Chattogram shipbreaking worker dies, labour leaders seek probe into cause
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
23 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
Bangladeshi sailor among 22 missing after cargo ship sinks off India's coast
Reuters, New Delhi
23 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
HSC examinee dies after excavator hits motorbike in Ctg
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
23 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
Kolkata hotel fire: Bodies of six Bangladeshis repatriated
Our Correspondent, Benapole
23 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
7 killed in road crashes in 3 districts
Star Report
23 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
3 of a family killed as oil tanker lorry collides with three-wheeler
Our Correspondent, Sylhet
22 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
Three killed in road accidents in Natore, Munshiganj
Star Online Report
22 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
HSC examinee killed after excavator hits ride-sharing bike in Ctg
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram
22 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
Shipbreaking Tragedy / Toxic hydrogen sulphide may have caused the deaths
Staff Correspondent
22 August 2026 Accidents and Fires

DU bus tyre bursts in Jatrabari, 10 including students injured

Ten people, including students of Dhaka University, were injured after a tyre of a DU bus exploded in Jatrabari area of Dhaka this morning.
17 August 2022

Petition seeks Tk 5cr compensation for Uttara tragedy victims 

A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its order on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project to give Tk five crore as compensation to the families of the five persons who were killed after a segment of a box girder of the project fell from a crane on a car in Dhaka's Uttara area on August 15.
17 August 2022

‘Ma breathed her last in my arms’

For Ria, the newlywed who narrowly escaped death during Monday’s accident in Dhaka’s Uttara, trauma and tragedy knew no bounds.
17 August 2022

Work of BRT project halted

Physical work of the entire Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line-3 project will remain suspended until foolproof safety measures are in place, the authorities decided yesterday.
17 August 2022

Snakebite kills schoolboy in Jhenidah

A schoolboy died from snake bite in BSIC Industrial area of Jhenidah town yesterday morning.
16 August 2022

Son kills mother over property

A woman was shot dead allegedly by her son following a dispute over property in Patiya upazila of Chattogram yesterday.
16 August 2022

4 killed, 21 hurt in road accidents

Four people were killed and 21 injured in road accidents in three districts during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.
16 August 2022

“My mother died in my arms in the crushed car”

“My mother was in my arms as she breathed her last – crushed inside the car.”
16 August 2022

BRT girder tragedy: Probe body finds negligence of Chinese contractor

A probe committee found negligence of a Chinese contractor behind yesterday's accident in Uttara that left five people dead.
16 August 2022

BRT girder tragedy: Preliminary probe report submitted

A six-member panel probing the Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) girder tragedy has submitted a preliminary report to the government today (August 16, 2022).
16 August 2022

Uttara Crash: DNCC Mayor Atiq halts BRT construction

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam today (August 16, 2022) suspended construction work at the site of the tragic incident on Uttara’s Jasimuddin Road intersection which killed five people yesterday.
16 August 2022

Deaths of 6 in Chawkbazar fire: Restaurant owner detained

Police detained the owner of Barishal Hotel and Restaurant in old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area where a fire broke out and killed its six staffers yesterday (August 16, 2022).
16 August 2022

Uttara crash: Chinese contractor firm officials, crane operator sued for causing death by negligence 

A case has been filed for causing the deaths of five persons by negligence after a segment of a box girder of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell from a crane on a car in Dhaka’s Uttara area yesterday (August 15, 2022).  
16 August 2022

2 dead in Tangail road accident

Two people were dead and three were injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit a parked truck at Ghatail upazila in Tangail early today (August 16, 2022).
16 August 2022

5 lives lost to gross neglect

The joys of families of a newly married couple were wiped out in the blink of an eye as an 80-tonne part of a box girder fell on a car in the capital’s Uttara yesterday, killing five members of the families.
16 August 2022

Death of 5 in Uttara crash: Probe body formed

The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges yesterday (August 15, 2022) formed a five-member probe committee to investigate the incident that left five persons dead and two others injured after the segment of a viaduct meant for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) fell from a crane on a private car in the capital's Uttara.
15 August 2022

Fire in Old Dhaka again, kills 6

Six staffers of a restaurant were yesterday burnt to death after a fire broke out at a building that houses an eatery and plastic goods and polythene warehouses in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar.
15 August 2022

Two brothers killed after electrocution

Two brothers were electrocuted to death while they were hoisting the national flag to mark the National Mourning Day in Kishoreganj’s Itna upazila yesterday.
15 August 2022

2 children drown while bathing in pond

Two children drowned while bathing in a pond in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram yesterday. 
15 August 2022

‘Why can’t we place flowers at his grave?’

Md Nuruzzaman Khan (38), an RMG worker, started his day aiming to place a wreath and pay his respects at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Gopalganj’s Tungipara on his 47th death anniversary and National Mourning Day.
15 August 2022