Accidents & Fires

Accidents & Fires

Ice cream vendor killed, motorcyclist injured in Kalmakanda

The deceased is Idris Ali, 60, an ice cream vendor of Rongchhati union, while the injured motorcyclist is Roni, 19, of Chandalipara village in Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj

7h ago

Child injured in gas cylinder blast dies

A child who sustained severe burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in Narayanganj died at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka yesterday.

1d ago

Man dies after falling ill inside septic tank

A man died and another fell ill after they climbed down into a septic tank to clean it in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila yesterday.

1d ago

Fire at Paltan building rooftop under control

The fire broke out around 8:25pm

1d ago

Farm labour killed in lightning strike in Feni

The deceased, Mohammad Belal Hossain, 50, was a resident of Charbosu Badamtoli area in Lakshmipur district

1d ago

2 killed in road accidents in Netrakona, Chattogram

Two people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in separate road accidents in Netrakona and Chattogram this morning

1d ago

One killed, two injured in Banani road accident

A man was killed and two others were injured after a car hit a rickshaw van on the Airport Road in Dhaka’s Banani area around midnight yesterday.

2d ago

Four children found dead in two days in Narsingdi

In a span of two days, the bodies of four children were recovered in separate incidents in Narsingdi

2d ago

Man, son suffer severe burns in Sat Tola slum fire

A father and son suffered severe burns in a fire that gutted at least 32 rooms in a slum, Sat Tala Bosti, in the capital's Mohakhali early

9y ago

Lighter vessel sinks in Ctg

A lighter vessel with around 1,200 tonnes of limestone sank in the outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port near Patenga beach early yesterday.

9y ago

Father, son injured in Mohakhali slum fire

Two of a family suffer burn injuries in a fire that guts at least 32 shanties in Sat Tala slum at Dhaka’s Mohakhali.

9y ago

10 Rohingya migrants die on ferry of death in Thai waters

A boat crammed with scores of Rohingya migrants, including many young children, was found drifting in Thai waters yesterday, with

9y ago

Road crashes kill 4, injure 5 in districts

Four people were killed and five others injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday and Wednesday.

9y ago

Maulana Bhasani university in Tangail closed sine die

A student was killed and two others were injured in a clash between two rival groups on the Maulana Bhasani Science and Technology University campus yesterday.

9y ago

Jamalpur road accident kills boy

A boy was killed when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw ran him over while he was crossing the Jamalpur-Bhatara road in Kendua Railway Level Crossing area of Jamalpur Sadar yesterday morning.

9y ago

DU student drowns in pond

A Dhaka University student drowned in a pond at Shahidullah Hall on the campus yesterday afternoon.

9y ago

Student drowns in DU pond

A student of Dhaka University drowns in a pond at Fazlul Haque Hall of the university.

9y ago

Shrimp fry seized, 8 arrested

Police arrested eight people and seized a truck loaded with 1.4 lakh shrimp fry from Lebukhali ferry terminal on Patuakhali-Barisal highway yesterday.

9y ago