Dhaka – Two people were killed and another person was injured in a lightning strike at Deluabari Bazar in Manda upazila in Naogaon on Wednesday.
Category: Death
More than 300 dead, 600 missing in Sierra Leone mudslides
Freetown, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — Fatmata Kamara had just stepped outside her house before dawn Monday when she saw the muddy hillside collapsing above her. The only thing she could do was run.
Man beaten dead in Jhenidah
Dhaka – A man was beaten to death at Panka village of Sadar upazila on Monday night over a trifling matter.The deceased was identified as Aziz, 50, son of Kashem Mandal, a farmer of the village.
2 killed in Narsingdi road crash
Dhaka – A microbus driver and a passenger were killed and six other people were injured as a vehicle hit it on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bakulnagar area of Raipura upazila in Narsingdi on Monday morning.The deceased were identified as driver…
2 killed in Comilla road crashes
Dhaka- Two people were killed and two others injured in separate two road accidents on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Chandina upazila in Comilla on Monday morning.A shopkeeper was killed and two others were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway…
Floods kill 20 in last two days: Maya
Dhaka – Disaster management and relief minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said that twenty people were killed by floodwaters in the northern districts in the last two days.”A total of 5.86 lakh people of the 20 districts have become flood…
Man’s body recovered in Comilla
Dhaka – Police recovered an unidentified body of a man from Chandina Regional Jute Research Centre adjacent to Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla on Monday morning.
School boy drown in Rajshahi
Rajshahi – A schoolboy drowned in the Padma River on the outskirts of Rajshahi city on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Piarul Islam (8) of Uzanpara area of Godhagari Upazila of the district.
An electrician gets killed at work
Dhaka-An electrician died from electrocution at Narasinghapur Sarkar market area in the upazila in Savar on Saturday.
Woman, daughter drown in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – A woman and her mentally challenged daughter drowned in Pagla river at Atroshia village in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Momtaz Begum, wife of Fitu Ali and her daughter Rupa Khatun, 25,…
N’ganj seven-murder death ref, appeal verdict Sunday
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on the appeals and death references in the case filed over the seven-murder of Narayanganj today (Sunday).
6th death anniversary of Tateque-Munier Sunday
The 6th death anniversary of renowned filmmaker Tareque Masud and cinematographer and broadcast journalist Mishuk Munier will be observed on Sunday. Different organizations will arrange elaborate programmes while various television channels will screen special programmes on them and their works…
Missing youth found dead after more than 4 months
Dhaka- The Members of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) recovered the body of a youth from a paddy field of Shibpur village in Badarganj upazila in Rangpur on Friday morning. who went missing four and half months ago.The victim was…
Girl dies from snakebite in Magura
Dhaka – An eight-year-old girl died from snakebite at Shimulia village in Sadar upazila in Magura on Friday.
Train collision in northern Egypt kills 43, injures 122
Alexandria, Aug 12 (AP/UNB)- Two passenger trains collided on Friday just outside Egypt’s Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, killing 43 people, according to authorities, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than a decade. Magdy Hegazy, a top health official…
British snorkelling instructor dies in Greece
A 19-year-old British water sports instructor has died while snorkelling and underwater swimming in Greece. Harry Byatt, who worked in Zakynthos, an island in the south-west of Greece, failed to resurface after diving into the sea, his employer said. The…
2 kids electrocuted in Munshiganj
Dhaka- Two minor boys died from electrocution and three people sustained injuries at Adhara Saradi village in Sadar upazila in Munsiganj on Friday afternoon.Police said a live electric wire got snapped and fell into a pond at the village.The two…
50 injured in Noakhali tornado
Dhaka – A tornado hit three villages in Companiganj upazila in Noakhali on Thursday, leaving at least 20 people injured and 50 establishments damaged.
3 killed in city accidents
Dhaka – Three people, including a woman, have been killed in separate accidents in different areas of the city.The victims are Habib, 30, Habibur Rahman Habu, 13, a garment worker, and Taslima Akhter, 50.
2 killed, 2 hurt as bus hits pickup van in Natore
Dhaka, Aug 10 – Two people were killed and two others injured when a bus hit a pickup van in Ekdala area in Sadar Upazila OF Natore early Thursday.
Four suspected thieves lynched in Noakhali
Dhaka, Aug 10 – Four suspected cattle thieves were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Uttar Kachhapia village in Subarnachar Upazila of Noakhali early Thursday.
Train hits easy bike killing 4 in Jamalpur
Four people were killed and three others injured when a train hit a battery-run easy-bike at a level crossing in Jamalpur municipality area on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Sanwar Hossain, 40, a conservancy worker of Sadar Police…
College student among 3 killed in M’singh road crash
Dhaka – Three people, including a college student, were killed and 40 others injured in a road accident in front of Bhaluka Degree College in Bhaluka upazila on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Mymensingh on Monday night.One of the deceased was identified…
Mother ‘kills self after killing son’
Dhaka- A woman allegedly hanged herself and tried to kill her 28-day-old child after strangling her three-year-old son at Tafalbari village in Sharankhola upazila in Bagerhat on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Shampa Rani Karmakar, 25, wife of Apu Karmakar,…
Salman Shah did not kill himself: An accused
“Salman Shah didn’t kill himself, he was murdered,”- thus spoke one of the accused in the popular actor’s death case, Rabeya Sultana Rubi.Presently an expatriate in the US, Rubi recently posted a video on social media which has gone now…
Swechhasebok League man killed in Jhenidah
Jhenidah – A Swechhasebok League activist was stabbed to death by some miscreants in the district town on Sunday.Imdadul Haq, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said a group of miscreants intercepted the motorbike of Firoz Ahmed, 30, a member of…
Six cops among 8 sued for C’nawabganj custodial death
A case has been filed against eight people, including six policemen, over the death of a murder accused in police custody. The accused are- officer-in-charge Anwar Hossain, three sub-inspectors Abdul Barik, Ahsan Habib, Johurul, assistant sub-inspector Md Shamsul, constable Chand…
HC confirms death of two in Biswajit murder case
The High Court on Sunday upheld the death penalty of two convicts while commuted the death sentence of four convicts to life term imprisonment and acquitted two death-row convicts in the Biswajit murder case.An HC bench of Justice Md Ruhul…
Rajshahi youth dies in train accident
Dhaka – A young man was crushed under the wheels of a speeding train at Bandhagate in the city on Saturday evening.
Youth electrocuted in Chuadanga
Dhaka – A young man died from electrocution at Kuralgachhi village in Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga on Friday evening.The deceased was identified as Sohag, 30, son of late Qaider Ali of the village.