A fire safety drill was held inside the Karnaphuli tunnel today, ahead of its inauguration on October 28..Around 40-50 members of the fire service and police participated in the one-hour drill from 11:30am to 12:30pm..Former cabinet secretary Khandkar Anwarul Islam, bridge secretary

A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was killed and three people were injured in a collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw in Chandpur's Kachua upazila today.

A massive fire that broke out in a house and later spread to a textile waste warehouse in Gazipur early today was brought under control, officials said

After 23 shipping containers were salvaged from the sunken vessel Pangaon Express, a barge carrying 12 of those ended up tilting and sliding them back into the water in the Karnaphuli channel on Thursday night.

A schoolteacher was killed after being hit by a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Jamalpur’s Bakshiganj upazila yesterday afternoon.

A schoolteacher was killed after being hit by a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Jamalpur's Bakshiganj upazila this afternoon

Momith Hasan Tonu woke up excited, because he knew he would be reunited with his family in Cumilla by the end of the day.

A barge that was carrying 12 damaged containers salvaged from sunken vessel "Pangaon Express" capsized near Chattogram port on Thursday night

A three-year-old girl was killed and four others were injured in a road accident in Thakurgaon’s Ranishankoil upazila yesterday.

The bodies of two workers were recovered from a septic tank of an under-construction building in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni district today

Two children, who were brothers, died after their boat capsized in a waterbody – Halti Beel – in Naldanga upazila of Natore yesterday evening.

Two people died and five others were injured in a collision between a bus and a battery-run autorickshaw on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj’s Muksudpur upazila yesterday.

Two siblings died while their parents and sister sustained injuries in a mud wall collapse in Brahmanbaria’s Bijoynagar upazila early yesterday.

Two members of a family were killed and another person was seriously injured by a lightning strike in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila this evening.

A 58-year-old man died when a moving train ran him over as he was crossing the rail tracks in Moghbazar of Dhaka today.

Three people, including a couple, were killed after a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was hit by a bus on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Feni’s Chhagalnaiya upazila this evening

A woman died after a speed boat capsized due to gusty wind and strong surge in the Bay of Bengal near St Martin Island in Cox’s Bazar this afternoon

Parents, another sibling injured

Two people were killed and five others injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a battery-run easy bike on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj’s Muksudpur upazila today

Two labourers were crushed to death under the wheels of a sand-laden truck in Barishal city in the early hours today