Senior journalist and permanent member of Jatiya Press Club Humayun Sadek Chowdhury passed away on Thursday. He was 60.
Category: News
One killed as train hits truck in Jessore
A truck driver was killed, and his assistant injured as a train hit his vehicle at Murli railway crossing of Khulna-Benapole highway on Saturday.
Tourist dies falling off Cox’s Bazar multi-storied resort
A tourist died falling from the eighth floor of a resort in Kolatoli area in Cox’s Bazar town.
Man’s death in road accident sparks protest in Chittagong
Local residents blocked Chattogram-Khagrachhari road after a businessman died in a road accident at Boro Dighir Par of Hathazari upazila on Tuesday.
Former Deputy Speaker Shawkat Ali passes away
Former deputy speaker and valiant freedom fighter Col(retd) Shawkat Ali died at a hospital in the city on Monday. He was 84.
Teenage boy found dead in Dhaka City
Police recovered the hanging body of a teenage boy from a house in Uttar Badda area in the city on Monday. The deceased was identified as Shahed, 16, a class X student and son of Tota Mia of the area.
9 of a family burn injured in Chittagong ‘gas line blast’
Nine members of a family sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out at a house following an explosion reportedly from gas pipeline leakage at Uttar Kattoli in Chattogram city early Monday.
Chittagong gas fire: Injured woman dies, 8 others burned
A woman, who sustained burn injury after a fire broke out at a house in Uttar Kattoli area, died at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital on Monday.
Train hits bus killing one in Gazipur: Rail link disrupted
Gazipur, Nov 07 – A man was killed and several others were injured when a train hit a bus at Sonakhali level crossing in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur early Saturday.
Jhenaidah MP tests positive for coronavirus
Adv Shafiqul Azam Khan, a member parliament from Jhenaidah-3 constituency, tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.
Mirza Abbas, wife tested positive for coronavirus
BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and his wife and Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal president Afroza Abbas have been infected with coronavirus.
College student goes missing in Barisal Kirtonkhola River
Barisal, Nov 03 – A college student went missing as he fell into the Kirtankhola River in Barisal district from a trawler on Monday night. The victim was identified as Dipak Ghosh Dip, 16, son of Mintu Ghosh of Amanatganj…
BNP leader Rizvi discharged from hospital
BNP senior joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi returned home on Wednesday after receiving treatment for over two weeks at a private hospital for cardiac problems.
Bangladeshi peacekeeper killed in CAR road mishap
A Bangladeshi peacekeeper was killed and two others were injured in a road accident at Dele in Bangui (Central African Republic) on Sunday.
Veteran lawyer Barrister Rafique-ul Haque dies
Eminent lawyer and former Attorney General Barrister Rafique-ul Haque, who had dealt with many high-profile cases during his legal career, died at a hospital in the city on Saturday. He was 85.
4 missing after boat sinks in Agunmukha River
Four people went missing after a speedboat with 17 people capsized in Agunmukha River at Patuakhali’s Rangabali on Thursday.
Ekushey Padak winning writer Rashid Haider dies
Ekushey Padak winning writer Rashid Haider died due to old age complications in the city on Tuesday. He was 80.
95 Waterway accidents kill 149 in three months in Bangladesh
Though the number of launch capsizes has decreased, different type of vessels accident is taking place on inland waterways round the year and deaths of people continue, said a report of two non-government organisations on Saturday.
Adv Sara Hossain among 7 awarded Tallberg Eliasson Prize
Advocate Sara Hossain of Bangladesh is among seven who have been awarded the Tällberg Eliasson Global Leadership Prize for 2020. Other recipients of the prize are Bahia Shehab, Egypt, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda, Jared Genser, Jaykumar Menon, Nithya Ramanathan and Sylvia…
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam loses battle to Covid-19
Dhaka, Sept 27 – Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, who contracted Covid-19 recently, passed away at a hospital in the capital on Sunday evening. He was 71.
Le Sommer breaks France scoring record
PARIS– Eugenie Le Sommer scored twice in three minutes in a Euro qualifier away to North Macedonia on Tuesday to first equal and then break France’s women’s international scoring record. The 31-year-old Lyon player struck after 15 minutes from a…
Another N’ganj mosque AC blast victim dies; death toll 34
Another Narayanganj mosque blast victim died at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute on Tuesday morning taking the death toll from the blast to 34.
Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi is no more
Dhaka, Sept 18 – Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi, the rector of Hathazari Madrasa and chief of Hefazat e Islam, breathed his last in a hospital in the capital on Friday evening, within 24 hours of resigning from his post at…
Bangladesh accidents killed 553 in August
Accidents on roads, railways and waterways killed at least 553 people and injured 669 others last month, passengers’ welfare body Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said Wednesday.
24 migrants feared dead in boat capsize near Libya
At least two dozen people drowned and presumed dead after a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, the UN migration agency said Tuesday.
Veteran actor Sadek Bachchu passes away
DHAKA, Sept 14, 2020 (BSS) – Veteran actor Sadek Bachchu passed away today in the capital’s Universal Medical College Hospital.He was 65.
11 dead in Netrakona engine boat capsize
At least 11 people, including five minors and three women, drowned after a trawler capsized on Gumai River of Netrakona’s Kamlakanda upazila on Wednesday morning.
Sector Commander Abu Osman Chowdhury passes away
DHAKA, Sept 5, 2020 (BSS) – Lt. Col. (retd) Abu Osman Chowdhury,commander of sector-8 during the 1971 Liberation War, was laid to eternal rest after Asr prayers with full state honor at Banani Military Graveyard here.
Why do Air Conditioners explode? How can we prevent them?
Bangladesh witnessed apparently the deadliest blast from Air Conditioner at a mosque at Fatullah in Narayanganj on Friday night that left 16 people dead so far.
Three cousins drown in Kurigram
Three cousins drowned in a river at Collegepara village of Roumari upazila on Thursday.