Controversial AL leader Abdur Rahman Bodi again hogged the headlines very recently as eight of his relatives were among the 101 yaba peddlers who were sentenced to one and a half years in jail in a drug case.

A man, who suffered injuries after his private car hit a road divider on Tejgaon-Gulshan link road in Dhaka on November 15, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital today.

Two minor cousins drowned in a pond in Kurigram’s Rajibpur upazila this evening.

A couple and their 14-year-old daughter died after the motorcycle the family was riding collided head-on with a bus on the Thakurgaon-Baliadanga road in the district’s Sadar upazila of this morning.

An elderly man died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle in Feni last night.

Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Narsingdi and Chattogram yesterday, report our correspondents.

At least 20 workers were injured in a fire that broke out at a jute mill in Sharsha upazila of Jashore today.

Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Narsingdi and Chattogram districts today.

A student of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU) in Tangail was killed in a collision between two motorcycles on Thursday.

A bus hit a woman who was carrying her grandchild at ECB Chattar in Dhaka’s cantonment area yesterday.

A bus hit a woman who was carrying her grandchild at ECB Chattar in Dhaka’s cantonment area this morning.

A fire broke out at Orbit Textile Mills in Gazipur Sadar around 8:00am today.

A fire broke out at a garage and spread to an adjacent 12-storey building in Rajshahi city’s Kumarpara early today, police and fire fighters said.

A man with a hearing impairment was run over by a train on the Panchagarh-Parbatipur railway track in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila yesterday.

Two motorcyclists were killed and two pillion riders injured after their bikes collided head-on at Dhulivita in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka today.

Clean Clothes Campaign, the world’s largest alliance of garment industry labour unions, piled pressure on the major brands connected to the Tazreen factory fire to sign the International Accord, which protects workers in Bangladesh.

A hearing-impaired youth was crushed under the wheels of a train at Matherganj in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila today.

Fourteen families that lost their homes in last week’s blaze at Ruhea Madhupur Gudampara village of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila now have no shelter to take refuge amid the chilly nights.

A timber trader died after a train hit his motorbike while crossing an unprotected railway level crossing near Aditmari railway station in Lalmonirhat on Tuesday night.

Maya Begum, a survivor of the blaze that engulfed Tazreen factory 10 years ago, is losing all hope for justice, or financial assistance for that matter, as proceedings of the case centring this incident is progressing at a snail’s pace.