Dhaka, Feb 05 ( UNB ): Bangladesh reported seven new Covid-19 deaths until early Friday, including six in Dhaka, taking the national tally to 8,182 since the pandemic began. The country’s mortality rate stood at 1.52%, the Directorate General of…
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Chattogram road crash kills 3
Chattogram, Feb 5 (UNB) : At least three people were killed and four others injured as a truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chattogram city’s Bakolia on Friday. The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Md Wahid Mia,…
Oil spill panics people as 7 tanker wagons derail in Sylhet
Sylhet, Feb 5 — Train services between Sylhet and other parts of the country were disrupted on Friday after a train of fuel wagons derailed in the Maijgaon area of Fenchuganj Upazila, officials said.
Bangladesh’s Covid-19 death toll climbs to 8,175
News Desk Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 8,175 on Thursday after the health authorities recorded 13 more coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours till morning. “The mortality rate is now 1.52 percent,” the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in…
Dhaka trader crushed under train wheels
Dhaka, Feb 3 (UNB): A trader was crushed to death by a train in Dhaka’s Jurain Rail Gate area on Wednesday. The train hit 37-year-old Abul Hossain when he was crossing the rail tracks, leaving him critically injured. The deceased…
2 killed in road accident
Dhaka, Feb 2 : Two men were killed in separate road accidents in Chapainawabganj and Jhenaidah on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Sumon Ali, 35, son of late Yusuf Ali of Rohonpur municipality’s Bhaatpara village of Gomostapur and Arif…
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 10 more deaths, 443 fresh cases
News Desk Ten more people died of Covid-19 and 443 others got infected by the deadly virus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till 8 am on Monday. With the fresh ones, the total death toll from the deadly…
4 killed in Sherpur road accident
News Desk Four people were killed and two others injured after a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sherpur-Jhenaigati road at Mirzapur in Sadar upazila of Sherpur on Sunday. Three of the deceased were identified as Selim Mia, 25, son…
জাতীয় প্রেস ক্লাবের স্থায়ী সদস্য সৈয়দ লুৎফুল হক আর নেই
জাতীয় প্রেস ক্লাবের স্থায়ী সদস্য সৈয়দ লুৎফুল হক আর নেই। তিনি আজ বুধবার ভোর সাড়ে পাঁচটায় ঢাকা মেডিকেল কলেজ হাসপাতালে ইন্তেকাল করেন (ইন্না লিল্লাহি ওয়া ইন্না ইলাইহি রাজিউন)।
Two killed in capital as bus hits motorbike on Hanif flyover
Dhaka, Jan 23 — Two people, including a motorcyclist, were killed as a passenger bus hit a motorcycle on Mayor Hanif Flyover near Joykali Temple on Saturday.
Fishing trawler capsizes at Bay: 4 bodies found, 13 rescued
Cox’s Bazar, Jan 23 — Four bodies were recovered after a fishing trawler capsized with 25 people on board in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday.
3 including 2 kids killed in Moheshkhali Gas cylinder blast
Three persons, including two children, died and eight others were injured after a gas cylinder used to inflate balloons exploded in Moheshkhali under Cox’s Bazar district.
Man killed as gas cylinder explodes in Barguna ice factory
A 55-year-old man was killed and around 50 people including two fire fighters fell sick inhaling ammonia gas after a gas cylinder exploded in an ice factory in Barguna’s Patharghata Upazila early Friday.
Three killed as passenger bus overturns in Faridpur
Three people were killed and 15 others injured after a bus overturned in Bogail area of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur on Wednesday.
Work-bound bike riding couple killed under wheels of bus
A woman and her husband were killed after their motorcycle was hit by a passenger bus near the airport intersection in the capital on Monday.
N’ganj mosque AC blast: 22 accused get bail after surrender
Narayanganj, Jan 18 – Twenty-two charge-sheeted accused in Narayanganj mosque blast case secured bail for one month after they surrendered at a court on Sunday.
AC explosion at UAE visa centre leaves one dead, 7 injured
Dhaka, Jan 13 – A man was killed and seven others were injured as an Air Conditioner (AC) went off at the UAE Visa Processing Centre in Gulshan area on Wednesday afternoon.
3 die as truck falls into river in Rangamati
Rangamati, Jan 12 – At least three persons were killed when a truck fell into a river on Tuesday, following the collapse of a Bailey bridge in Rangamati district, police said.
Prothom Alo joint editor Mizanur Rahman Khan dies of Covid-19
Dhaka, Jan 11 – Mizanur Rahman Khan, joint editor of vernacular daily the Prothom Alo, died on Monday evening after a long battle with deadly coronavirus. He was 53.
Indonesian divers find parts of plane wreckage in Java Sea
JAKARTA, Indonesia (UNB/AP) — Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Sunday, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after…
Training aircraft crash lands at Rajshahi airport; crew safe
Rajshahi, Jan 9 – A training aircraft’s landing gear (wheels) split open forcing it to crash land during a training session at Rajshahi Shah Makhdum Airport on Saturday. All 3 crews including the trainer were unharmed.
10 newborns die in hospital fire in India’s Maharashtra
MUMBAI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua/UNB) — Ten children died after a fire broke out at a special newborn care unit in India’s western state of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Saturday.
Baby born with two heads in Bangladesh
Magura, Jan 6 – A woman has given birth to a baby girl with two heads at a hospital in Magura district, doctors said on Wednesday.
Farida elected president, Ilyas GS of Jatiya Press Club
Dhaka, Dec 30 – Farida Yasmin of the Daily Ittefaq made history by getting elected as the first female president of the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) on Thursday.
20 migrants dead off Tunisia after boat sinks, more missing
TUNIS, Tunisia (UNB/AP) — About 20 African migrants were found dead Thursday after their smuggling boat, which was trying to reach Europe, sank in the Mediterranean Sea, Tunisian authorities said. Five survivors were rescued and the Tunisian navy is searching…
Partex Group chairman MA Hashem dies of Covid-19
Dhaka, Dec 24 – Partex Group founder chairman and former Member of Parliament MA Hashem passed away at a city hospital early Thursday after contracting coronavirus. He was 77.
RU student found dead by hanging at home
Rajshahi – A student of Rajshahi University Anthropology department 2nd year, named Debjyoti Bosak Partho on early Saturday was found hanging by the neck in his house in Patuakhali.
5 killed as truck hits pick-up van in Tangail
Tangail, Dec 08 – Five people were killed and two others injured after a truck hit a pick-up van on Dhaka-Tangail Highway at Gharinda Bypass in Tangail on Tuesday.
Road crashes kill 6 of a family in Manikganj, 6 in Tangail
At least 13 people, including six members of a family, were killed, and 10 others were injured in road crashes on Friday in Manikganj and Tangail.
Bus plunges into ditch in Gopalganj leaving 4 dead
Four people were killed and 20 others injured as a ‘rashly driven’ bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Tungipara upazila on Gopalganj-Patgati road in Gopalganj on Saturday morning.