Accidents

Dhaka, Nov 15- Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan on Friday said it is suspicious how fire from the locomotive spread to air-conditioned compartments immediately after the accident. The authorities are investigating whether there was an act of sabotage, he said after visiting Ullapara Railway Station. Read More »

Two days after a deadly train crash in Brahmanbaria, three compartments of another train, Rangpur Express, caught fire after the derailment in Ullapara on Thursday noon, snapping rail links between Dhaka and northern districts. Read More »

Chandpur, Nov 12 (UNB) – Tuesday was the last day for filling up form to take part in the upcoming Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination. So, Farzana Rahman was returning from Sreemangal of Moulvibazar on Monday night after attending the marriage ceremony of her maternal cousin. Read More »

Two people were killed after a pick-up van plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Korpai in Burichang upazila early Wednesday. Read More »

Five days after husband’s death, wife killed in Brahmanbaria train collision Dhaka, Nov 13 – The grief-stricken family of Muslim Mia, who died while working at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda upazila five days ago, was returning to their residence here by a train after his funeral in his native district of Moulvibazar. But little did they know that this ... Read More »

At least 16 passengers were killed and over 100 others injured in a fatal collision between two trains on Dhaka-Chattogram route in Mandbagh Railway Station in Kasba upazila early Tuesday. The deadly collision between Dhaka-bound Turna Nishita Express from Chattogram and Chattogram-bound Udayan Express from Sylhet took place around 3am, said Deputy Commissioner Hayat-Ud-Dowllah Khan, who visited the spot right ... Read More »

Loco master of Turnanishitha train and two other staff of Bangladesh Railway have been suspended after the fatal train crash at Mandbagh of Brahmanbaria that left 16 people dead and over 100 other injured. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 12 -At least 12 passengers were killed and over 100 others injured in a fatal collision of two trains on Dhaka-Chittagong route in Mandbagh area in the early hours of Tuesday. Read More »

Police recovered the body of a street boy on Sunday night, a day after he had gone missing from Gulistan area. Read More »

Three people were killed and five others injured as the gas cylinder of a microbus exploded after being hit by a bus and a truck in Gobindapur area in sadar upazila on Sunday morning. Read More »

A bus plunged into a pond with over 50 passengers on board on Friday evening at Kalugazir Pukur area in Subarna Char upazila. Read More »

Three people, including two cops, were injured in a road accident near Chandrima Udyan at Sher-e-Banglanagar in the city on Friday. Read More »

Panchagarh Correspondent Dhaka, Nov 07 – A head-on collision between a bus and an easy bike yesterday in Magurmari area on the Panchagarh-Tentulia Highway claimed seven lives including a newlywed bride. Read More »

Panchagarh, Nov 8 – A man was killed and another injured when a truck hit a motorbike on Boda-Debiganj road in Boda Upazila on Thursday night. Read More »

The much-talked-about Road Transport Act comes into effect on Friday, November 2019. Read More »

A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Thursday, killing 74 people, and survivors said afterwards it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop amid contradictory reports about the condition of the train’s brakes. Read More »

At least five children were killed and 22 people injured in a cylinder blast in Rupnagar Residential Area of the city on Wednesday. Read More »

Chuadanga, Oct 27 (UNB) – At least seven people, including women and children, were injured when an India-bound freight train hit a microbus at Darshana on Sunday night. Read More »

Three people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed and 10 others injured when a bus overturned in Shibganj upazila of the district early Friday. Read More »

Shariatpur, Oct 25 -The more bodies of three fishermen, who went missing following a collision between two speedboats in the Padma River in Jajira Upazila on Wednesday, were recovered on Thursday, raising the death toll from the incident to four. Read More »

A fire broke out at the Keya Spinning Mills Ltd at Konabari on Monday. Read More »

Bagura –Two construction workers died after falling into a septic tank at Nanglu village in Dhunat upazila on Sunday. Read More »

Gazipur, Oct 16 (UNB) – Students of Tongi City College blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway on Wednesday morning following the death of a student in a road crash on Tuesday. Read More »

Chattogram, Oct 12 (UNB) – Two workers reportedly died after inhaling toxic gas in a shipyard at Kumira of Sitakunda upazila here on Saturday. Read More »

Gazipur, Oct 11 (UNB) – Three people were killed and three others injured as a truck overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Garzaria Masterbari area in Sreepur upazila on Thursday night. Read More »

Three people were killed after a passenger bus hit a roadside tree at Nagardia in Nagarkanda upazila on Dhaka-Khulna highway on Monday night. Read More »

Dhaka, Sept 26 (UNB) – Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Wednesday said journalists are continuously playing the role of vigilant sentinels of society. Read More »

Kurigram, Oct 6 (UNB) – Ten people went missing when a passenger boat sank in the Teesta River in Burirhat area under Rajarhat upazila on Sunday noon. Read More »

An official of a readymade garment factory was killed after a covered van hit a private car on Baipail-Abdullahpur road in Moragang area of Ashulia on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Tajimul Islam, 35. He was the assistant general manager of Alfa Clothing Ltd. Sazzad Hossain, sub-inspector of Ashulia Police Station, said a water-loaded covered van crashed into the ... Read More »

Cumilla, Oct 5 (UNB) – A madrasah student drowned while plucking water lilly at a canal at Homna here on Saturday. Read More »