A woman was shot dead allegedly by her son following a dispute over property in Patiya upazila of Chattogram yesterday.

Four people were killed and 21 injured in road accidents in three districts during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

“My mother was in my arms as she breathed her last – crushed inside the car.”

A probe committee found negligence of a Chinese contractor behind yesterday's accident in Uttara that left five people dead.

A six-member panel probing the Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) girder tragedy has submitted a preliminary report to the government today (August 16, 2022).

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam today (August 16, 2022) suspended construction work at the site of the tragic incident on Uttara’s Jasimuddin Road intersection which killed five people yesterday.

Police detained the owner of Barishal Hotel and Restaurant in old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area where a fire broke out and killed its six staffers yesterday (August 16, 2022).

A case has been filed for causing the deaths of five persons by negligence after a segment of a box girder of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell from a crane on a car in Dhaka’s Uttara area yesterday (August 15, 2022).  

Two people were dead and three were injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit a parked truck at Ghatail upazila in Tangail early today (August 16, 2022).

The joys of families of a newly married couple were wiped out in the blink of an eye as an 80-tonne part of a box girder fell on a car in the capital’s Uttara yesterday, killing five members of the families.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges yesterday (August 15, 2022) formed a five-member probe committee to investigate the incident that left five persons dead and two others injured after the segment of a viaduct meant for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) fell from a crane on a private car in the capital's Uttara.

Six staffers of a restaurant were yesterday burnt to death after a fire broke out at a building that houses an eatery and plastic goods and polythene warehouses in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar.

Two brothers were electrocuted to death while they were hoisting the national flag to mark the National Mourning Day in Kishoreganj’s Itna upazila yesterday.

Two children drowned while bathing in a pond in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram yesterday. 

Md Nuruzzaman Khan (38), an RMG worker, started his day aiming to place a wreath and pay his respects at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Gopalganj’s Tungipara on his 47th death anniversary and National Mourning Day.

Five pedestrians were injured after rods fell on them while being lifted using a crane during the construction work of Gulistan Hall Market in the capital tonight (August 15, 2022).

They were all in a festive mood as the son of the family got married just two days ago.

At least four people in a car were crushed to death after a segment of a viaduct of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell on the vehicle in Dhaka's Uttara area this afternoon (August 15, 2022).

At least six persons died in a fire at a plastic factory in old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area that originated this noon.

The polythene and plastic factory in old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area that was burning for over two and half hours today (August 15, 2022) has no minimum fire safety measures, fire officials said.