Koelhat village in Rajshahi was shrouded with grief yesterday as hundreds of people bade farewell to two-year-old Sazid, who died after being trapped for over 30 hours in an abandoned shaft.

Two private university students were killed early yesterday when a Dhaka South City Corporation garbage truck collided head-on with their motorcycle in Konapara of the capital’s Demra.

Passengers escape unhurt

As rescuers finally lifted two-year-old Sajid from the suffocating darkness of the narrow shaft, the entire nation held its breath.

Mother cries as search for 2-yr-old who fell into an abandoned shaft yesterday continues

A massive rescue operation is underway in Rajshahi’s Tanore upazila as a two-year-old boy, Sazid, fell into an abandoned deep tube-well shaft about 30 feet deep yesterday afternoon.

Rescue operation underway

Family says the infant fell into the bucket while playing nearby

Among the victims, one woman was pregnant

Body sent to morgue for autopsy

Investigation underway, police say

Three people were killed after an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle in Faridpur’s Bhanga yesterday. The accident occurred near Madhabpur bridge around 1:30am, said Bhanga Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Helaluddin.

Two brothers among victims; legal action underway, police say

Eight people, including seven members of a family, suffered burn injuries in an explosion caused by a suspected gas line leakage at a tin-shed house in Agargaon early yesterday.

Gas leak may have intensified the fire, says fire department

Bodies handed over to families

Injured admitted to National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery

Pregnant woman among injured; three admitted at DMCH burn unit

Reveal inspections by fire service; experts call for strict enforcement of safety regulations

Four people, including three of a family, were killed and five were injured when a bus rammed into a battery-run easybike on the Dhaka-Barishal highway in Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila yesterday.