The birth of a baby is among the happiest moments in a parent’s life. But for Ratna Begum, her happiness was short-lived: she died soon after.

It was a deadly day on the roads yesterday as at least 29 people were killed and more than two dozens injured in crashes in 10 districts.

A man was stabbed to death on Friday night in Dinajpur’s Hakimpur upazila, said police.

The death toll from the devastating floods in the country rose to 121 with two more deaths in Sylhet district in 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have detained two people early today (July 16, 2022) on suspicion of their involvement in killing of local journalist Hasibur Rahman Rubel in Kushtia.

In a tragic event that unfolded in Trishal area of Mymensingh, an eight-months-pregnant woman gave birth to a baby girl today (July 16, 2022) before succumbing to her injuries after a truck ran her over while she was crossing a road.

Two people were killed and four others were injured in a head-on collision between a private car and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Brahmanbaria today (July 16, 2022).

At least three people were dead and five were injured after a bus collided head-on with two trucks on Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj this noon (July 16, 2022).

Three members of a family were dead as a bus hit them on Dhaka-Tangail highway, in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail, today (July 16, 2022).

Four people were killed and another was injured in a collision between a private car and a pick-up van on Bogura-Naogaon highway in Kahaloo upazila of Bogura today (July 16, 2022).

A youth died and another man was injured after a bus hit a rickshaw near Pantha Kunja Park in Dhaka early this morning.

Three people were dead and 10 persons were injured when a bus hit a truck on Dhaka-Tangail highway early today.

On November 24, 2021, Naeem Hasnat, a student of Notre Dame College, was run over by a Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) garbage truck in Gulistan. It was later known that the truck was being driven by a cleaner in the driver’s absence.

Two students of East West University were killed in a road accident in Narayanganj yesterday when the driver of their car lost control, causing the vehicle to veer into the wrong lane and collide head on with a bus.

Two childrenaged three and four drowned yesterday after falling into a pond in Bagerhat’s Mongla upazila. 

The body of a final-year student of Bangladesh University of  Engineering and Technology (Buet) was recovered from the Padma river  yesterday, nearly 24 hours after he went missing. 

A security guard was killed and a pedestrian injured after a part of a girder of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell on them in Gazipur this afternoon (July 15, 2022).

At least 18 people were injured as lightning strike hit a playground in Manikganj Sadar upazila this (July 15) afternoon.

At least three persons died and six others were injured after two passenger buses collided head-on in Sherpur upazila of Bogura today (July 15).

Seven more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia during this year’s pilgrimage. Of them, six were male and one female.