Accidents and Fires

After deadly hotel fire, Kolkata administration orders sweeping safety checks across the city

Kolkata Correspondent

9 HOUR(s) • Accidents and Fires

Debashish, his wife and their son had been in Bengaluru and arrived in Kolkata only yesterday. Photo: Collected from Facebook

Journalist, three family members from Kushtia among nine killed in Kolkata hotel fire

Anis Mondol

19 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Five Bangladeshis confirmed among 9 killed in Kolkata hotel fire

Star Online Report

19 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Woman, granddaughter killed after being run over by train in Cumilla

Our Correspondent, Cumilla

18 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

3 killed in bus-truck collision in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent, Gopalganj

18 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Two killed in truck-pickup collision in Sirajganj; locals block road

Our Correspondent, Pabna

18 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Shipbreaking tragedy: Yard ‘forgot’ to renew DoE clearance

Sifayet Ullah

17 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

15-month-old drowns after falling into pond in Netrokona

Our Correspondent, Netrokona

16 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Fire at helmet warehouse in Dhaka’s Bangshal now under control

Star Online Report

16 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Four killed as pickup van overturns in Rangamati

Our Correspondent, Rangamati

16 August 2026 • Accidents and Fires

Two killed as trucks collide

Two people were killed and another was injured as a truck hit another parked truck in Noakhali's Begumganj upazila early yesterday.

16 April 2025

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Faridpur bus crash: Probe committee blames reckless driving, poor roads

Reckless driving and a host of safety violations led to the Faridpur bus crash that killed seven people and injured 29 others last week, according to a government investigation

16 April 2025

Infant dies as couple jumps from train after fire breaks out

An eight-month-old died after a couple jumped from a moving train when a fire broke out at the Cox’s Bazar-bound Probal Express on Tuesday night

15 April 2025

3 killed, 1 injured in lightning strikes in Netrokona’s Khaliajuri

The incidents took place yesterday afternoon

15 April 2025

3 of a family burnt due to explosion caused by gas line leak

"Accumulated gas from a gas line leakage caused the blast"

15 April 2025

2 killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka

Both the bodies were sent to the DMCH morgue for autopsy.

15 April 2025

Rab arrests bus driver involved in Faridpur road crash that killed 7

The arrestee was absconding since April 8, when the accident took place

15 April 2025

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10 houses gutted in Ctg fire

Primarily, it is suspected that an electric short circuit caused the fire

15 April 2025

1 killed in Gazipur road accident; bus set on fire

Identities of the deceased and the injured were yet to be confirmed

14 April 2025

Auto-rickshaw driver killed in Noakhali road accident

Police has detained the truck driver

14 April 2025

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Khulna rail link restored after two hours of disruption

The train departed for Mongla with the remaining coaches around 11:30am

14 April 2025

road accident on Chattogram Cox’s Bazar highway

Two killed as lift cable snaps at Sitakunda factory

Two workers were killed when a cable of a lift snapped at GPH Ispat, an iron rod manufacturing factory in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram yesterday, said police.

13 April 2025

Two bikers run over by bus in Kushtia

Two motorcyclists were killed after being run over by a bus in the Bottail area of Kushtia Sadar upazila yesterday morning, prompting locals to protest and block the Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway.

12 April 2025