Arifa clutched her baby boy tightly to her chest as if to protect him from harm as the launch, being rammed by the bow of a much larger cargo vessel, shook violently.

Five friends, a car, and a trip to Cox’s Bazar -- this was supposed to be one of the many highlights of their lives. It was a time to leave the hustle and bustle of the city behind, but what they didn’t know is that the trip they were looking forward to would lead to their demise.

When the fire broke out at Kalyanpur Natun Bazar slum on Sunday night, Josna Begum (37) was frantically trying to save her belongings.

A teacher and a schoolgirl were killed and five students of Abdul Alim Memorial School injured after a pickup truck ran them over on the school premises in Manikganj’s Shibalaya upazila yesterday.

Accidents on rivers and subsequent fatalities have seen a gradual increase over the last three years and experts see the authorities’ poor monitoring of the waterways operations as the main reason.

Hatem Ali Bepari (60) and Momela Begum (50) of Jugnighat area of ​​Munshiganj Sadar upazila have been married for about 35 years. During this period, Momela's husband was abroad for 30 years. At different times of the year, he comes home for a few months and spends time with his family

A student and a teacher were killed and five other students and a shopkeeper were injured after a pick-up van ploughed through a school ground at Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj today.

A five-year-old boy died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital this morning, a day after he was hit by a motorcycle in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh.

It was 2:44 pm, Sunday. Abdus Sattar and his wife Shahina Begum reached Munshiganj launch terminal. They were roaming around anxiously. Shahina could not find the strength to stand on her own feet. She was holding her husband's hands tightly.

A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in southern China on a domestic flight on Monday and media said there was no sign of survivors.

Mayor of Barguna municipality Advocate Kamrul Ahsan Maharaj was injured as his car fell into a roadside ditch when he was going to attend the opening ceremony of coal-fired Payra power plant in Patuakhali today.

Death toll from Narayanganj launch capsize has raised to eight as two more bodies were recovered today.

Four people were killed and another injured as a truck rammed a private car on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram early today.

Sunken launch “MV Afsar Uddin” was recovered from Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj early today.

At least six individuals died and 20 others went missing after a large cargo vessel rammed a launch on the Shitalakkhya, making it sink within seconds yesterday.

A Narayanganj court yesterday sentenced four people to death and two others to life-term imprisonment for killing Emon Hossain (13) in 2013.

“The cargo vessel MV Rupshi-9, which hit the launch ML Afsar Uddin in the Shitalakkhya River in Narayanganj Sadar upazila today, was 2-3 feet away. Then, some of us went to the driver of the launch and told him that ‘the cargo vessel is about to hit the launch’. But he rebuked us saying that nothing will happen. Later, we jumped from the launch. If we stayed two or three more minutes in the launch, we would sink in the water along with the launch. Within 30-40 seconds, the cargo vessel pushed the launch.”

The fire that broke out at a slum in Dhaka's Kalyanpur area last night has been doused.

Fire Service and Civil Defence has halted rescue operations at the site of the launch capsize in Shitalakkhya River in Narayanganj.

A team of River Police has seized the cargo vessel MV Rupshi-9 which hit the launch ML Afsar Uddin in the Shitalakkhya River in Narayanganj Sadar upazila today, sinking it and killing six people.