Accidents & Fires

Accidents & Fires

Two bulkhead crew members die after being hit by launch in Narayanganj

Accident happened while the victims were sleeping in the engine room

2h ago

18-year-old worker dies after being trapped in brick kiln machine in Ctg

DIFE official says legal action would be taken as per rules

2h ago

Fire at warehouse on Gulistan building roof now under control

The blaze was brought under control around 6:58pm

2h ago

Fire breaks out at Gazipur jhut warehouse

5 firefighting units working on the site

8h ago

Three killed as train runs over pedestrians

Three people were killed after being run over by a train while walking along the railway tracks near Arikhola railway station in Kaliganj, Gazipur yesterday.

21h ago

Woman, her five-year-old granddaughter die in Ctg fire

Fire service suspects electrical short circuit as six tin-shed houses gutted

2d ago

Fire destroys 10 houses in Gazipur

It is initially believed to have been triggered by electrical short circuit

3d ago

Three die as five vehicles plunge into Dhaleshwari from ferry

Divers of the river police recovered two bodies around 1:30am today, while another victim died at a hospital shortly after the incident

5d ago

7-year-old killed as BNP leader’s house locked, set ablaze

A seven‑year‑old girl was killed, and her father, a local BNP leader, along with two sisters, sustained severe burn injuries after their home was set ablaze in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila early yesterday.

5d ago

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.

5d ago

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

1w ago

‘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.

1w ago

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.

1w ago

Fire at Islambagh warehouse under control

Eleven firefighting units work to bring the fire under control

1w ago

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.

1w ago

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.

1w ago