train accident

Another Eid, another train tragedy

How long will human negligence be tolerated?
24 March 2026, 17:44 PM

Families of Cumilla crash victims to receive Tk 1 lakh each: State minister

Habibur Rashid highlighted govt plans modernising crossings, automatic signalling, and overpasses, underpasses to curb accidents
22 March 2026, 17:54 PM

Nilsagar Express derailment in Bogura: Train services resume after 22 hours

Assistant station master suspended; speed restrictions remain as investigations continue
19 March 2026, 15:32 PM
18 March 2026, 15:36 PM

Three killed as train runs over pedestrians on Gazipur

Victims failed to hear the train approaching
25 December 2025, 14:38 PM

SI killed after being hit by train while on phone call in Dhaka

The incident occurred around 9:30pm as he was walking on the rail tracks while on a phone call
18 May 2025, 07:13 AM

Container train derails at Kamalapur, services resume fully after disruption

Although the railways authorities were able to open the second line around 2:10pm, trains are still running late
19 March 2025, 08:35 AM

7 killed as train hits electric rickshaw

At least seven people were killed after a train hit a battery-run autorickshaw at an unauthorised level crossing in Burichang upazila of Cumilla yesterday.
26 November 2024, 18:00 PM

5 passengers crushed under train after falling off roof

Five people riding on the roof of a train were killed after they fell off and were run over by the train in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi this morning
8 July 2024, 04:35 AM
21 April 2024, 06:13 AM

Save the Children employee dies after being hit by train in Dhaka

Witnesses said he was wearing earphones and couldn't hear bystanders' warnings
28 November 2023, 07:50 AM

Odisha train accident in frames

At least 288 people have died in India's worst rail accident in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another one in the east of the country
3 June 2023, 07:38 AM

Train accident in Odisha: Hotline opened for Bangladeshis

Deputy High Commission in Kolkata has opened a hotline to get information about Bangladeshis following a terrible train accident in Balasore, Odisha state of India
3 June 2023, 05:43 AM

519 people died in 458 accidents in August: Road Safety Foundation

At least 519 people died and 961 suffered injuries in 458 accidents across the country in August this year, Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation, said in a press release today (September 3, 2022).
3 September 2022, 06:08 AM

Mirsarai Tragedy: Another victim dies, death toll now 13

Another victim of the Mirsarai train-microbus collision lost the battle for life at Chattogram Medical College Hospital yesterday, raising the death toll in the tragedy to 13.
7 August 2022, 18:00 PM

Death lurks at unsafe level crossings

Accidents at unprotected level crossings continue to claim lives as decisions taken at an inter-ministerial meeting around one and a half years back to curb such fatalities remained largely unimplemented.
29 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Worker bought Eid gift for parents, dies in accident on way to hometown Noakhali

A worker of an iron workshop died after falling from the roof of a running train in Laksham upazila of Cumilla early today.
1 May 2022, 07:44 AM

Hit by train, former principal of Ispahani Girls' School and College dies

A former principal of Ispahani Girls' School and College died after a train hit him in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area this morning.
11 February 2021, 08:46 AM

Three persons killed under train in Dhaka

Three persons died under the wheels of two separate trains in the city’s Kuril area since last evening.
25 June 2020, 11:15 AM

4 killed as locomotive hits three-wheeler in Rangpur

Four people have been killed and two injured as a locomotive hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur.
30 March 2020, 09:58 AM