Chattogram shipbreaking worker dies, labour leaders seek probe into cause
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
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Bangladeshi sailor among 22 missing after cargo ship sinks off India's coast
Reuters, New Delhi
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HSC examinee dies after excavator hits motorbike in Ctg
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
23 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
Kolkata hotel fire: Bodies of six Bangladeshis repatriated
Our Correspondent, Benapole
23 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
7 killed in road crashes in 3 districts
Star Report
23 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
3 of a family killed as oil tanker lorry collides with three-wheeler
Our Correspondent, Sylhet
22 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
Three killed in road accidents in Natore, Munshiganj
Star Online Report
22 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
HSC examinee killed after excavator hits ride-sharing bike in Ctg
Staff Correspondent, Chattogram
22 August 2026 Accidents and Fires
Shipbreaking Tragedy / Toxic hydrogen sulphide may have caused the deaths
Staff Correspondent
22 August 2026 Accidents and Fires

Leaves of DMCH docs, nurses cancelled

Health Minister Zahid Maleque said leaves of all doctors and nurses at Dhaka Medical College Hospital have been cancelled following the Gulistan explosion
7 March 2023

The aftermath of the blast thru lens

At least 15 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the explosion at a building in Dhaka's Gulistan area this evening
7 March 2023

‘Please help me find my brother’

Rony Ahmed was desperately looking for his brother near the emergency section of Dhaka Medical College Hospital
7 March 2023

12 under treatment at burn institute, most in critical condition

A total of 12 patients, who were injured in today's Gulistan blast, are undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute
7 March 2023

Rescue operations halted as building marked 'risky'

The fire service halted their rescue operations at the affected building in Gulistan around 8:00pm after it was marked as risky due to the damaged columns in the basement
7 March 2023

‘Please get him back...My mother is waiting...’

Just 10 days ago Md Suman, 21, a migrant worker, returned home from Qatar for a four-month holiday.
7 March 2023

The problem of overenthusiastic onlookers

Police resorted to charging batons to disperse an overenthusiastic crowd at the site of an explosion in the Gulistan area
7 March 2023

Two employees of Brac Bank suffer minor injury

Two employees of Brac Bank’s Gulistan branch sustained minor injuries after a blast that shook the area today, said a top official of the private bank
7 March 2023

‘It felt like an earthquake’

The explosion was so powerful that it felt like the earth was trembling, Safayet Hossain, a local shopkeeper, told The Daily Star, after a blast ripped through a commercial building in Gulistan killing at least 16 people
7 March 2023

At least 17 killed, over 100 hurt in Gulistan explosion

A five-storey building on the south side of the Gulistan BRTC counter, housing a sanitary shop on the ground floor and Brac Bank office on the remaining floors, and a seven-storey sanitary market building next to it, were affected by the blast
7 March 2023

467 lives lost to road crashes last month

At least 467 people were killed and 761 injured in 447 road crashes last month, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity. .Motorcycles were involved in 154 crashes, leaving 159 dead and 82 injured last month, the organisation said today..During this time, 39 people were killed and
7 March 2023

Sitakunda blast: Oxygen plant owners among 16 sued for negligence

The plaintiff said due to their deliberate negligence in factory operation, seven persons were killed and 25 were injured in deadly explosion and fire
6 March 2023

3 killed as bus collides with train in Chattogram

Three people were killed as a passenger bus collided with an oil-laden train in the EPZ area of Chattogram tonight.
6 March 2023

Fire At Rohingya Camps: Many pointing at conflict between Arsa, RSO

Sunday’s fire that made 12,000 stateless Rohingyas homeless in a Cox’s Bazar refugee camp was the result of enmity between armed groups Arsa and RSO, said sources inside the camp. 
6 March 2023

3 students die in road crash

Three students were killed after an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle in Sirajganj’s Tarash upazila early yesterday.
6 March 2023

Three killed as bus, train collide in Ctg

Three people were killed after a bus got on a level crossing and was hit by a train pulling tankers in the EPZ area of Chattogram yesterday.
6 March 2023

Fire at Rohingya camp: Probe body starts work to identify cause

A seven-member committee today started work to identify the cause of yesterday's fire at Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar
6 March 2023

Man dies after being hit by unidentified vehicle in Mirpur

A man died after an unidentified vehicle hit him in Dhaka’s Mirpur-1 area this morning.
6 March 2023

2 explosions in 9 months: Is Sitakunda a risky locality?

Sitakunda has frequently made headlines for accidents inside industrial units, but these two incidents have adversely affected locals quite some distance from the sites.
6 March 2023

Science lab explosion a massive accident: Fire Service DG

"So far, there has been no evidence of sabotage. Initially, we thought the accident may have been caused due to explosion from gas accumulated there," he said while talking to reporters after inaugurating Pallabi Fire Station in Mirpur DOHS today.
6 March 2023