The bus with more than 50 passengers ended up on the edge of a river, and some of those on board were swept away by the water, municipal official Jaime Herrera said.
The night before he left for Dhaka from Khulna, Rashed Sardar’s daughters – nine-year-old Safa and five-year-old Sara – had asked him to bring back Eid outfits for them.
At least 24 people were injured in the incident and are undergoing treatment at various hospitals.
Rampant irregularities and corruption must be checked
A mother and daughter were among three people were killed after a bus hit a CNG-driven auto-rickshaw at Lalabazar in Sylhet’s Dakshin Surma upazila this afternoon.
A motorcyclist is killed after a bus knocks down his bike in Dhaka’s Shanir Akhra area.
Five people, including four members of a family, were killed and another was critically injured as a bus crashed into a private car on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Sylhet’s Osmaninagar upazila early today.
Five people are killed and three injured as a human hauler, locally known as Mahindra, crashed into a bus on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Rajbari Sadar upazila.
A bus drags an elderly woman for about 20 feet and crushed her under its wheels in Farmgate area of Dhaka.
Violation of rules by transport operators and drivers remains the main cause of fatalities and injuries on roads across the country.
A number of students of schools and colleges in Chawra Barogachha union of Nilphamari wanted to do something different during the Eid holidays. They rented a pickup to go to popular tourist spot Swapnapuri in Dinajpur the day after Eid.
The right leg of a woman was crushed after she was caught between a road divider and a bus in Dhaka’s Farmgate area.
He wakes up in a delirium every now and then, trying to find his right hand with the left one. He searches in vain, and goes back to sleep again.
Eight people were killed and 26 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch after hitting a tree at Birshordi in Gopalganj's Muksudpur early yesterday.
Attending a wedding in Gazipur on Sunday night, Kajal Rani Saha and her son Shuvo Saha were on way to their home in Chandpur's Haziganj yesterday.
A man is killed when a speeding bus hit a rickshaw carrying him at Malibagh in Dhaka this morning.
At least three people are killed and ten others injured as a bus plunges into a roadside ditch after losing control in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj.
25 individuals killed and a further 23 injured in a single bus accident as it swerved off the road and hit a tree on the Dhaka-Barisal highway on April 9.