A worker died falling off under- construction Payra Bridge at Lebukhali in Patuakhali district on Thursday morning.
Category: Death
Adviser to Prime Minister HT Imam passes away at CMH
HT Imam, the lifelong bureaucrat-turned-adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, breathed his last in the small hours of Thursday. He was 82.
Man hurt in gas cylinder blast dies at Rangpur Hospital
A man, who suffered injuries in a gas cylinder blast, died at Rangpur Medical College and Hospital on Saturday night.
7 dead, 15 hurt as two buses collide in Sylhet
At least seven people were killed and 15 others injured as two buses collided head-on on Sylhet-Dhaka Highway in Rashidpur area on Friday morning.
Awami League leader killed in Chattogram
A local politician of Awami League was stabbed to death by assailants at Toiarpara in Satkania upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday night, police said Thursday.
UP member shot dead in Rangamati
A Union Parishad member was gunned down by some miscreants in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati district on Wednesday.
Journalist, columnist Syed Abul Maksud dies
Journalist and noted columnist Syed Abul Maksud died in the capital on Tuesday evening. He was 74.
Biden mourns 500,000 dead, balancing nation’s grief and hope
President Joe Biden on Monday confronted head-on the country’s once-unimaginable loss — half a million Americans in the COVID-19 pandemic.
5 killed, 23 injured in Sirajganj bus-truck collision
At least five people were killed and 23 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Konabari in Kamarkhand Upazila of Sirajganj district on Tuesday.
Bogra bus-truck collision leaves 6 dead, 15 hurt
Bogra, Feb 21 – Six people were killed and 15 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on Bogura-Dhaka highway at College Road in Sherpur Upazila of Bogura district on Sunday.
3 die as truck hits bike in Brahmanbaria
Three persons returning home on a bike have been killed after being hit by a speeding truck in Brahmanbaria, police said Friday.
Mother-daughter charred to death in Comilla house fire
A 35-year-old woman and her daughter were charred to death in a fire that broke out at their house in Bhelanagar village of Cumilla district’s Daudkandi Upazila on Tuesday night.
Two killed in Sylhet as truck plunges into canal from bridge
Two people were killed after a truck plunged into a canal from a bridge in Jaintiapur Upazila of Sylhet early Sunday.
Covid-19: Bangladesh loses 7 more lives as death toll reaches 8,182
Dhaka, Feb 05 ( UNB ): Bangladesh reported seven new Covid-19 deaths until early Friday, including six in Dhaka, taking the national tally to 8,182 since the pandemic began. The country’s mortality rate stood at 1.52%, the Directorate General of…
Bangladesh’s Covid-19 death toll climbs to 8,175
News Desk Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 8,175 on Thursday after the health authorities recorded 13 more coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours till morning. “The mortality rate is now 1.52 percent,” the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in…
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 10 more deaths, 443 fresh cases
News Desk Ten more people died of Covid-19 and 443 others got infected by the deadly virus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till 8 am on Monday. With the fresh ones, the total death toll from the deadly…
জাতীয় প্রেস ক্লাবের স্থায়ী সদস্য সৈয়দ লুৎফুল হক আর নেই
জাতীয় প্রেস ক্লাবের স্থায়ী সদস্য সৈয়দ লুৎফুল হক আর নেই। তিনি আজ বুধবার ভোর সাড়ে পাঁচটায় ঢাকা মেডিকেল কলেজ হাসপাতালে ইন্তেকাল করেন (ইন্না লিল্লাহি ওয়া ইন্না ইলাইহি রাজিউন)।
Two killed in capital as bus hits motorbike on Hanif flyover
Dhaka, Jan 23 — Two people, including a motorcyclist, were killed as a passenger bus hit a motorcycle on Mayor Hanif Flyover near Joykali Temple on Saturday.
Fishing trawler capsizes at Bay: 4 bodies found, 13 rescued
Cox’s Bazar, Jan 23 — Four bodies were recovered after a fishing trawler capsized with 25 people on board in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday.
3 including 2 kids killed in Moheshkhali Gas cylinder blast
Three persons, including two children, died and eight others were injured after a gas cylinder used to inflate balloons exploded in Moheshkhali under Cox’s Bazar district.
Man killed as gas cylinder explodes in Barguna ice factory
A 55-year-old man was killed and around 50 people including two fire fighters fell sick inhaling ammonia gas after a gas cylinder exploded in an ice factory in Barguna’s Patharghata Upazila early Friday.
Three killed as passenger bus overturns in Faridpur
Three people were killed and 15 others injured after a bus overturned in Bogail area of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur on Wednesday.
Work-bound bike riding couple killed under wheels of bus
A woman and her husband were killed after their motorcycle was hit by a passenger bus near the airport intersection in the capital on Monday.
N’ganj mosque AC blast: 22 accused get bail after surrender
Narayanganj, Jan 18 – Twenty-two charge-sheeted accused in Narayanganj mosque blast case secured bail for one month after they surrendered at a court on Sunday.
AC explosion at UAE visa centre leaves one dead, 7 injured
Dhaka, Jan 13 – A man was killed and seven others were injured as an Air Conditioner (AC) went off at the UAE Visa Processing Centre in Gulshan area on Wednesday afternoon.
3 die as truck falls into river in Rangamati
Rangamati, Jan 12 – At least three persons were killed when a truck fell into a river on Tuesday, following the collapse of a Bailey bridge in Rangamati district, police said.
Prothom Alo joint editor Mizanur Rahman Khan dies of Covid-19
Dhaka, Jan 11 – Mizanur Rahman Khan, joint editor of vernacular daily the Prothom Alo, died on Monday evening after a long battle with deadly coronavirus. He was 53.
20 migrants dead off Tunisia after boat sinks, more missing
TUNIS, Tunisia (UNB/AP) — About 20 African migrants were found dead Thursday after their smuggling boat, which was trying to reach Europe, sank in the Mediterranean Sea, Tunisian authorities said. Five survivors were rescued and the Tunisian navy is searching…
Partex Group chairman MA Hashem dies of Covid-19
Dhaka, Dec 24 – Partex Group founder chairman and former Member of Parliament MA Hashem passed away at a city hospital early Thursday after contracting coronavirus. He was 77.
RU student found dead by hanging at home
Rajshahi – A student of Rajshahi University Anthropology department 2nd year, named Debjyoti Bosak Partho on early Saturday was found hanging by the neck in his house in Patuakhali.