Accidents & Fires

Accidents & Fires

Three killed as microbus hits truck in Meherpur

Police have seized both vehicles involved in the incident

1h ago

2 girls heading to school killed in lightning strike

A lightning strike killed two girls and critically injured another while they were walking to their school in Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj yesterday.

12h ago

Road accidents killed 583 in April: Jatri Kalyan Samity

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS), a passenger welfare platform, said that a total of 583 people were killed and 1,202 injured in 567 road accidents across the country in the month of April, citing media reports

15h ago

All five victims of Gazipur gas cylinder blast die

All five people, who suffered critical burns in a gas cylinder explosion in Mughalkhal in Gazipur's Joydebpur area on April 27, have died.

1d ago

3 killed in road crashes in 3 districts

The accidents took place in Thakurgaon, Dinajpur and Jhenidah

1d ago

Watch / Fire at Bailey Road shopping mall doused

Eight fire engines brought the blaze under control at 7:47pm

1d ago

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

2d 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.

3d ago

Woman burnt alive, two others injured

An elderly woman was burnt alive and two other women of the family were injured at Kachasara village in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday.

10y ago

Jatra stage removed for holding obscene dances

Local administration yesterday removed a stage meant for jatra (open air drama) at Teesta River char Kutirpara village in Aditmari upazila where obscene dances and gambling were going on unabated.

10y ago

Bangladeshi UN peacekeeper dies in Central African Republic road crash

A member of Bangladesh Army working in UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic was killed and his 12 fellow

10y ago

Drug addict kills son

A one-month-old boy was killed allegedly by his drug addict father at Sabia village in Sadar upazila early yesterday.

10y ago

Cop killed in Tangail road crash

A police member died and three others were injured when a police pickup van fell into a ditch by breaking the railing of a bridge in

10y ago

Health sub-centre premises under illegal occupation

Some local influential people have illegally occupied areas of newly constructed Shovaganj health sub-centre in Sundarganj upazila under the district, causing hindrance to the start of its functioning.

10y ago

Tk 1.54cr Indian clothes seized

Huge smuggled Indian clothes worth around Tk 1.54 crore were seized from Joypurhat and Jessore districts yesterday and the day before.

10y ago

Auto-rickshaw driver found dead

Police recovered the body of an auto-rickshaw driver from Uttar Mohammadpur village in Chatkhil upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased,

10y ago

Driverless train travels 27km backward in Rajbari

It was a bizarre sight when Rajbari people found a train running backward for 27 kilometers, crossing one station, and all this without the driver.

10y ago

Rape accused held

Police yesterday arrested a local leader of Swechchhasebok League on charge of violating a housewife at Hamcayapur in Shahbondegi union of Sherpur upazila.

10y ago