Locals, who rescued many passengers after MV Abhijan-10 caught fire early on December 24 in Jhalakathi, said most of the lives perished in the tragedy could have been saved had the launch staffers acted responsibly.

The death toll from Thursday’s MV Abhijan-10 launch fire in Jhalakathi rose to 47 with the recovery of two more bodies from the Sugandha River while another injured succumbed to her injuries at Sheikh Hasina Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery today.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority officials had negligence in examining the fitness of MV Abhijan-10, observed the High Court yesterday.

Three people were killed and four were injured in separate road accidents in Ghoraghat and Parbatipur upazilas of Dinajpur yesterday.

A man was killed as an oil drum exploded while its lid was being cut open in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur this afternoon.

Two more bodies were recovered from Biskhali and Sugandha rivers today taking the death toll from the fire on launch MV Abhijan-10 in Jhalakathi to 44.

Three people were killed and four were injured in separate road accidents in Ghoraghat and Parbatipur upazilas of Dinajpur today.

After going over the road divider, a Sylhet-bound Ena Paribahan bus hit a Munshiganj-bound microbus on Airport Road this morning.

An employee of the Metro Rail project died after a bus ran him over at the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar yesterday.

A couple was killed when a truck slammed into their house in Jamalpur yesterday while crashes in Dhaka and Gopalganj killed five others, including a university student.

Professional duties called numerous people to Jiakul village and neighbouring areas in Jhalakathi. The areas are adjacent to the Sugandha river, where MV Abhijan-10 caught fire early Friday, resulting in 42 deaths and over hundred cases of injury.

My philosophy, after any tragic fire incident, is to forget it, and rather concentrate on similar conditions that pose threats in the future. Because the fact of the matter is, many potential killing machines are waiting in our waters.

The eldest daughter of Pakhi Begum and Abdul Hakim, passengers of MV Abhijan-10 who went missing since the tragic launch fire, Hafsa (18) is set to get married on Friday.

A parliamentary body today asked authorities concerned to provide proper financial compensation to the deceased and injured victims of the deadly fire on MV Abhijan-10 launch on the Sugandha river on December 24.

Four women were killed after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw at Mrirdhakanda in Dhaka’s Nawabganj upazila early today.

One more person, injured after a train hit a bus that got stuck between the gates of a level crossing in Narayanganj yesterday evening, died at a Dhaka hospital this morning.

Two writ petitions were filed with the High Court yesterday, seeking its directive on the authorities concerned to give adequate compensations to the families of victims affected by the deadly fire on the MV Abhijan-10 launch.

Three people, including a child, were killed and at least nine others injured after a train rammed a bus that got stuck between the gates of a level crossing in Narayanganj yesterday evening.

Three people, who suffered burns in the fire inside MV Abhijan-10 on early Friday, were on life support at the capital’s Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery yesterday.  

A passenger bus helper was crushed to death on the Mollakhali Bailey Bridge area on Patuakhali-Dumki road by the same bus he worked for yesterday.