The owner of the two-storied bamboo-made house that subsided into the Mirhajirbagh Jheel killing 12 dead and leaving many others injured hsa been arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) – 3. Maniruzzaman Chowdhury (38) the said owner has been…
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5 killed, 7 hurt as track rams onto 3-wheeler in Barisal
Five persons, including two women, were killed and seven others injured when a truck ran over a passenger 3-wheeler at Bashtola area on the Barisal-Dhaka highway on Thursday morning. Sources said the accident occurred at 9 am when a goods…
11 killed as 2-storey house subsides, collapses in city
At least eleven people died as a two-storey temporary house subsided collapsed into a lake at Mirhajirbagh in Rampura on Wednesday. The accident occured in the afternoon, when a lot of the dwellers left for work after lunch. Otherwise, a…
Rana Plaza IO given more time to submit collapse report
A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted more time to the Investigation Officer (IO) of Rana Plaza building collapse in Savar to submit the report. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Kazi Shahidul Islam granted Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Bijay Krishna…
24 passengers killed 22 hurs as bus hits tree in Faridpur
In a worst bus accident of recent times in Bangladesh, twenty four people, including five women, were killed and 22 people seriously injured on the Faridpur-Barisal highway at Koidhubi in Bhanga upazila early on Thursday.
4 killed in Habiganj auto-rickshaw tractor collision
At least four people, including a woman and a child, were killed as a tractor collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw (locally known as easy-bike) at Umednagar on the Habiganj-Nabiganj Road in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. Three of the deceased…
Six Killed in Mymensingh road mishap
Six people were killed in a road accident in Bakey More area on the Mymensingh-Tangail Highway under Muktagacha upazila of the district this morning. The deceased were identified as Alal Uddin, 40, Samir Ali, 35, of Rampur village, Akbar Ali,…
JCD New Market leader dies of ‘explosion injuries’
A student leader of JCD, Bnp’s student affiliate has died from wounds suffered during an explosion while reportedly ‘making bombs’ in a house at Old Dhaka’s Lalbagh. Mahbubur Rahman Bappi passed away around 6am Thursday, said SI Mozammel Haque of…
Locals recover minor boy dead after rescuers give up
The body of the ill-fated 4-year old boy has finally been retrieved from the 600 feet water pump well by local youngsters soon after the rescue mission was abandoned by the Fire Service and Civil Defence and other related services.…
Drama in real life: Minor boy brought out dead from city well
The body of the ill-fated 4-year old boy has finally been retrieved from the 600 feet water pump well by local youngsters soon after the rescue mission was abandoned by the Fire Service and Civil Defence and other related services.…
2 Bangladeshi workers killed in Malaysia building mishap
Two Bangladesh workers have been killed after being trapped in wet concrete following the collapse of a floor being levelled at an LRT terminal construction site in Putra Heights near Petaling Jaya in Malaysia. The bodies of the workers were…
Oil spill threaten fishes, mangroves as oil tanker sinks in Sunderbans
An oil tanker carrying some 3.57 lakh liters of furnace oil sank in the Shela River at Joymonigol under the East Zone of the Sundarbans on Tuesday morning as a cargo trawler hit it amid dense fog , leaving its…
Three college students killed in Rajshahi bus mishap
Three students have been killed after a bus carrying Rajshahi College’s female students collided with another and fell into a roadside ditch at Paba Upazila, police say. At least 20 others were also injured in the accident in front of…
IU closed as fellow’s death in accident sparts student-violence
The Islamic University (IU) has been closed for an indefinite period as the students went berserk following the death of a fellow student in a road accident. The decision to close the university was taken at an emergency meeting of…
Minor girl killed in Sunamganj road accident
A minor girl was killed and three other people were injured in a road accident in Monar Bhangti area of Jagannathpur upazila on Wednesday evening.
Police constable killed in Gazipur road crash
A police constable was killed as a truck crushed into him on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Kaliakoir upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased, identified as Salamat Hossain, 50, hailed from Pathuli village in Basail upazila of Tangail district.
Comilla road crashes kill Cop, female teacher on polls duty
A policeman and a female assistant teacher of a primary school on election duty were killed in separate road accidents in Sadar Dakkhin upazila on Monday. The deceased were identified as Kamrun Nahar, an assistant teacher at Chashapara Government Primary…
Schoolteacher killed in Jhenidah road crash
A schoolteacher was killed in a road accident in Kola Bazar area of Kaliganj upazila on Monday night.
Cop killed in Gazipur road crash
A police constable was killed and two others were injured as a truck knocked down them on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in the city early Monday.
Landslide kills 3 of a family in Moulvibazar
Three members of a family, including a child, were killed in an incident of rain-triggered landslide at a tea garden in South Shahbazpur of Baralekha upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Rajesh, 35, his wife Manju, 25,…
Shops gutted as gas line catches fire in Gazipur
A supply line of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd caught fire after it developed a leak on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Sreepur upazila on Thursday night. Witnesses said the fire erupted around 6:30 pm while Titas employees were working…
Student dies in road accident
A private university student was run over by a bus in Dhaka’s Shukrabad on Sunday afternoon and he died later in hospital. Shahin Ferdous, 20, was a second-year student of journalism at Daffodil University, police said. His classmate Anwarul Haque…
Woman killed in Rangpur road crash
A woman was killed and four people were injured as a bus crashed into an auto-rickshaw at Paglapir in the city early Saturday.
Youth dies falling from bus roof in Jessore
A young man was killed after falling from the roof of a running bus in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district early Saturday.
Noakhali school catches fire
A fire broke out at Shibpur Muslim High School in Sadar upazila early Saturday.
Mirpur CRP fire doused
The fire that broke out at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) in the city’s Mirpur area on Friday evening was extinguished after an hour. Assistant Director of the Fire Service and Civil Defence (Dhaka) Rafiqul Islam…
Bike crash kills one in Jessore
A motorcyclist was killed and his two co-riders were injured as the vehicle they were riding rammed into a roadside tree at Goga Bazar in Sharsha upazila on Thursday morning.
Man electrocuted in Sirajganj
A man died from electrocution near Jhawail bridge on the west side of the connecting road of Bangabandhu bridge in Kamarkhand upazila on Tuesday evening.
Man killed in Sherpur road crash
A sexagenarian man was killed as a running bus ran over him at Nouhata in the district town on Monday morning.
Cop among 2 killed in Sirajganj road crash
Two people, including a police constable, were killed and five others injured as a prison van overturned on west side link road of Jamuna bridge at Mulibari in Sadar upazila on Sunday.