Dhaka – An elderly man died after being run over by a speeding truck while crossing Surma bridge in Mallikpur area in Sunamganj town on Saturday.
Category: Death
Plainclothesmen picked up 3 bullet-hit victims: Case filed
Narayanganj, Sept 15 – A murder case has been filed in connection with Friday’s recovery of bullet-hit bodies of three friends from a 300-feet area of Purbachal in Narayanganj.
16 die as bus falls into deep gorge in Indian-ruled Kashmir
A bus fell off a road into a deep gorge in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing 16 people and injuring 16 others.
4 bullet-hit bodies found – 1 killed in gunfight on Friday
Dhaka, Sept 14 – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of an unidentified man from Shotokhali village in Shalikha Upazila on Friday. Local people spotted the body and informed police about it who recovered the body in the morning, said Rabiul…
Charge accepted on college students’ deaths in rash driving
Dhaka, Sept 13 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday accepted the charge sheet against six persons in a case filed over the deaths of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College in an accident on…
Mother, son die from electrocution in Gazipur
Dhaka- A woman and her son died from electrocution at Keua Bakultala in Sreepur upazila in Gazipur on Thursday.
Lightning kills 4 in three districts
Dhaka – At least four people were killed in lightning strikes in separate places in three districts –Sunamganj, Satkhira and Bagerhat– on Wednesday.
Pakistan ex-premier released on parole for wife’s funeral
A provincial government in Pakistan has released former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son in-law on parole after Sharif’s wife died at a hospital in London.
Six killed in Cox’s Bazar road crash
Dhaka – At least six people were killed and six others injured in head-on collision between a bus and human-hauler, locally known as leguna, in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday morning.
Lightning kills four farmers in Magura
Magura – Four farmers were killed when a thunderbolt struck them while they working at a filed amid rain at Munshirchar in Sadar upazila on Tuesday.
Indian bus plunges into valley, 43 dead
Forty-three people died in southern India on Tuesday when a bus taking pilgrims from a temple plunged into a valley, an official said, in the latest horrific crash on the country’s roads.
My baby died. please ask me his name
From BBC Magazine 8 September 2018 There is no word in the English language for a parent whose child has died as if the subject were too painful for society to confront. Elle Wright lost her son Teddy soon after…
Man hacked dead ‘by son’ in Pabna
Dhaka – A man was hacked to death allegedly by his son at Pirpur village in Ataikula upazila in Pabna on Saturday night.
21 killed as bus plunges into ravine in Indonesia
Twenty-one people were killed Saturday when a tourist bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s main Java island, officials said.
Helicopter crash in Nepal kills 5, leaves 1 missing
A helicopter flying in bad weather crashed in Nepal’s mountains on Saturday, killing five of the seven people on board and leaving another missing, police said.
Japan quake toll up to 20 as rescuers dig through landslides
Atsuma, Sept 8 (AP/UNB) — The toll from an earthquake that rocked Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido rose to 20 on Friday, and 19 others remained unaccounted for in one small town after an entire mountainside collapsed on their…
Dhaka police charge sheet sux people for 2 college-student deaths
Dhaka, Sept 6 – The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) submitted a charge sheet before a Dhaka court yesterday, accusing six people over the death of two college students in a deadly road crash in the capital’s…
Saifur Rahman’s 9th death anniversary observed
Dhaka, Sept 5 – The ninth death anniversary of M Saifur Rahman, the country’s ex-finance minister, was observed on Wednesday with various programmes.
Highway overpass collapses in Kolkata; 1 killed, 23 hurt
Rescuers using huge cranes, iron cutters and drills worked overnight to clear the wreckage of a highway overpass that collapsed Tuesday in the crowded Indian city of Kolkata. The concrete segment that slammed to the ground killed at least one…
Man killed in clash over land dispute in Gopalganj
A man was killed in a clash over land dispute in Dakhshin Fukra village of Kashiani upazila on Monday.The deceased was identified as Hingul Sarder, 45, son of Irful Sardar of the village.
Ekushey TV journalist Mamunur Rashid dies of heart attack
Dhaka, Sept 3 – Young journalist Mamunur Rashid died while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in the capital on Monday night.
Dozens of elephants killed near Botswana wildlife sanctuary
Dhaka, Sep 4 – Carcasses of nearly 90 elephants have been found near a famous wildlife sanctuary in Botswana, conservationists say. Elephants Without Borders, which is conducting an aerial survey, said the scale of poaching deaths is the largest seen…
Suspected drug trader’ killed in Shariatpur ‘gunfight’
Shariatpur, Sept 4– A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with Detectives at Chhoygaon village of Sadar Upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Md Sumon Pahar, accused in 11 cases including drug and extortion.
Guru Suruj Dewan – a tribute
Sir Frank Peters The death of Guru Suruj Dewan last Friday brought a dark cloud of sadness to the village of Haydarabad Ward-39, Gazipur.
Ex DRU president Mostaq Hossain passes away
Dhaka, Sept 3 – Former President of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) and Special correspondent of Bangla daily Bhorer Dak Mostaq Hossain passed away in a city hospital today. He was 58.
Birangana Rama Chowdhury passes away
Rama Chowdhury, a writer and a Birangana of the Liberation War, passed away at a hospital here o early Monday. She was 78.
Head-on collision of two busses in Rangpur kills 7
Rangpur, Sept 2 – At least seven people were killed and 50 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Seo Bazar in the city on Sunday. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet. The accident…
Man drowns in Sylhet beel
Dhaka – A man drowned in Champa Khari Beel in Fenchuganj upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Alauddin Miah, 42, a resident of Rajonpur village in the upazila.
2 killed in Bogura road crashes
Dhaka- Two people were killed in separate road crashes in Sherpur upazila in Bogura early Sunday.
10 garment workers injured as human hauler overturns in Gazipur
Gazipur, Sept 2 – At least 10 readymade garment (RMG) workers were injured as a human hauler overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Bhabanipur area of Gazipur city on Sunday morning.