Accidents & Fires
3 killed as truck hits 2 bikes in Rajshahi
Three people were on two motorcyclists were killed after being hit by a sand-laden truck in the Muraripur area of Rajshahi's Paba upazila last evening
3 killed as truck crashes into 2 bikes
Three people on two motorcyclists were killed after being hit by a sand-laden truck in the Muraripur area of Rajshahi’s Paba upazila last evening.
Fire at Shishu Hospital: No casualties, but facility suffers heavy damage
The intensive care unit (ICU) and high dependency unit (HDU) of the cardiology department at Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute were burned in a fire yesterday.
Bhasantek fire death toll rises to four
Lamia, a seven-year-old who suffered severe burns in a fire that broke out at their house in Dhaka’s Bhasantek area on April 12, died yesterday morning.
Three bikers killed in road accidents
Three motorcyclists were killed and two others were injured in two different road accidents at Bagerhat and Rajshahi of Bangladesh yesterday.
CAAB engineer killed as bus rams his bike
An engineer at CAAB died yesterday after a bus rammed his motorcycle near the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka before crashing through the boundary wall in front of the airport’s third terminal.
1 killed as bus breaks thru barrier of Dhaka airport's 3rd terminal
An engineer of Bangladesh Civil Aviation was killed when a bus broke through a tin-made barricade of the third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka this morning
Fire at Dhaka Shishu Hospital doused after an hour
Five fire engines doused the fire at 2:40pm
Jamuna Express derails in Tejgaon
The Dhaka-bound train, Jamuna Express, derailed in Tejgaon area of the capital this morning
Bhashantek house fire: ‘Why haven’t my parents come to see me yet?’
Lying on a hospital bed, nine-year-old Sujan kept asking for his parents and two sisters whenever relatives visited him in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
Two killed as buses collide in M’singh
Two people were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident when two buses collided at Kodaldhar area on Mymensingh-Tarakadna road in Tarakadna upazila yesterday.
Storm destroys their homes, bus takes their lives
The family’s struggle started when their home was destroyed in a recent nor’wester in Faridpur on March 28.
10 killed in bike accidents from April 9-13 in Jashore
Ten people were killed in motorcycle crashes between April 9-13 in Jashore..During this time, at least a hundred were injured in separate accidents and received treatment at the Jashore General Hospital, reports our local correspondent quoting doctors and police..On April 9, Kamrunah
Faridpur road crash: 'Police, BRTA can’t avoid responsibility'
The authorities concerned, including police and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), can't avoid responsibility for the Faridpur road accident on the Dhaka-Khulna highway that claimed 13 lives today, said the National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR)
Bhasantek fire: Man dies after wife, mother-in-law
After the deaths of his wife and mother-in-law, furniture trader Md Liton, who suffered severe burns in a fire at their house in Dhaka's Bhasantek area on Friday, died at a Dhaka hospital this morning
Faridpur bus-pickup collision: The law violations that led to 13 deaths
Thirteen people died in Faridpur this morning in a head-on collision that would not have happened if operators of the vehicles involved had followed existing laws and rules
2 killed as two buses collided head-on in Mymensingh
Two persons were killed and 15 others injured in a collision between two buses on Mymensingh-Tarakanda road in Tarakanda upazila this morning
