A suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Hazi Mazar slum in Tongi in the small hours of Tuesday.
Category: Death
Mystery shrouds death of a DU student
Dhaka University students are in shock as the dead body of their fellowman, who went missing over a week ago, was found at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue on Sunday.
Businessman dies from drinking too much liquor in Dhaka
A 35-year-old businessman died Sunday in the capital’s Lalbagh after drinking a fatal level of liquor, police said.
Body of missing microbus driver of recovered in Daulatdia
The body of a missing driver of a microbus that fell into Padma River on Monday was recovered on Thursday morning, around 45 hours after an accident.
Covid-19 death toll in Bangladesh nears 12000
Bangladesh reported 38 more Coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours until Monday morning, bringing the total number of fatalities to 11,972.
2 die in Kushtia after inhaling toxic gas inside septic tank
Two construction workers died after inhaling toxic gas inside a septic tank at Jugia Palpara in Kushtia on Friday morning.
Lightning kills 2 farmers in Bhola
Two farmers were killed by lightning strike in Char Fasson upazila of Bhola.
26 dead as speedboat sinks in Padma after hitting bulkhead
At least 26 people died when a speedboat sank in the Padma River near Kathalbari Ferry ghat in Shibchar Upazila of Madaripur district on Monday.
4 killed, 35 injured in Armanitola building fire
At least four people were killed and 35 others sustained burn injuries after a massive fire broke out at a building in the Armanitola area of Old Dhaka in the early hours of Friday.
Prof Tareq Shamsur Rahman found dead at Uttara flat
Police recovered the body of Dr Tareq Shamsur Rahman, a political analyst and former professor of Jahangirnagar University, from his Uttara flat in the city on Saturday.
Coronavirus claims eight more lives in Chattogram
Dhaka, Apr 16 : South Korea has suspended visas for Bangladeshis as there has been an upswing in Covid-19 cases among the citizens of the South Asian nation visiting the southern half of the Korean Peninsula recently.
Ex-law minister Abdul Matin Khasru dies
Dhaka, April 14 : Former law minister and valiant Freedom Fighter Abdul Matin Khasru passed away on Wednesday afternoon at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka. He was 72.
National award-winning music director Farid Ahmed dies
Dhaka, Apr 13 (UNB) – Renowned music director Farid Ahmed passed away at a hospital in the capital on Tuesday. The music director was put on life-support at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Square Hospital on April 11. He…
Clash leaves one dead in Barishal
Barishal, Apr 11 : A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy at Sultani village in Mehendiganj upazila of Barishal district early Sunday.
Trader found dead at Gaibandha AL leader’s house
Police on Saturday recovered the body of a trader from the residence of a local Awami League leader at Narayanpur village in Sadar Upazila.
Elderly man killed in Madaripur road crash
An elderly man was killed as a motorcycle collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw in the Anandabazar area of Sadar Upazila on Friday.
Rajshahi road crash leaves 2 dead
Two people were killed when a truck hit a van on Rajshahi-Dhaka highway at Jewpara Borosenbagh in Puthia Upazila of Rajshahi district on Monday.
6 bodies found, over 15 missing as launch capsizes in N’ganj
Bodies of six women, who went missing in a boat capsize in the Sitalakkhya River on Sunday, were recovered early Monday.
Awami League MP Aslamul Haq dies
Dhaka, Apr 4 : Aslamul Haq, the Awami League MP from the Dhaka-14 constituency, died at a hospital in the capital on Sunday. He was 61.
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Auto-rickshaw driver’s body found in Chandpur
Chandpur, Apr 2 : Police on Friday recovered the body of an auto-rickshaw driver who went missing from Lamchar village of Faridganj upazila four days ago.
Chattogram EC official dies of Covid-19
Chattogram, Apr 2 : An official of the Chattogram Election Commission died at a hospital in Dhaka on Friday, three days after testing positive for Covid-19.
Covid-19: Bangladesh records 3-month high 39 deaths
Coronavirus claimed 39 more lives in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours until Saturday, a record number of deaths in the past three months.
35-year-old ‘shot dead’ in Rajshahi over area supremacy
A 35-year man was allegedly shot dead by miscreants over establishing area supremacy at Choumadia Bazar in Bagha Upazila of Rajshahi district on Wednesday night.
Journalist Nurul Huda passes away
Former special correspondent of the state-owned news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Nurul Huda passed away at his residence in the city’s Mirpur journalists’ residential area on Sunday afternoon. He was 72.
3 children killed as a pile of soil collapsed on them
Three children in Gaibandha’s Sundarganj were killed Friday as soil piled up on a roadside collapsed on them as they were playing outside their house on Friday.
Moudud to be buried at his village home in Compnayganj
He will be buried at his family graveyard in Companiganj’s Manikpur area at 5:30pm after his last Jazana at Bashurhat Government Mujib College at 4pm.
Man ‘self immolates’ to avert arrest
A man died after setting himself on fire at the remote Gotiar village river island to escape arrest on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
3 patients killed in Dhaka Medical College Hospital fire
At least three patients were killed in a massive fire that broke out at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday morning.
Sylhet MP Mahmud Us Samad dies of Covid-19
Dhaka, Mar 11: Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury, an Awami League MP from Sylhet-3 and vice president of AL Sylhet district unit, died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Dhaka on Thursday. He was 66. MP Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury breathed…