Over 200 killed in 409 road crashes in Dhaka last year: Road Safety Foundation
21 January 2026, 15:59 PM
Accidents & Fires
Fire at Narayanganj plastic factory under control after four hours
21 January 2026, 11:28 AM
Accidents & Fires
Milestone jet crash: Last remaining patient to return home tomorrow
20 January 2026, 20:39 PM
Accidents & Fires
Around 500 shelters burnt in Ukhiya Rohingya camp fire
20 January 2026, 12:19 PM
Accidents & Fires
Pedestrian killed as pick-up van hits roadside island in Chattogram
19 January 2026, 12:09 PM
Accidents & Fires
6 die in bus, auto-rickshaw collision
19 January 2026, 05:13 AM
Six killed in bus-auto rickshaw head-on crash in Madaripur
18 January 2026, 19:39 PM
Accidents & Fires
13-year-old among two killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka
18 January 2026, 15:27 PM
Accidents & Fires
Probe body formed in Uttara fire, no case filed yet
18 January 2026, 05:16 AM
4 killed, 18 hurt in road accidents
18 January 2026, 01:55 AM
NDF President Anisul’s home attacked, set ablaze
The ancestral home of Anisul Islam Mahmud, president of the National Democratic Front and chairman of a faction of the Jatiya Party, was vandalised and set on fire by a group of miscreants in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila early yesterday.
20 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Shop, 2 trucks damaged in fire on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway
Fire may have been caused by a short circuit in 1,000-volt power transmission line cable
18 December 2025, 06:25 AM
‘Everything’s gone, except the clothes I’m wearing’
A fire that broke out at a plastic factory at Islambagh in Old Dhaka was brought under control after nearly two and a half hours of efforts yesterday.
17 December 2025, 20:51 PM
Trader killed in road crash
A vegetable trader was killed and two others were injured when a vegetable-laden truck hit a parked truck loaded with cement on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Mirsarai upazila yesterday.
17 December 2025, 20:16 PM
Fire at Islambagh warehouse under control
Eleven firefighting units work to bring the fire under control
17 December 2025, 08:15 AM
Parked bus catches fire in Cox’s Bazar
A bus caught fire while parked at a bus counter near the Police Lines, adjacent to the Cox’s Bazar bus terminal, yesterday.
16 December 2025, 20:21 PM
Two cops, bus helper killed in road crashes
Two policemen and a bus helper were killed in separate road accidents yesterday in Shariatpur and Kushtia, according to the reports from our correspondents.
16 December 2025, 19:54 PM
Man dies after falling down the staircase at CMCH
A man died after falling down a staircase in the main building of Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Sunday night.
15 December 2025, 19:08 PM
Fire at jhut warehouse in Chattogram contained
4 firefighting units managed to contain the fire after about 45 minutes
15 December 2025, 18:59 PM
Bulkhead sinks after collision with launch in Buriganga
A sand-laden bulkhead sank in the Buriganga river near Narayanganj’s Fatullah launch terminal following a head-on collision with a launch yesterday.
14 December 2025, 18:00 PM
2 die in Sitakunda road accident
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.
14 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Bulkhead sinks after collision with launch in Buriganga; five workers swim to safety
Passengers of the launch also remain safe
14 December 2025, 09:25 AM
80-year-old woman dies in Shariatpur fire caused by 'burning coal'
Woman, who lived alone, likely caught fire while using burning coal to keep warm, police says
13 December 2025, 05:43 AM
Fire breaks out at multistorey building in Keraniganj
14 firefighting units working to douse the flames; 45 evacuated so far
13 December 2025, 02:26 AM
Tears flow as Sazid is laid to rest
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.
12 December 2025, 20:56 PM
2 univ students killed as DSCC garbage truck hits motorcycle
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.
12 December 2025, 20:53 PM
Bus torched in Badda Link Road
Passengers escape unhurt
12 December 2025, 17:52 PM
Nation’s heart breaks as fight for little Sajid ends in tragedy
As rescuers finally lifted two-year-old Sajid from the suffocating darkness of the narrow shaft, the entire nation held its breath.
11 December 2025, 21:18 PM
‘My child may have died in a way he can’t even be found’
Mother cries as search for 2-yr-old who fell into an abandoned shaft yesterday continues
11 December 2025, 14:30 PM
Rescue ongoing since 2yr-old fell into shaft yesterday
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.
10 December 2025, 20:15 PM