A fire that broke out this afternoon at a readymade garments factory in Madanpur area on Sonargaon Road in Narayanganj has been brought under control after around four and half hours.

An elderly woman died in a fire at her residence in Chandpur’s Faridgonj upazila last night.

An 11-year-old boy died after falling down stairs of a building in the capital on Wednesday night.

A worker was killed in an explosion at the GPH Ispat factory at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram this afternoon.

Four female workers of Uttara EPZ died when a train hit a battery-run three-wheeler in Nilphamari Sadar upazila yesterday, while five people were killed as a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Bogura’s Sherpur.

Five people were killed and one other injured after a bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Sherpur upazila of Bogura today.

Four passengers of an auto-rickshaw died today when the vehicle was hit by Shimanto Express train at an open rail crossing in Nilphamari Sadar upazila.

A man was killed after a bus hit a rickshaw carrying him in port city’s Agrabad area yesterday. The deceased -- Anwar Hossain (61) -- was from Suparipara.

One month after the MV Abhijan-10 launch fire tragedy, relatives of those who went missing are yet to find their bodies.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested the two bus drivers, who were racing against each other to compete for passengers leading to the death of a 14-year-old who got trapped between the buses on January 20.

The driver of a rickshaw van died after his vehicle was hit by a train at a level crossing in Akkelpur of Joypurhat today.

A man died while another was injured after a truck hit their rickshaw vans on Bailey Road in the capital.  

Three people were killed after a train hit a locally-made three-wheeler at a level crossing in Chapainawabganj’s Alinagar yesterday.

A fire that broke out in a building at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka this evening has been brought under control.

Three fish traders died when a train hit a human hauler in Chapainawabganj town this morning.

A man died and another was injured after a truck hit their rickshaw van on Baily Road in Dhaka this morning.

A cleaner was run over and killed by a garbage truck in the city’s Mohakhali area early yesterday.

Another road safety organisation said the number of road crashes and resultant deaths saw a sharp rise last year, reinforcing the impression that road safety has deteriorated further in the country.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for a lower court to run the trial proceedings of a case filed over forging the design of FR Tower.

Four people, including an auto-rickshaw driver, were killed and two were injured when a bus overturned after hitting the vehicle in Rangpur yesterday evening.