A case has been filed for causing the deaths of five persons by negligence after a segment of a box girder of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell from a crane on a car in Dhaka’s Uttara area yesterday (August 15, 2022).  

Two people were dead and three were injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit a parked truck at Ghatail upazila in Tangail early today (August 16, 2022).

The joys of families of a newly married couple were wiped out in the blink of an eye as an 80-tonne part of a box girder fell on a car in the capital’s Uttara yesterday, killing five members of the families.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges yesterday (August 15, 2022) formed a five-member probe committee to investigate the incident that left five persons dead and two others injured after the segment of a viaduct meant for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) fell from a crane on a private car in the capital's Uttara.

Six staffers of a restaurant were yesterday burnt to death after a fire broke out at a building that houses an eatery and plastic goods and polythene warehouses in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar.

Two brothers were electrocuted to death while they were hoisting the national flag to mark the National Mourning Day in Kishoreganj’s Itna upazila yesterday.

Two children drowned while bathing in a pond in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram yesterday. 

Md Nuruzzaman Khan (38), an RMG worker, started his day aiming to place a wreath and pay his respects at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Gopalganj’s Tungipara on his 47th death anniversary and National Mourning Day.

Five pedestrians were injured after rods fell on them while being lifted using a crane during the construction work of Gulistan Hall Market in the capital tonight (August 15, 2022).

They were all in a festive mood as the son of the family got married just two days ago.

At least four people in a car were crushed to death after a segment of a viaduct of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell on the vehicle in Dhaka's Uttara area this afternoon (August 15, 2022).

At least six persons died in a fire at a plastic factory in old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area that originated this noon.

The polythene and plastic factory in old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area that was burning for over two and half hours today (August 15, 2022) has no minimum fire safety measures, fire officials said.

The fire that broke out at a polythene factory in Old Dhaka's Chawk Bazar area was brought under control after two hours.

A woman was killed after being hit by a train near Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bhaban in Narsingdi town yesterday.

Six people were killed and 25 injured in road accidents in four districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Rail communication between the capital and the northern and south-western districts was suspended after three bogies of a train derailed in Gazipur last night. 

A couple died as a car they were in fell into a roadside ditch on Rajshahi-Naogaon regional highway in Naogaon’s Mohadevpur upazila yesterday.

A driver and a helper died after a truck hit another truck parked on the road in Dhaka’s Shyamoli area early today.

One more person, who was injured in the August 6 fire following explosion at a shop in Dhaka's Turag area, died at a city hospital last night (August 12).