Around 27 people, mostly suspected drug peddlers or drug addicts, were killed in ‘so-called gunfights’ with law enforcers across the country in the last 21 days as of Monday, said human rights body Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK).
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3 including minor killed in separate Bogura road crashes
Dhaka – At least three people including a minor were killed in separate road accidents in Bogura on Sunday and Monday.
Man drives into restaurant, killing 2 including daughter
Bessemer City, May 21 (AP/UNB) — Witnesses say the lunchtime scene at the Surf and Turf Lodge in Bessemer City was comfortable, with families eating, until a vehicle crashed into the building.
Six killed in ‘gunfights’ in 6 districts
Dhaka – Four suspected drug peddlers, a ‘robber’ and a ‘mugger’ were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers in Barishal, Feni, Mymensingh, Dinajpur, Jashore and Tangail districts early Sunday. With the latest figures, a total of 20 people were…
Lighting kills three in Chattogram
Dhaka- Three people were killed while two others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Banshkhali and Sandwip upazilas in Chattogram on Saturday.
Two killed in Moulvibazar road crash
Dhaka- Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Moulvibazar-Kulaura road in Islampur area here in Moulvibazar on Saturday.
9 dead as India, Pakistan trade fire along Kashmir border
Eight civilians, including a husband and wife and four members of another family, were killed when Indian and Pakistani soldiers fired at border posts and villages along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday. An Indian soldier…
Cubana flight with 110 aboard crashes, 3 said to survive
Havana, May 19 (AP/UNB) — A 39-year-old airliner with 110 people aboard crashed and burned in a cassava field just after taking off from the Havana airport Friday, leaving three survivors in Cuba’s worst aviation disaster in three decades, officials…
More than 100 die in Havana plane crash
More than 100 people have died after a Boeing 737 airliner crashed near Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuban state media say. Three people have survived but are in a critical condition, Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma reported. The…
Housewife beaten dead ‘by husband’ in Benapole
Dhaka- A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband over family feud at Balidah village in Sharsha upazila on Thursday night.
Farmer killed in Narail lightning strike
Dhaka-A farmer was killed in a lightning strike at Kamargram of Lohagara upazila in Narail on Friday morning.
2 killed in Sherpur road crash
Dhaka – Two people were killed and four others injured in a road accident at Kandapara in Sherpur district town in Sherpur on Thursday.
Housewife strangulated to death in Shariatpur
Dhaka -A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her in-laws over dowry in Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday.
Lightning kills three in 3 districts
Dhaka – Three people including a schoolgirl were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Khulna, Kishoreganjand and Brahmanabria districts on Wednesday and Tuesday.
Three killed in Mymensingh road crash
Dhaka- Three people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Mymensingh- Tangail road at Gabtoli in Muktagachha upazila on Tuesday noon.
11 killed in Ctg stampede as iftar gift-giving goes wrong
At least 11 people were killed and 50 others injured as they scrambled to collect iftar items distributed by the management of Kabir Steel and Re-Rolling Mills (KSRM) at Nolua union in Satkania upazila on Monday.
11 killed in Chattogram stampede while collecting iftar items
Dhaka – At least 11 people were killed and 50 others injured as they scrambled to collect iftar items distributed by the management of Kabir Steel and Re-Rolling Mills (KSRM) at Nolua union in Satkania upazila in Chattogram on Monday.
2 killed in Khulna road crash
Dhaka- Two people were killed and two others injured when a truck hit a human-hauler on Khulna-Bagerhat road at Jabusa intersection in Rupsa upazila in Khulna on Monday.
Man hacked dead by ‘drug-addict’ nephew in Gopalganj
Dhaka- A man was hacked to death allegedly by his drug-addict nephew at Ulpur village in Sadar upazila in Gopalganj on Monday morning.
Six killed as bus runs over auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh
Mymensingh, May 11 : Five passengers and the driver of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed when the 3-wheeler was run over by a passenger bus at Kakni area on Sherpur-Mymensingh highway in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh on Friday afternoon.
3 killed in city road crash
Dhaka- Three people, including a minor girl, were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a human-hauler at Goran Chatbari under Shah Ali Police Station in the city on Friday afternoon.
Mother ‘kills self, son’ jumping before train in Kushtia
Dhaka – A woman with her two-year-old son in her arms reportedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train in Gatepara area of Mirpur upazila in Kushtia on Friday afternoon. The deceased could not be identified yet.Afzal…
2 kids drown in Tangail
Dhaka- Two children drowned in a river at Kashil Paschimpara village in Basail upazila here on Thursday.
Jatiya Party MP AKM Maidul Islam passes away
Kurigram, May 11 – AKM Maidul Islam, a Jatiya Party MP from Kurigram -3 constituency and also a former minister, died at a hospital in Dhaka due to lung complications on Thursday night. He was 76.
Lightning kills 24 in 13 dists
Dhaka-At least 24people were killed and21others injured inlightning strikes in 13 districts across the country on Wednesday.
College student dies at CMCH a day after suicide attempt
Dhaka- A female college student, who allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze at his house in Dakhshin Burischar area in Hathazari upazila on Tuesday night, died at Chittagong Medical College and Hospital early Wednesday.
DU student dies after falling off mango tree
Dhaka, May 9 – A Dhaka University (DU) student died falling off a mango tree on the campus on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Towfique Omar, 23, a first year student of Urdu Department.
Lightning strike kills 18 in 8 districts
Dhaka, May 9 – At least 24 people were killed and 21 others injured in lightning strikes in 13 districts across the country on Wednesday.
Worker killed at Ctg port
Dhaka – A worker was killed while unloading goods from a vessel at Chittagong port on Wednesday morning.
6 held over Bogura four murders
Dhaka- Police arrested six people, including a couple and their daughter, over the murders of four young men, who were found slaughtered in a paddy field at Baladighi village in Shibganj uapzila on Monday, from different parts of the upazila…