Five people were killed and seven others injured in lightning strikes in three districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondent and a news agency.

Two people were killed when a tanker lorry ploughed into a roadside shop at Kauga intersection in Dinajpur Sadar upazila early yesterday.

Two people were killed and three injured as a bus and a microbus collided head-on in Panchadhana area of Narsingdi early yesterday.

Malaysian expat Kashem Sheikh, 40, from Maksudpur of Gopalganj, wanted to make his elder son Mursalin Sheikh, 8, a “hafez”, a person who memorises the Quran.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said lack of awareness in public is the main reason behind road accidents across the country

Three members of a family died this morning after a truck crushed their motorcycle in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur

Two people were killed and six others were injured by lightning strike at Bagerhat's Sarankhola area this morning

Two people were killed when a tanker lorry ploughed into a roadside shop at Kauga intersection in Dinajpur Sadar upazila early today

Members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard have recovered the body of a Malaysian crew who remained missing for over two days after falling into the Bay from a container vessel at the outer anchorage of Chattogram port on May 8

Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured as a pick-up van hit their bike on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Konabari of Gazipur this evening

At least two people were killed in separate road accidents on the Bogura-Nagarbari road in Shahjadpur upazila of Siraganj last morning.

A fisherman died after a trawler capsised in the Meghna river after crashing into two anchored barges early yesterday, river police said.

Two people were killed in separate road accidents on local Bogura-Nagarbari road in Shahjadpur upazila of Siraganj this morning

Pilot Asim Jawad, who died after a trainer fighter jet of Bangladesh Air Force crashed into the Karnaphuli river in Chattogram, was buried at a graveyard in Manikganj today

A fisherman died after a trawler capsised in the Meghna river after crashing into two anchored barges early today, river police said

Says Road Safety Foundation Coalition Bangladesh

A pilot died after a YAK130 trainer fighter jet of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed into the Karnaphuli river in Chattogram’s Patenga yesterday morning.

An assistant sub-inspector was killed and another injured as their motorcycle collided with a truck in Dinajpur Sadar upazila yesterday.

It also revealed a trend of gradual and steady rise in road crashes and deaths this year, indicating that roads are getting riskier.

An assistant sub-inspector was killed and another injured as their motorcycle collided with a truck in Dinajpur Sadar upazila today