An unidentified woman and her three-year-old son were killed after being run over by a train in Gazipur yesterday.

Even after three years since the devastating fire at Dhaka’s Bangabazar on April 4, 2023 that gutted thousands of shops just days ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, victim traders have yet to receive any compensation.

At least four people were killed and 16 others injured in separate road accidents in Faridpur and Sirajganj yesterday.

Mymensingh-bound bus lost control following a tyre burst near the west side of Jamuna Bridge

Kishoreganj-bound bus lost control and veered into a roadside ditch

Customers were allegedly locked inside a restaurant during the deadly blaze at Green Cozy Cottage on Bailey Road to ensure bill payments, according to findings by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Rescue operations underway amid fuel spill concerns

The dead include drivers, a schoolboy and an elderly woman

Police seize both vehicles, but drivers flee

One critically injured referred to Sylhet

Fire service suspects a mechanical fault behind the incident that left the car almost completely burnt

Government’s Eid planning criticised for 346 accidents between March 14 and 28

An elderly man was killed after being run over by a train in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila yesterday morning, police said.

Three people, including a four-year-old child, were killed and six others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Six others injured in accident on Dinajpur–Gobindaganj highway

It has been nine years since the High Court delivered a verdict directing authorities to provide compensation to families of victims of the capsize of Launch MV Nasrin-1 in 2003.

A shadow of grief fell over Nizpara village in Gaibandha’s Sadullapur upazila yesterday as residents gathered to bury four of their own.

Twenty-one Bangladeshi migrants have survived a boat tragedy off the coast of Greece that killed at least 22 fortune-seekers.

Two others injured

This whole incident lays bare a harsh reality. Without modern safety measures and awareness, a culture of discipline, and rapid rescue readiness, our rivers will continue to claim buses, ferries, and most importantly, human lives