, including a police official, were killed and two others injured in two separate road accidents in Sabujbagh and Banani areas of the city early Wednesday. One of the deceased was identified as Bikash Kumar Ghosh, 40, sub-inspector of…
2 crushed under train in city
In separate incidents, a construction worker and a housewife were crushed to death by trains at the city’s Malibagh level crossing on Tuesday. The victims were identified as Mukul Hossain, 45, a construction worker and son of Abdus Salam of…
Man killed in Sherpur road crash
A sexagenarian man was killed as a running bus ran over him at Nouhata in the district town on Monday morning.