Crashes, fatalities rise by 10pc, reports BRTA

A bus helper died in a fire incident that took place at the Sonadanga Bus Terminal in Khulna city early yesterday.

A devastating fire gutted a chemical factory and its godown in Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in the city’s Mashkanda area yesterday morning.

Two fire engines went to the the scene and brought the fire under control

A man died after being hit by a train in Kishoreganj this morning

A car in a convoy of vehicles carrying leaders of the anti-discrimination student movement Sarjis Alam and Hasnat Abdullah was involved in a collision with a truck when the leaders were on their way back from Chattogram.

At least seven people were killed after a train hit a battery-run autorickshaw at an unauthorised level crossing in Burichang upazila of Cumilla yesterday.

At least four people were killed and one other was injured in two separate accidents in Natore today

Four people died on the spot, at least three others injured died on the way to hospital

A septic tank explosion in Gazipur’s Tongi area left a teenage boy dead and his younger sister critically injured on Sunday night.

The derailment occurred between Dhaka's Airport Station and Tongi area

Two persons were killed as a bus hit their motorbike on the Dhaka-Pabna highway in the Boalia area in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj yesterday morning.

At least 10 workers were injured in an explosion at a factory in Meghna ghat area of Narayanganj's Sonargaon upazila yesterday morning.

Seven people from two families, including three children, suffered burns in a fire believed to have originated from a gas pipe leak at a tin-shed house in Mirpur early yesterday.

Following an initial investigation, the BREB suspended the seven officials last night

What was supposed to be a joyous trip to a picnic turned into a tragedy when three university students were electrocuted to death in a bus in Gazipur yesterday

A motorcycle rider died in a road accident on Jashore-Jhenaidah highway on Friday night.

The cause of the fire could not be known immediately

Justice for those killed in the Tazreen Fashions tragedy remains elusive even after 12 years, said speakers at an event yesterday.

The deceased, Tabassum, was the daughter of Taher Sheikh of Abhaynagar village, police said.