train accident

SI killed after being hit by train while on phone call in Dhaka

The incident occurred around 9:30pm as he was walking on the rail tracks while on a phone call

Container train derails at Kamalapur, services resume fully after disruption

Although the railways authorities were able to open the second line around 2:10pm, trains are still running late

7 killed as train hits electric rickshaw

At least seven people were killed after a train hit a battery-run autorickshaw at an unauthorised level crossing in Burichang upazila of Cumilla yesterday.

5 passengers crushed under train after falling off roof

Five people riding on the roof of a train were killed after they fell off and were run over by the train in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi this morning

Prof Anu Muhammad’s toes crushed by train

He's being treated at DMCH

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).

June 1, 2016
June 1, 2016

2 crushed by train in Dhaka

Two people were crushed under the wheels of trains in separate incidents in Dhaka.

April 29, 2016
April 29, 2016

Homebound on retirement, man meets tragic end

He got off the train just to get a paan. All his career he must have done it hundreds of times, but this would be his last.

October 9, 2015
October 9, 2015

2 impaired RMG workers killed as train hit them in Gazipur

Two physically challenged readymade garment workers are killed as a train hit them in Gazipur.

August 3, 2015
August 3, 2015

Trying to save child, man dies under train

A garment worker dies under a train when he tried to save a child standing on the rail tracks in Dhaka’s Banani area.

July 23, 2015
July 23, 2015

Jaywalkers top railway deaths

The Daily Star has found out in a research that 50 percent of train accidents are because of unaware jaywalkers.

March 20, 2015
March 20, 2015

India train accident kills 30 in Uttar Pradesh

A passenger train has derailed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 30 people

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