Two policemen and a bus helper were killed in separate road accidents yesterday in Shariatpur and Kushtia, according to the reports from our correspondents.

A man died after falling down a staircase in the main building of Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Sunday night.

4 firefighting units managed to contain the fire after about 45 minutes

A sand-laden bulkhead sank in the Buriganga river near Narayanganj’s Fatullah launch terminal following a head-on collision with a launch yesterday.

At least two persons were killed and another was injured as their goods-laden pick-up van lost control and hit the road divider on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila early yesterday.

Passengers of the launch also remain safe

Woman, who lived alone, likely caught fire while using burning coal to keep warm, police says

14 firefighting units working to douse the flames; 45 evacuated so far

Koelhat village in Rajshahi was shrouded with grief yesterday as hundreds of people bade farewell to two-year-old Sazid, who died after being trapped for over 30 hours in an abandoned shaft.

Two private university students were killed early yesterday when a Dhaka South City Corporation garbage truck collided head-on with their motorcycle in Konapara of the capital’s Demra.

Passengers escape unhurt

As rescuers finally lifted two-year-old Sajid from the suffocating darkness of the narrow shaft, the entire nation held its breath.

Mother cries as search for 2-yr-old who fell into an abandoned shaft yesterday continues

A massive rescue operation is underway in Rajshahi’s Tanore upazila as a two-year-old boy, Sazid, fell into an abandoned deep tube-well shaft about 30 feet deep yesterday afternoon.

Rescue operation underway

Family says the infant fell into the bucket while playing nearby

Among the victims, one woman was pregnant

Body sent to morgue for autopsy

Investigation underway, police say

Three people were killed after an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle in Faridpur’s Bhanga yesterday. The accident occurred near Madhabpur bridge around 1:30am, said Bhanga Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Helaluddin.