Accidents & Fires

Accidents & Fires

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.

17h 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.

18h ago

Fire at Paltan building rooftop under control

The fire broke out around 8:25pm

21h 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

22h 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.

1d 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

1d ago

Man killed in road accident on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway

Locals caught the driver and seized his car following the accident, police said.

2d ago

Sundarbans fire now under control: ministry

A fire that broke out in the Amurbunia area at Chandpai range of the Sundarbans East Zone yesterday afternoon is now under control

12m ago

3 hurt as bus hits Gazipur City Corporation's garbage truck

Three people including two cleaning workers of Gazipur City Corporation were injured when a bus hit the city corporation’s garbage truck from backside on the Konabari flyover in the city today

12m ago

College student dies, friend hurt as bike skids off road near airport

A college student died and his friend was injured after their motorcycle skidded off the road in Dhaka’s Airport area early today

12m ago

Fire in Sundarbans: Water crisis likely to increase due to low tide

Coast guard, forest dept, police, local admin join fire service to douse the fire

12m ago

Trains on same track: Railway probe body starts investigation

A probe committee formed by Bangladesh Railway's Pakshey division has started investigation into yesterday's incident of two trains on the same track narrowly avoiding an accident near the Bangabandhu Bridge Rail Station in Sirajganj

12m ago

Fire service starts work to douse fire in Sundarbans

The fire service has started extinguishing the fire in the deep Amurbunia forest of Chadpai range of the eastern Sundarbans in Bagerhat

12m ago

Fire breaks out in the Sundarbans

A fire that broke out at Chandpai range of East Sundarbans in Bagerhat yesterday afternoon and was yet to be doused for lack of a nearby water sources.

12m ago

3 of a family killed in Munshiganj

Alamgir Hossain, a Kuwait expatriate, recently returned home to his family in Dhaka’s Demra area.

12m ago

2 schoolboys drown in Uttara lake

Two schoolboys drowned in a lake at Diabari in the capital’s Uttara sector-18 yesterday afternoon.

12m ago

Rail link on Dhaka-Mymensingh route restored

The line was declared normal after rescue operation ended around 5:20pm today

1y ago