Two people were killed in a road accident near Bangabandhu Square at the capital’s Gulistan in the early hours of Friday.

A team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), led by Additional Deputy Inspector General Imam Hossain, will visit the Hashem food factory site in Narayanganj today.

At least nine people have died in road accidents across the country yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Six people, including a child, were killed and at least four others were injured in a collision between a covered van and a human hauler in Narsingdi’s Sadar upazila.

Two workers of a restaurant died after a truck ran them over in Dhaka's Gulistan early today.

At least nine people have died in road accidents across the country yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

A teenaged worker died after coming in contact with a live wire while working in a building in Dhaka's Jatrabari area this afternoon.

Two persons were killed as a locally-made vehicle (Bhutbhuti) hit a motorcycle at Boro Dadpur area of Gomostapur upazila in Chapainawabganj today.

Three passengers of a battery-run autorickshaw were killed while three others were injured when a truck hit them on the Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway in Thakurgaon’s Sadar upazila today.

The fire which broke out at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Tangail General Hospital has been brought under control. No casualties have been reported so far, our correspondent reports.

Three persons suffered burns after a fire broke out in their tin-shed room in Dhaka's Sayedabad area early today.

The massive explosion that claimed 11 lives in the capital’s Moghbazar late last month resulted from the accumulation of a huge amount of methane gas from a leaked gas pipeline and sewerage line inside the building, says a probe report of the fire service.

The High Court yesterday came down hard on business organisations, including the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries, for not playing an effective role over the fire at a food processing factory in Narayanganj’s Rupganj, that killed 52 people and injured many.

A 19-member citizen’s committee was formed yesterday to look into the causes of the fire that swept through Hashem Food’s factory.

A pedestrian was killed after a motorcycle hit him while he was crossing the road near Jonaki Cinema Hall at Naya Paltan in the city today.

A platform of conscious and concerned citizens formed a 19-member committee to probe the devastating fire at Hashem Foods factory in Narayanganj that left some 51 workers, many of them children, dead on July 8. 

A cargo vessel capsized in the Bay of Bengal yesterday morning after hitting a sunken lighter vessel near Bhasanchar.

Two construction workers were killed and another one was injured after a wall collapsed on them in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj this afternoon.

A small-sized cargo vessel, carrying construction material for Padma bridge, is sinking in the Bay of Bengal after hitting a sunken lighter vessel near Bhasan Char this morning.

A man died after a truck hit a van in Dhaka’s Tejgaon area this morning.