Category: Accidents

At least 14 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Gangarampur Bazar in Shalikha upazila on Sunday night.

A schoolboy was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Shikri village in Sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon.

A couple and two of their daughters have burnt to death in Chittagong’s Lohargara. The fire broke out at Adhurnagar village in the Upazila around 3.30am on Thursday, said Lohagara Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Shahjahan.

A perfume godown caught fire in the city’s Chawkbazar area on Wednesday, leaving three employees injured. Those suffered burn injuries are Mofiz, 40, Aziz, 30, and Kabir, 32. They were rushed to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital…

A minor boy was killed as a recklessly driven truck knocked down him in Siddhirganj area of the city on Tuesday evening.

At least three pedestrians, including a female, were killed and seven others injured as a bus crashed into them near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport roundabout in the city on Wednesday morning. The deceased could not be identified immediately.

At least 40 shanties belonging to 30 families were gutted and three cattle died as a devastating erupted at a slum in Islampur area of the city on Sunday night.

At least seven people were injured in a clash between the supporters of two chairman candidates at Araishidha village in Ashuganj upazila early Saturday.

A teenager and a minor boy were killed and 14 others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Sarail upazila on Wednesday night.

Three schoolboys were killed as their motorcycle crashed into a bus at Asimtala in Mirzapur upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Rokon, son of Nazrul Islam of Kurni village, Sohel, son of Shafi Uddin of Adabari village…

A truck driver and his helper were killed as their vehicle plunged into a roadside ditch at Raipur in Daudkandi upazila on Monday morning.

A veteran freedom fighter was killed and another six persons including three women were injured in a road mishap in Lebutala-Rajapur area on Jessore-Magura Highway in Sadar upazila here on Friday.

A farmer was killed in a clash over irrigating a cropland at Nagua village in Tarakanda upazila on Friday.

At least 50 people, including some Dhaka University students, were injured as a picnic bus  collided head on with a truck at Ashulia on Dhaka-Aricha highway  on Friday morning.

A farmer died from electrocution at Duttabari in the municipality area on Wednesday afternoon.

A couple was killed in a road accident in Bihar area on the Bogra-Rangpur Highway under Shibganj upazila of the district Wednesday night.

A man was killed in a road accident at Alipur Hatkhola intersection on the Satkhira-Kaliganj Road in Sadar upazila on Tuesday noon.

A young man was killed and another person injured after falling from the roof of a running bus at Abdullahpur in Keraniganj upazila on Tuesday.

A motorcyclist was killed and his co-rider injured as a truck hit their vehicle on the Nageshwari-Phulbari Road at Chottabari More in Phulbari upazila on Tuesday afternoon.

Two villages under Shaghata upazila in the district were brought under rural electrification network by Gaibandha Palli Bidyut Samity (GPBS) recently.

A schoolgirl was killed as a covered van crushed down her near Bagur Bus Terminal on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chandina upazila on Tuesday morning.

At least four shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at Shilasthan Miaji Bazar in Kachua upazila early Monday.