Accidents & Fires
Tragedy wipes out 2 families
Around 11:00pm on Wednesday, Jakia Begum called her son-in-law Shawon to speak to her daughter and grandchildren.
2 children, among 4, drown in 2 districts
Four people, including two children, drowned in separate incidents in Magura and Bogura yesterday and today
10 students hurt as truck rams into madrasa wall in Lalmonirhat
At least 10 students were injured when a goods laden truck lost control and rammed into a madrasa building in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila early today
Four suffer burns in explosion during gas stove repair
Four people were burnt in a fire that originated during a gas stove and pipeline repair in Dhaka’s Bhasantek area yesterday evening..The injured are Ratan Mia, 50, his son Md Hamim, 11, his nephew Md Robin, 17 and neighbour Angur Ali, 50. .They were admitted to Sheikh Hasina National
8 killed as private car falls into canal
At least eight people from two families, including four children, died after a private car plunged into a roadside canal in Pirojpur early today
Racing buses end the tale of two sisters
Like any other day, Tasnim Jahan Irene and her sister Nusrat Jahan Zerin were heading to their office – Next Venture – in the capital’s Uttar Badda in an auto-rickshaw from Mirpur.
Lightning strikes kill four in Kushtia
Four people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia this afternoon
An unholy race between buses tears two sisters apart
One killed, one injured after being run over by bus in Dhaka's Badda
SBMCH: Burn unit runs without specialist doctors
After suffering burns from hot water, one-and-a-half-year-old Araf was first admitted to Galachipa Upazila Hospital in Patuakhali on September 10, where the authorities referred him to Sher-e Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal for better treatment
Flood in Sherpur: Death toll reaches 7
Three more people were confirmed to have died after being swept away by floodwaters in Sherpur district, raising the death toll to seven
Man found dead near electric pole in Gazipur
Police recovered the body of a man today from beneath an electricity pole in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila
Three killed in Keraniganj freak accident
At least three people were killed when a bus collided with a parked rickshaw-van, which then crashed into the kitchen of a roadside eatery, causing a gas cylinder explosion in Dhaka’s Keraniganj last evening.
2nd oil tanker fire sparks sabotage concerns
The authorities concerned suspect the back-to-back fires on two oil tankers of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) at the Chattogram port could be acts of sabotage to harm the country’s energy security.
Boy dies as auto-rickshaw hits him
A six-year-old was killed after a battery-run auto-rickshaw hit him in Patuakhali yesterday.
Fire ignited on ship in a highly suspicious way
Banglar Shourabh chief engineer narrates how the fire ignited and how it spread
Factory worker killed after being hit by bus on Dhaka-Tangail highway
A factory worker was killed after being run over by a bus on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Gazipur’s Konabari area this morning
4 lives lost as truck hits bus
At least four people were killed and eight others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Tangail’s Kalihati upazila early yesterday.