Accidents and Fires

Shipbreaking tragedy: Yard ‘forgot’ to renew DoE clearance

Sifayet Ullah

7 HOUR(s) • Accidents and Fires

15-month-old drowns after falling into pond in Netrokona

Our Correspondent, Netrokona

9 HOUR(s) • Accidents and Fires

Fire at helmet warehouse in Dhaka’s Bangshal now under control

Star Online Report

11 HOUR(s) • Accidents and Fires

Four killed as pickup van overturns in Rangamati

Our Correspondent, Rangamati

16 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Two children drown in ponds

Our Correspondent, Netrokona

16 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Five killed in road accidents in two districts

Star Report

16 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

3 killed as pickup rear ends bus in Gazipur

Our Correspondent, Gazipur

15 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

BSRB suspends operations at Ferdous Steel after toxic gas tragedy

Staff Correspondent, Ctg

15 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

2 killed as truck crushes easy bike in Lalmonirhat

Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat

15 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

A child will be fatherless at birth

Sifayet Ullah

15 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Truck driver killed as train hits vehicle at unmanned Jashore crossing

Helper seriously injured; locals blame lack of gatekeeper and signalling system

10 May 2026

Five family members suffer burns in Narayanganj gas explosion

Three children among victims injured after suspected gas leak triggered explosion in Fatullah flat

10 May 2026

Four killed as two buses collide on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway

Four people were killed and at least a dozen others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram this morning, police said.

9 May 2026

Fire at factory in Dhaka’s Kadamtali under control

The fire might have originated from an electrical short circuit, an official says

8 May 2026

SSC examinee killed in road accident in Noakhali’s Begumganj

Another injured; angry students and locals block road

6 May 2026

Child dies after being hit by battery-run rickshaw outside Dhaka home

Rickshaw driver fled the scene after the incident in Kamrangirchar

6 May 2026

Farmer electrocuted to death while threshing paddy in Jhenaidah

Victim was threshing paddy using a paddle thresher machine connected to an electric motor

6 May 2026

Woman, granddaughter killed as bus hits them in Barishal

A grandmother and her granddaughter were killed after being hit by a bus on the Barishal-Dhaka highway in the Joyshree bus stand area of Uzirpur upazila yesterday afternoon.

6 May 2026

Man killed in Rajshahi road crash; two trucks set on fire during protests

Locals stage two-hour protest, demand curbs on dump trucks and road safety measures

5 May 2026

Eight killed as two trucks collide in Sylhet

Several injured victims are undergoing treatment at a hospital, with some reported to be in critical condition, police say

3 May 2026

Fire at Demra ink manufacturing factory under control

Four firefighting units brought the fire under control at 1:55pm

30 April 2026

Kurigram road crash death toll rises to 4

At least 10 others injured after truck, microbus collided head-on

29 April 2026

Three die as microbus carrying Buddhist monks fell into ditch on Ctg-Cox’s Bazar highway

Police probe speeding or mechanical fault

28 April 2026

Four killed in road crashes in 3 districts

At least four persons, including a woman, were killed and another was injured in separate road accidents in Noakhali, Jhenaidah and Magura districts in the last two days.

25 April 2026