A police constable was killed and his cousin was injured after a truck hit them in Dumki upazila of Patuakhali today.

At least 418 people were killed and 497 injured in 383 road accidents last month, Road Safety Foundation said today.

Multiple incidents of fires were reported across the country, including several in the capital, over rogue sky lanterns crashing on rooftops and houses, during New Year’s celebrations in the early hours today.

Assistant Sub-Inspector Emadul Haque, who took the steering of a bus and killed two men after ploughing through a crowd, had physically assaulted the driver and helper of the vehicle.

At least five people were killed and 15 injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch beside Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Sirajganj yesterday morning.

Two motorcyclists were killed after a bus hit a motorbike on Bogura- Shantahar road in Kahalu upazila of Bogura this afternoon.

Five people, including police official, were killed and 15 others injured when a bus plunged into roadside ditch beside the Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj this morning.

A police officer not authorised to drive took the steering of a bus and ploughed through a crowd, killing two men and injuring at least three others in the capital’s Gulistan yesterday afternoon.

Two people were crushed under the wheels of separate trains in the capital’s Kuril area.

An assistant sub-inspector of police was detained after he reportedly ran over a crowd while driving a seized bus to the nearest police box, killing at least two people and injuring two others in the capital’s Gulistan today.

The probe committee formed by the Shipping Ministry has been granted three more working days from Wednesday to finish its investigation over the MV Abhijan-10 launch fire on the Sugandha River in Jhalakathi on Thursday where at least 47 people were killed.

Locals, who rescued many passengers after MV Abhijan-10 caught fire early on December 24 in Jhalakathi, said most of the lives perished in the tragedy could have been saved had the launch staffers acted responsibly.

The death toll from Thursday’s MV Abhijan-10 launch fire in Jhalakathi rose to 47 with the recovery of two more bodies from the Sugandha River while another injured succumbed to her injuries at Sheikh Hasina Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery today.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority officials had negligence in examining the fitness of MV Abhijan-10, observed the High Court yesterday.

Three people were killed and four were injured in separate road accidents in Ghoraghat and Parbatipur upazilas of Dinajpur yesterday.

A man was killed as an oil drum exploded while its lid was being cut open in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur this afternoon.

Two more bodies were recovered from Biskhali and Sugandha rivers today taking the death toll from the fire on launch MV Abhijan-10 in Jhalakathi to 44.

Three people were killed and four were injured in separate road accidents in Ghoraghat and Parbatipur upazilas of Dinajpur today.

After going over the road divider, a Sylhet-bound Ena Paribahan bus hit a Munshiganj-bound microbus on Airport Road this morning.

An employee of the Metro Rail project died after a bus ran him over at the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar yesterday.