A woman and her daughter were killed after a tourist bus, bound for Tanguar Haor, plunged into a roadside ditch near Inatnagar village, close to Pagla Bazar in Shantiganj upazila, Sunamganj, early yesterday.

Seven fire engines brought the fire under control at 12:05am today

At least 10 injured

3 victims were cousins

Passengers stepped out of bus following an earlier accident

Driver’s assistant detained

Bus involved in the accident seized

The observation came after reviewing fires at Dhaka airport, CEPZ, and Mirpur chemical depot

At least 1,16,726 people were killed and 1,65,021 injured in 67,890 road crashes between January 2014 and September this year, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said yesterday.

Many import consignments of the garment and pharmaceutical sectors are stuck at Dubai and Singapore airports because of the space crisis in Dhaka’s cargo village and the lack of cold room facilities for pharmaceutical raw materials after the fire incident.

Caab chief says several teams are investigating the incident to find out the exact cause

More than 30 lakh people suffer non-fatal injuries in road crashes each year

Without mandatory insurance, disasters will keep draining public funds, experts warn

Each victim’s family received Tk 25,000 in burial assistance from the ministry

Blaze doused quickly by fire service

22 firefighting units conducting operations

The fire broke out around 10:00pm at a market in Boalmari and quickly spread to adjacent shops

The blaze started around 2:15pm in the courier warehouse area of the airport's cargo village

A fire at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) yesterday caused significant disruption and anxiety for thousands of passengers, who were left frustrated by a lack of clear information about their flights.

Cargo parking in-charge and witness Momin said he first saw the fire near the Skyview Airline office at Gate No-8