Accidents and Fires

Onlookers and fire personnel gather at the site following a fire at a hotel in Kolkata on August 19, 2026. Photo: AFP

Kolkata hotel fire: Two more Bangladeshis identified among dead

Our Correspondent, Satkhira

7 HOUR(s) • Accidents and Fires

After deadly hotel fire, Kolkata administration orders sweeping safety checks across the city

Kolkata Correspondent

19 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Debashish, his wife and their son had been in Bengaluru and arrived in Kolkata only yesterday. Photo: Collected from Facebook

Journalist, three family members from Kushtia among nine killed in Kolkata hotel fire

Anis Mondol

19 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Five Bangladeshis confirmed among 9 killed in Kolkata hotel fire

Star Online Report

19 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Woman, granddaughter killed after being run over by train in Cumilla

Our Correspondent, Cumilla

18 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

3 killed in bus-truck collision in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent, Gopalganj

18 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Two killed in truck-pickup collision in Sirajganj; locals block road

Our Correspondent, Pabna

18 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Shipbreaking tragedy: Yard ‘forgot’ to renew DoE clearance

Sifayet Ullah

17 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

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

Our Correspondent, Netrokona

16 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

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

Star Online Report

16 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

NGO official killed as truck hits bike in Gazipur

An NGO official was killed after a truck crashed into his motorcycle on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur Sadar upazila today

16 March 2025

Fire at Terri Bazar's Khwaja Market in Ctg under control

The fire broke out at a clothes warehouse in a six-storey building at Terri Bazar around 7:30pm

16 March 2025

Fire damages 12 shops at Rajshahi New Market

Twelve shops were damaged in a fire at Rajshahi New Market early today

16 March 2025

One killed, six injured in Tangail accident

A man was killed and six other people, including four policemen, were injured in a road accident in Tangail’s Mirzapur early today

15 March 2025

2 trains collide at Rajshahi Railway station

No casualties reported

15 March 2025

3 killed in truck, auto-rickshaw collision in Gazipur

Three people were killed in a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Kaliakair-Maona regional road in Gazipur this morning

15 March 2025

2 children drown in Narsingdi pond

Two children drowned while bathing in a pond in Sonakura village under Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi on Thursday.

14 March 2025

1 killed in Rangamati road crash

A man was killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Bandarban-Kaptai road in Rangamati's Rajasthali upazila today

13 March 2025

road accident on Chattogram Cox’s Bazar highway

Two minor siblings among 3 killed as bus hits rickshaw in Ctg

The siblings were on their way to a coaching centre from their house in Zamirjuri

13 March 2025

Two crew missing as bulkhead sinks in Padma

Two workers remain missing after a geo bag-laden bulkhead sank while anchored in the Padma in Shariatpur’s Naria

12 March 2025

Mother, daughter killed in Bogura road crash

A woman and her minor daughter were killed when a truck hit a van in Dupchanchia upazila of Bogura today.

12 March 2025

Two crushed under train wheels in separate accidents in Pabna

Police recovered the bodies of the victims this morning

12 March 2025

Construction worker dies after falling from KUET building

A construction worker died today after falling from the fourth floor of a ten-story building under construction at Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET)

12 March 2025