Dhaka, Aug 3 – Amid the ongoing student-led protest across the country demanding safer roads, a bike rider yesterday was killed under a bus at the capital’s Maghbazar area.
Category: Death
Housewife ‘commits’ suicide in Sunamganj
Dhaka – A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house at Jangalbari in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj on Friday.
PM Hasina Tk 2mn each to two accident victims’ families
Md Jahangir Fakir, father of Diya Khanam Mim who along with another student died in a recent city road crash, on Thursday urged the students to go back home as he hoped that the Prime Minister will take effective steps…
Editors’ Council condoles Moazzem Hossian’s death
The Editors’ Council has expressed its heartfelt sorrow and condolence at the untimely demise of one of its founding member, editor-publisher of the Financial Express, Moazzem Hossian.
2 schoolboys drown in Cumilla
Dhaka – Two schoolboys drowned in the Dharma Sagar pond in Cumilla on Thursday.
Jubo League man hacked to death in Mymensingh
Dhaka – A Jubo League activist was hacked to death by the opponents at Akua Nazirbari area in Mymensingh on Tuesday afternoon.
I am sorry, says Shahjahan Khan on Sunday’s student deaths
After widespread criticism for his visibly smirk reaction, Shipping Minister, Shajahan Khan, on Tuesday expressed his great sorrow and regret over the Sunday’s road crash that had killed two students.
Shahjahan rejects call for resignation as irrelevant
Describing the demand made by the students and cetizens for his resignation as illogical, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Monday said he has taken many steps to curb road accidents.
HC orders Taka 5 lakh compensation to victims families
The High Court on Monday directed the owners of ‘Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan’ to provide Tk 5 lakh within a week to each family of the two students who were killed in a road crash at Airport Road on Sunday.
Students barricade Airport road over Sunday’s bus tragedy
Dhaka, July 30 – Traffic on Airport road came to a halt on Monday morning as students of different schools and colleges blocked the road protesting the death of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin School and College in a…
IOM official found dead in Cox’s Bazar hotel
Cox’s Bazar, July 27 – Police recovered the body of an official of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN agency on migration, from a hotel in the Cox’s Bazar district town on Thursday night.
3 robber, one extremist suspects killed in ‘gunfights’ in 3 dists
Dhaka, July 27 –Three suspected robbers and an ‘outlaw’ were killed in separate gunfights with police and Rab in Comilla, Sirajganj and Rajbari districts early Friday.
Truck-microbus collision leaves 4 dead in Sylhet
Six people were killed and three others injured as a truck collided head-on with a microbus at Ilashpur in Osmaninagar upazila on Thursday afternoon.
Seven killed as bus hits human hauler in Barguna
Barguna, July 26 – At least seven people were killed and three others injured when a bus rammed a human hauler at Manikjhuri in Amtoli Upazila of Barguna district on Thursday.
Two workers die on ship blast in Karnaphuli
Chattogram Bureau Two workers have died in an explosion on a ship in the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram’s Shikolbaha on Monday afternoon.
Fish trader hacked dead in Chuadanga
Dhaka- A local fish trader of Alamdanga upazila was hacked to death over long-running enmity at Asmankhali Bazar on Sunday night.
Three killed in Rangpur road crash
Dhaka – At least three people were killed as a bus rammed an auto-rickshaw on Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Hajirhat area in Rangpur on Sunday morning.
Prisoner dies in Habiganj
Dhaka -A prisoner, who fell sick in the district jail, died at a hospital here on Saturday morning.
Mob lynches Muslim man over cow smuggling in W India
A Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob in western India over allegations of smuggling cows, police said Saturday, despite calls by the country’s highest court for immediate steps to stop deadly mob violence across the country.
Two workers die failing off building at DU
Two construction workers died reportedly after falling off an under-construction building at Jagannath Hall on Dhaka University (DU) campus on Saturday.
College student found dead in Netrakona
Dhaka- A college student was found dead at Dauki village in Kendua upazila on Friday morning.
10-year-old Somali girl dies after female genital mutilation
A 10-year-old girl has bled to death after undergoing female genital mutilation in Somalia, an activist said, a rare confirmed death in the country with the world’s highest rate of the practice.
Sirajganj road crash leaves 1 dead, 21 injured
Dhaka – A man was killed and 21 others were injured as a bus drove into a roadside ditch on Sirajganj- Belkuchi road at Shamespur area in Belkuchi upazila in Sirajganj on Thursday night.
Indian forces kill 8 Maoist insurgents in forest gunbattle
Security forces killed eight Maoist insurgents, including four women, in an exchange of gunfire early Thursday in their stronghold in central India, a police officer said.
Mother, daughter killed; father found hanging in Gazipur house
Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her daughter and the hanging body of the woman’s husband from their house in Haidorabad area in the city on Thursday morning.
Missing man found dead in Bagerhat
Dhaka- A day labourer, who went missing on Tuesday, was found dead at a water body insadar upazila in Bagerhat on Wednesday night.
Two killed in Cox’s Bazar reported ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, July 19 – Two people were killed in a reported gunfight with a joint team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on Marine Drive road in Himchhari area early Thursday.
51 women killed for dowry, 592 raped in six months
Dhaka, July 16 – At least 592 incidents of rape occurred across the country in last six months till June 30 this year.
Microbus gas-cylinder blast kills 3 in Tangail
Tangail, Jul 17 – Three passengers of a microbus were killed and four others, including three policemen, injured as its gas-cylinder exploded at Kumudini College intersection in the district town early Tuesday.
2 suspected drug traders killed in ‘gunfight’ with police
Dhaka, Jul 16 – Two suspected drug traders were killed in reported gunfights with police in Kushtia, Mymensingh districts early Monday.