Police have opened an investigation after recovering the charred body of a young mechanic from an automobile workshop in Narsingdi.

Mechanic died after fire at repair shop; police probe suspicious loitering caught on camera

Poor traffic safety, urban transport mismanagement blamed

Factory damaged but no casualties reported

Twelve-year-old student Abidur now fit to be released, says burn institute director

Blaze quickly spread through D-4 block, said fire service official

Driver, helper flee the scene

At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a battery-operated rickshaw on the Dhaka-Barishal highway in Madaripur’s Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon.

Bus veered into opposite lane in Sadar upazila

The identities of both victims remain unknown

The Fire Service and Civil Defence has formed a five-member committee to investigate the fire at a six-storey building in the capital’s Uttara that claimed six lives on Friday.

Four people were killed and 18 others injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

No casualties reported, patients evacuated safely

Long traffic jam formed on the highway following the accident

It was a quiet winter morning in Uttara around 7:45am yesterday, with the household sleeping in on the weekend. When flames from a flat three storeys below began to spread, 14-year-old Rodela was the first to sense the danger.

Six people died in a fire that broke out at a six-storey residential building in the capital’s Uttara yesterday, while 13 others fell ill from smoke inhalation.

Blaze was reported on the second floor of a four-storey building

Blaze erupted in seven-storey building, leaving families dead

Victim was working as mason's helper at under-construction building, say police

Another victim undergoing treatment with injuries