Dhaka- A motorcyclist was killed and his co-rider injured as a truck crashed into their motorbike on Jessore-Khulna Highway in Jessore on Wednesday.
Category: Death
27 baby snakes killed in Rajshahi house
Dhaka – At least 27 baby snakes have been killed at a house in Rajshahi Budhpara area.House owner Majdar Ali said he spotted a baby snake in the floor of his mud house around 9:30 pm on Tuesday and beat it…
3 get life for killing auto-rickshaw driver in Gazipur
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced three people to death for killing a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur in 2013.
7 of a family burnt in city gas line blast
Dhaka – Seven people, including a minor boy, of a family sustained burn injuries in a gas line explosion at a house in Dhalkanagar area in the city’s Gendaria early Wednesday.
Monsoon floods kill 20 in India, leave thousands homeless
Gauhati – Heavy rains since the start of India’s monsoon season have triggered floods and landslides in parts of the remote northeastern region, causing at least 20 deaths, authorities said Wednesday. –AP/UNB
Plane crashes off Venezuelan island with 9 people aboard
Caracas — A small jet with nine people aboard crashed Tuesday off the coast of Venezuela as it was attempting an emergency landing. It’s not known if there were any survivors. -UNB
7 of a family burnt in Dhaka city gas line blast
Dhaka, July 5 – Seven people, including a minor boy, of a family sustained burn injuries in a gas line explosion at a house in Dhalkanagar area in the city’s Gendaria early Wednesday.
‘Jessore housewife strangled to death’
Dhaka – A housewife of Shangkarpur Chopdarpara area in Jessore town, who reportedly committed suicide on April 2, had actually been strangled to death, according to autopsy report.Earlier, family members had taken Khukumoni to Jessore 250-bed Hospital citing that she…
Magura man dies from snakebite
Dhaka – A man died from snakebite at Tupipara village in Sreepur upazila in Magura on Tuesday night.
Gazipur boiler blast death toll jumps to 13
Dhaka – The bodies of four more people were found in the debris following the boiler explosion at Multi-Fabs Ltd in Nayarapara area on Tuesday evening, raising the death toll from the incident to 13.Firefighters found three bodies in the…
Night guard killed in Naogaon
Dhaka – A night guard of a local madrasah was stabbed to death by a gang of miscreants at Valain in Manda upazila on Monday night. Police said the miscreants swooped on Mansur Rahman, 38, son of Abdul Malek Sardar…
Gazipur garment boiler blast toll rises to 10
Dhaka – The body of aanother garment worker was recovered from the debris of Multi-Fabs Ltd in Nayarapara area on Tuesday morning, raising the death toll from the incident to 10.
Gazipur boiler blast kills 4, injures 40
Gazipur, July 3 – At least four people were killed and 40 others suffered injuries as a boiler exploded at a readymade garment (RMG) factory in the city’s Nayarapara area in Joydebpur Police Station on Monday evening.Ataur Rahman, duty officer…
Uttara fire leaves two dead
Dhaka- Firefighters recovered two bodies, including that of a woman, from one of the three buildings in the city’s Uttara area that caught fire early in the morning.Sources at the Fire Service control room said the firefighters recovered the body…
18 feared dead in fiery Bavarian bus crash; 30 injured
Berlin – Eighteen people are feared dead after a bus carrying a group of German senior citizens crashed into a truck on a highway in Bavaria early Monday and burst into flames, police said. –AP/UNB
Crime suspect killed in ‘gunfight’ after arrest
Rangpur, Jul 3 – A suspected criminal was killed hours after being arrested in yet another ‘gunfight’ between police and a gang of criminals in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur in the early hours of Monday.
Uttara hotel fire leaves two dead in Capital
Dhaka, Jul 3 – Firefighters recovered two bodies, including that of a woman, from one of the three buildings in the city’s Uttara area that caught fire early in the morning.
20 dead in road accidents in Russia; 14 as bus catches fire
Moscow — Russian officials say at least 14 people have been killed after a bus caught fire following a nighttime collision with a truck that was being towed and six other people have been killed in separate road accidents. –AP/UNB
Trader robbed, hacked to death in Jessore
Dhaka, Jul 2 – Some unidentified miscreants hacked a trader to death and escaped with his bag full of money on Saturday night at Dolakhola intersection of Monirampur upazila in the district of Jessore.
One killed in Gopalganj road accident
Dhaka – A man was killed and 30 others were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Puratan Muksudpur of Muksudpur upazila in Gopalganj on Friday night.The deceased could not be identified immediately.
Comilla road mishap kills one
Dhaka – A man was killed as a vehicle ran him over on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Kabila area of Burichong upazila in Comilla on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Aftab Uddin, son of late Mujibur Rahman, a resident…
2 civilians killed as Indian troops battle Kashmir rebels
Srinagar — A woman and a young man were killed and several other people injured during anti-India protests and clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir that erupted Saturday after government forces launched an operation against rebels in the disputed region, police said.…
Laxmipur Jubo Dal leader dies in jail
Laxmipur -A local leader of Jubo Dal, who was arrested in a case of special power act 2014, died in the district jail early Saturday. -UNB
Jubo League man stabs student to death over enmity
Dhaka – A college student was stabbed to death by an alleged terrorists at Mamar Bazar area in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet on Wednesday evening.
Road accidents kill 22 in 8 districts Thursday
Dhaka – At least 22 people were killed in road accidents in eight districts – Gopalganj, Sirajganj, Rangpur, Tangail, Rajshahi, Pabna, Chittagong and Jessore – on Thursday.
2 women morning walkers killed in Tangail road accident
Dhaka – Two women on a morning walk along Madhupur-Jamalpur road were killed when a Jamalpur-bound microbus ran them over in Pathanbari area in Dhanbari upazila in Tangail on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Reba Begum, 32, wife of…
Youth found dead on train rooftop in Ctg
Dhaka – An unidentified young man was found dead on the rooftop of a train at Chittagong Railway Station here in Chittagong on Thursday. Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Chittagong GRP Police, said the body of a young man aged about…
Dowry torture drives housewife to ‘suicide’
Dhaka – A housewife allegedly committed suicide at Nijnanduwali village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night following prolonged mental torture by her husband for dowry .
3 of a family among 4 killed in Sirajganj road crash
Dhaka- Four people, including three members of a family, were killed and two others injured when a bus rammed a microbus on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Ghurka Beltala in Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj early Thursday.
Four including 3 of a family killed in road crash
Dhaka, Jun 29 – Four people, including three members of a family, were killed and two others injured when a bus rammed a microbus on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Ghurka Beltala in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj early Thursday.