Accidents & Fires
2 workers die falling off building in Basabo
Two construction workers died and another was injured after they fell off from an under-construction building in Dhaka's Basabo area this morning
5 killed in Cumilla road accident
Five people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus overturned on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Batisha Basantapur of Cumilla's Chauddagram upazila this morning.
Worker burned to death in Badda fire
A worker died in a fire that broke out at a foam factory and spread to the nearby building at Satarkul in the capital’s Badda Wednesday night.
Worker burned to death in Badda fire
A worker died in a fire that broke out at a foam factory and spread to the nearby building at Satarkul in the capital's Badda last night
Car catches fire on flyover near airport
Two fire engines are trying to douse the blaze that originated around 12:05pm, said Rozina Akter, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence control room
Over 50 houses gutted in Gazipur fire
Several markets and more than 50 tin-roof houses were gutted in a fire in Bhogra bypass area of Gazipur city early today
Three drown in Kurigram, Jamalpur
Two children and a teenager drowned in Kurigram and Jamalpur yesterday.
'100-year-old' grenade found in Ctg graveyard defused
A bomb disposal unit defused a "100-year-old" active hand grenade in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram this evening
Train derails in Pabna, rail link between Dhaka and north disrupted
Train services between Dhaka and the northern regions of Bangladesh was halted today following the derailment of two bogies of the Burimari Express at Muladuli Railway Station in Pabna's Ishwardi upazila
Sundarbans fire: Expert committee to visit affected area tomorrow
A high-level committee formed to assess the loss of biodiversity following a fire in the Sundarbans is scheduled to visit the affected area tomorrow
2 killed in CNG-pickup collision in Sirajganj
The driver and a passenger of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and two others injured as it collided with a pick-up truck at Nagarbari-Bogura highway in Sirajganj's Ullapara upazila this morning
Missing student’s body recovered from Meghna
The body of a school student was recovered from the Meghna river in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj yesterday, two days after he went missing while swimming in the river.
Driver killed, 3 injured in Tangail road accident
A truck driver was killed and three people were injured after the vehicle collided with a covered-van on Bangabandhu Bridge East Link Road in Tangail today
Missing student's body recovered from Meghna after 2 days
The body of an SSC candidate was recovered from the Meghna in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj today, two days after he went missing while bathing in the river
Sundarbans: All fires in 23 years were confined to only 5pc area
All fires in the Sundarbans over the last 23 years took place in just five percent area of the mangrove forest under the east forest division, said officials concerned.
2 children drown
Two children drowned while taking bath in a hill stream at Chainda in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar last morning.
