Dhaka – Four people were killed in a road accident at Shalbagan in Birganj upazila on Saturday morning.The deceased were identified as Habu Roy, Sushil Bala, Amulya Roy and Rangila Bala.
Category: Death
Woman killed in Satkhira road crash
Dhaka – A woman was killed and her son injured as a truck hit a motorcycle riding by them on Satkhira- Assasuni road in Bhalukachandpur area of Sadar upazila in Satkhira on Saturday morning.
Pollution killing more people than wars-disasters
Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated water — is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. More than smoking, hunger or natural disasters. More than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. One out…
Greece: 3 dead, several missing as boat with migrants sinks
Athens, Nov 3 (AP/UNB) – Authorities in Greece and Turkey say at least three people have died and several more are believed to be missing after a boat carrying migrants from Turkey sank off the Greek island of Kalymnos.
1 million bees killed after Northern California truck crash
Auburn, Nov 4 (AP/UNB) – About 1 million bees have been killed after a truck carrying their hives crashed in Northern California.
Mediterranean migrant arrivals 150982; deaths 2,839 in 2017
By International Organization for Migration Geneva, Nov 3 (IOM) – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 150,982 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 1 November, with about 75 percent arriving in Italy and the remainder…
Elderly woman killed in Khulna roof collapse
Dhaka -An elderly woman was killed as a portion of a roof collapsed on her in Chandmari Matiakhali area of Khulna Friday.The deceased was identified as Sahida Begum, 70.
Ex-President Abdur Rahman Biswas passes away
Former President Abdur Rahman Biswas passed away at a city hospital on Friday night. He was 91. Abdur Rahman, who had long been suffering from old-age complications, breathed his last at United Hospital around 8:40pm, said BNP chairperson’s media wing…
Local ‘top terrorist’s’ bullet-hit body found in Laxmipur
Dhaka, Nov 2 – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a man, whom they termed as the listed local top terrorist, from Bater Pukurpar area of Balaishpur in the Laxmipur district town early Thursday.
2 die in Sirajganj after taking liquor
Dhaka, Nov 2 -Two men died after drinking toxic liquor at Sonamukhi Bazaar area in Kazipur Upazila of Sirajganj district on Wednesday.
4 die, survivors critical as 2nd Rohingya boat capsizes in 2 days
By International Organization for Migration Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Nov 1 (IOM) – Around 2.00 am two nights ago (30/10), approximately 40 Rohingya refugees left Gorgondia, Myanmar, for Bangladesh on a small fishing boat. Early yesterday morning (31/10) around 8.00 am,…
2 JSC examinees killed, 3 missing in boat capsize
Dhaka, Nov 1 – Two examinees of Junior School Certificate (JSC) exam, drowned as a boat carrying them sank in the Pagla River in Nabinagar Upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Wednesday morning.
2 to die for killing mason in Gazipur
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday sentenced two men to death for killing a workshop mason in Kapasia upazila in 2016.The convicts are – Md Shakil, son of Md Mostafa, and Sanjiban Chandra Monidas, residents of Torgaon Madhyapara village…
200 killed in tunnel collapse near N Korea nuke test site
More than 200 people are feared to have died when a tunnel caved in at North Korea’s nuclear test site after its latest detonation, a Japanese news report said Tuesday. A tunnel collapsed at Punggye-ri in early September, days after…
9 killed in Narsingdi road crashes
Dhaka -Nine people were killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Madhabdi and Shibpur upazilas on Monday morning.In Madhabdi, six people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in…
Ex-BCL leader stabbed dead in Sirajganj
Dhaka – A former local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed to death by rivals during a clash in Sirajganj municipality area on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Malek, 28, former religious affairs secretary of the municipality…
Missing ex-army man found dead in Tangail
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a retired army man from a paddy field at Pakulla village of Mirzapur upazila on Sunday afternoon, 11 days after he went missing.The deceased was identified as SM Abdul Malek, 80, a retired…
FF killed in Chandpur road crash
Dhaka – A freedom fighter was killed and three other people sustained injuries in a road accident at Chotura of Faridganj upazila in Chandpur on Sunday evening.
Ex-secretary’s wife kills herself with his gun
Dhaka- A woman is said to have committed suicide by shooting herself at a residential building in the Indira Road area of the capital on Sunday.She was identified as Sofia Khan, 55, wife of Md Mahmud Reza Khan, former secretary…
Father and son electrocuted in Magura
MAGURA, Oct 29, 2017 (BSS) – Two of a family were electrocuted and two others injured at Shatokhali village under Shalikha upazila of the district this afternoon.
7 killed in Pabna road crash
Dhaka- At least seven people were killed and 23 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Bahalbaria area on Pabna-Dhaka Highway in Santhia upazila in Pabna on Sunday.Three of the deceased were identified as Ayet Ali Biswash,…
Girl burnt to death just for a mobile phone set – one held
Narsingdi, Oct 29 – A case was filed for burning a 12-year-old schoolgirl alive over the theft of mobile phone set against seven people, making her aunt Beauty Begum prime accused, on Saturday night.
Girl burnt to death: Case filed, one arrested
Dhaka – A case was filed for burning a 12-year-old schoolgirl alive over theft of mobile set against seven people, making her aunt Beauty Begum prime accused,in Narsingdi on Saturday night.Abdus Sattar, father of victim Aziza Begum, filed the case with…
At least 31 killed in Central Nepal bus plunge
At least 31 people, including 11 children, died when an overcrowded bus swerved off the road and plunged into a river in central Nepal on Saturday, police said. The bus skidded off the road in Dhading district, approximately 80 kilometres…
Thailand begins royal cremation for late King
Mourners in Thailand are marking the main part of the five-day funeral ceremony for the country’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The revered king died in October 2016 aged 88. A series of Buddhist rites began in the royal palace before…
Thailand prepares for King Adulyadej’s funeral
Big crowds are gathering for a five-day funeral ceremony for Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last October aged 88. The monarch will be cremated in Bangkok on Thursday, in a royal pyre representing heaven. Preparations – including the…
2 students killed in Gazipur road crash
Dhaka- Two primary school students were killed and three others injured when a human hauler hit an auto-rickshaw at Shahjahanpur in Sreepur upazila on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Siam, 12, son of Shahjahan Miah, and Shihab, 12, son of…
College student found hanging at mess
Dhaka- A college student was found hanging at a mess at the Hospital intersection in Kushtia on Tuesday.The deceased, Sabbir Ahmed, 18, was a first year student of Kushtia Islamia College and son of Nazrul Islam of Sadar upazila.
Elephant electrocution along border on rise
Dhaka, Oct 24– Incidents of wild elephants getting electrocuted is on the rise along Bangladesh’s border with India since farmers have started installing generators and electric wires to protect their paddy fields from attacks by elephants coming from across the…
BNP leader MK Anwar passes away
Dhaka, Oct 24 – BNP standing committee member and former minister MK Anwar died in the early hours of Tuesday at his Elephant Road residence in the city. He was 85. Anwar, a bureaucrat-turned-politician, breathed his last around 1:20 am,…