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Save the Children employee dies after being hit by train in Dhaka

Witnesses said he was wearing earphones and couldn't hear bystanders' warnings

Odisha train accident in frames

At least 288 people have died in India's worst rail accident in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another one in the east of the country

Train accident in Odisha: Hotline opened for Bangladeshis

Deputy High Commission in Kolkata has opened a hotline to get information about Bangladeshis following a terrible train accident in Balasore, Odisha state of India

519 people died in 458 accidents in August: Road Safety Foundation

At least 519 people died and 961 suffered injuries in 458 accidents across the country in August this year, Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation, said in a press release today (September 3, 2022).

Mirsarai Tragedy: Another victim dies, death toll now 13

Another victim of the Mirsarai train-microbus collision lost the battle for life at Chattogram Medical College Hospital yesterday, raising the death toll in the tragedy to 13.

Death lurks at unsafe level crossings

Accidents at unprotected level crossings continue to claim lives as decisions taken at an inter-ministerial meeting around one and a half years back to curb such fatalities remained largely unimplemented.

Worker bought Eid gift for parents, dies in accident on way to hometown Noakhali

A worker of an iron workshop died after falling from the roof of a running train in Laksham upazila of Cumilla early today.

Hit by train, former principal of Ispahani Girls' School and College dies

A former principal of Ispahani Girls' School and College died after a train hit him in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area this morning.

Three persons killed under train in Dhaka

Three persons died under the wheels of two separate trains in the city’s Kuril area since last evening.

February 3, 2020
February 3, 2020

Mother, son crushed under train in Bogura

She tried to prevent her son from dying by suicide.

December 24, 2019
December 24, 2019

Hit by train, 2 killed in Dhaka

Two people are killed after they were hit by a train in Nakhalpara area of Tejgaon, Dhaka.

November 12, 2019
November 12, 2019

Accidents take acute turn due to govt’s inaction: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed grave shock at the fatal train accident that left at least 16 people dead at Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria and said it is an outcome of the government’s failure in governing the country properly.

June 26, 2019
June 26, 2019

Railway minister visits train accident victims

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan has visited the victims, who were injured in June 23 train derailment in Moulvibazar and admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital.

June 24, 2019
June 24, 2019

Rail secy points 2 likely causes of train disaster

Either the lines were faulty or the alignment of the coach wheels were disoriented, says rail secretary. Rescue operation is underway and optimism is that the lines might be restored by tonight.

April 14, 2019
April 14, 2019

Three killed as Maitree Express rams minitruck

Three people were killed as Dhaka-bound international passenger train Maitree Express rammed a mini-truck at an “unauthorised” level crossing in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj yesterday afternoon.

February 4, 2019
February 4, 2019

6 killed as train derails in India

At least six passengers were killed and more than 20 injured yesterday after an express train derailed in eastern India's Bihar state, officials said.

October 29, 2018
October 29, 2018

Three crushed under wheels of train in ctg

Three people, including an infant, were killed and another was seriously injured as they were run over by a locomotive in Chattogram's Sitakunda last night.

September 25, 2018
September 25, 2018

5-yr-old girl crushed under train in Dhaka

A five-year-old girl is crushed under the wheels of a train at Tejkunipara in Dhaka’s Tejgaon.

July 23, 2018
July 23, 2018

Man dies being run over by train in Dhaka

A man dies after being run over by a train in Khilkhet area of Dhaka.

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