Four passengers died yesterday when a covered-van collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Brahmanbaria’s Bijoynagar upazila.

A former UP member was killed after he was hit by an engine-driven rickshaw-van on Satkhira-Jashore road this morning.

Four passengers died today when a covered-van collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Brahmanbaria's Bijoynagar upazila.

Eight people died with Covid-19 and at least 799 new infections were recorded in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a health directorate press release.

Police have arrested the owner of the pick-up van -- which on February 8 ran over and killed six brothers in Cox’s Bazar’s -- from Chakaria upazila’s Purbo Boro Bheula area yesterday morning.

Two passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed when a truck hit the vehicle on Cumilla-Sylhet highway in the district’s Akhaura upazila yesterday morning.

A woman and her daughter were killed when a truck ran over them in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur today.

Two people died and two sustained injuries after a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was hit by a truck at Akhaura upazila in Brahmanbaria today.

Eighteen days have passed since a “faulty” pickup killed six brothers in Chakaria of Cox’s Bazar, completely devastating the entire family. And yet, police have not been able to arrest its owner till yesterday, delaying the investigation process.

Parimal Roy, a middle aged small trader, was sobbing beside Khulna city’s Rupsha Kitcken market. His complexion had turned pale, while some people were trying to console him. He simply kept repeating how all of his dreams had turned to ashes.

The Mercantile Marine Office of the Department of Shipping has formed a three-member committee to investigate the fire incident in Saint Martin’s island-bound luxury cruise ship MV Bay-1 on Friday night.

Two children have drowned in separate incidents by falling into ponds at Kalapara upazila in Patuakhali.

A 70-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Manikganj municipal area yesterday.

A man was crushed under the wheels of a train in Madarganj village of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila yesterday morning.

Rana Dasgupta, general secretary of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad, has alleged that the tragic Chakoria road accident was not a mere accident, but rather a “pre-planned murder”, as circumstantial evidence indicates.

Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram yesterday.

A fire that broke out on a luxury cruise ship on the Chattogram-St Martin’s route early today, was fully doused.

Uni World Footwear Ltd at Ashulia in Savar where a fire broke out on Wednesday, killing three workers, had no proper documents and was running without maintaining fire safety rules.

The Coast Guard has recovered the bodies of two fishermen who went missing after a trawler capsized after getting hit by a launch in the Meghna River at Doulatkhan upazila of Bhola early today.

One more person, burnt in a fire originating from a gas cylinder in Narayanganj on February 20, died at a Dhaka hospital this afternoon.