A worker died after falling from the roof of a cement factory’s silo plant in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj yesterday.

A probe committee formed after a ferry on Friday rammed a pillar of the under-construction Padma Bridge found that the master and quartermaster of the vessel were responsible for the mishap that left 20 people injured.

A fire broke out at a bus depot of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) in Kamalapur area of Dhaka this evening.

The ferry hitting a Padma Bridge pillar occurred due to the master’s carelessness, Shipping Secretary Mohammed Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury said today.

At least 16 people were killed and 51 injured in road accidents during the three-day Eid holidays across the country, according to reports from our correspondents and a news agency.

Around one and a half years ago, Dhaka North City Corporation procured three turntable ladders for dousing flames at high-rise buildings.

At least six people were killed and one was injured after a truck hit a battery-run three-wheeler in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat yesterday morning.

Around 20 passengers were injured after a ro-ro ferry hit a pillar of Padma Bridge while going to Shimulia ghat of Munshiganj from Banglabazar ghat of Madaripur.

Six people died and one person was injured after a truck hit a battery-run three-wheeler in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat this morning.

Several shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Tohabazar in Chapainawabganj district today.

Four people were killed and 15 were injured in a collision between two buses on Dinajpur-Rangpur highway in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur this afternoon.

Three members of a family died and two others were injured as a three-wheeler turned upside down after being hit by a truck on Kushtia-Rajbari regional road during the early hours of today.

A Narayanganj court yesterday granted bail to Hashem Foods and Beverage owner Abul Hashem and his two sons, who were arrested in connection with the deaths of 51 people in a fire at their factory.

Each government authority that gave permissions to keep a factory like Hashem Foods Limited running despite its faulty fire safety and non-compliant condition, should be made accountable and brought under the law, speakers said at a webinar yesterday.

Eight people were killed 49 were injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Two cattle traders were killed and another one was injured after a human hauler carrying them was hit by a train in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore today.

Two people were killed and nine others were injured in a collision between a truck, a pickup van and a private car at Arabpur area of ​​Jashore city this afternoon.

Six people were dead and at least 50 injured as two buses collided head-on in Rangpur’s Mithapukur upazila this morning.

A citizens’ body yesterday claimed to have found human remains in the rubble of the fourth floor of the Narayanganj Hashem Food and Beverage factory that caught fire 10 days ago claiming at least 51 lives.

A 19-member Citizens’ Investigation Committee visited Hashem Foods factory today and claimed to have found human remains on the fourth floor.