Accidents and Fires

Kolkata hotel fire: Remains of 5 Bangladeshis to return through Benapole, 1 via Bhomra

Kolkata Correspondent

7 HOUR(s) • Accidents and Fires

4 children drown in N’ganj pond

Our Correspondent, Narayanganj

21 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Sitakunda shipbreaking toxic gas accident deaths

Sitakunda shipyard toxic gas death toll rises to 10

Staff Correspondent, Chattogram

20 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Onlookers and fire personnel gather at the site following a fire at a hotel in Kolkata on August 19, 2026. Photo: AFP

Kolkata hotel fire: Two more Bangladeshis identified among dead

Our Correspondent, Satkhira

20 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

After deadly hotel fire, Kolkata administration orders sweeping safety checks across the city

Kolkata Correspondent

19 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Debashish, his wife and their son had been in Bengaluru and arrived in Kolkata only yesterday. Photo: Collected from Facebook

Journalist, three family members from Kushtia among nine killed in Kolkata hotel fire

Anis Mondol

19 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Five Bangladeshis confirmed among 9 killed in Kolkata hotel fire

Star Online Report

19 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Woman, granddaughter killed after being run over by train in Cumilla

Our Correspondent, Cumilla

18 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

3 killed in bus-truck collision in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent, Gopalganj

18 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Two killed in truck-pickup collision in Sirajganj; locals block road

Our Correspondent, Pabna

18 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Half the ships scrapped globally were in Bangladesh: report

Bangladesh scrapped nearly 50 percent of the ships scrapped worldwide, over the last quarter

22 November 2023

Supervisor dies under bus in Savar

A bus supervisor was killed after being crushed under the vehicle while he was picking up passengers on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar this evening

22 November 2023

Man killed as bus runs over rickshaw in Narayanganj

A battery-run rickshaw puller was killed after being run over by a bus in Narayanganj today

22 November 2023

Rail link with northern regions restored after 5hrs

Rail communication with the northern regions resumed this evening, five hours after two coaches of a freight train derailed in Lalpur upazila of Natore

22 November 2023

21 cocktail bombs recovered in Jashore

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered a cache of 21 cocktail bombs in Jashore early today

21 November 2023

One killed, 20 hurt in Munshiganj bus accident

A man died after being hit by a bus that lost control and eventually fell into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Munshiganj’s Gazaria upazila yesterday.

20 November 2023

Elderly man killed, 20 injured in Munshiganj bus accident

An elderly man died after being hit by a bus that lost control and eventually fell into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Munshiganj's Gazaria upazila today.

20 November 2023

BRTC double decker torched in Mirpur

Arsonists torched a BRTC double decker bus in Dhaka's Mirpur area this afternoon

20 November 2023

18 vehicles set on fire in 20 hours: fire service

A total of 18 vehicles were torched across the country from 1:00pm yesterday to 9:00am today, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence

20 November 2023

Traffic police died in road accident at Uttara

Two killed as lorry hits bike in Ctg

Two persons were killed when a lorry hit their vehicle in Chattogram’s Satkania upazila yesterday morning.

19 November 2023

1 killed in steel mill fire

A 27-year-old worker got burned to death while three others sustained injuries in a fire that broke out at a steel mill at Kadamtoli in Dhaka’s Shyampur area early yesterday.

19 November 2023

1 killed in steel mill fire in Dhaka's Kadamtoli

A 27-year-old worker burned to death and three sustained injuries in a fire that broke out at a steel mill at Kadamtoli in Dhaka's Shyampur area early today.

19 November 2023