53% motorcyclists in DNCC do not wear helmets properly: study

About 53 percent of motorcyclists do not properly wear helmets in Dhaka North City Corporation area and the rates of proper helmet usage by women and children are significantly lower, showed an observational study.
13 March 2023, 14:35 PM

Kunipara slum fire in Tejgaon under control

A fire that broke out at a slum in Kunipara in the capital's Tejgaon this evening has been brought under control after two hours
13 March 2023, 14:15 PM

Bus set for study tour catches fire in Manikganj

A bus bound for a study tour to Kushtia caught fire in Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj this morning.
13 March 2023, 10:06 AM

2-yr-old among 3 killed in Bogura road crash

A 2-year-old boy was among three people killed in a collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a pickup truck at Kundarhat bus stand in Bogura’s Nandigram upazila today.
13 March 2023, 08:58 AM

Lorry runs over and kills security guard at Mayor Hanif Flyover

The lorry was leaving the toll plaza area after paying toll around 3:30am when Shahabuddin was standing nearby
13 March 2023, 07:19 AM

Fatullah fire: Woman with burn injuries gives birth to baby boy

A woman gave birth to a baby boy this morning in a hospital in the capital after suffering burn injuries on 30 percent of her body in a fire at their flat in Narayanganj's Fatullah yesterday evening.
13 March 2023, 06:53 AM

5 killed as microbus catches fire in Mymensingh

Five people, including two women and a child, were killed and four injured after a microbus caught fire and crashed in Mymensingh's Trishal upazila early today
13 March 2023, 04:14 AM

Blast in Fatullah flat: Mother, son suffer burns

An eight-month pregnant woman and her son suffered burn injuries after a blast triggered a fire at their flat in Fatullah of Narayanganj
12 March 2023, 14:14 PM

Teacher dies as train hits motorcycle at unauthorised level crossing

The deceased was identified as Badal Biswas, 36, a science teacher of Guadhana Silna Bindubashini High School
12 March 2023, 08:20 AM

Sitakunda cotton warehouse fire brought under control after 16 hours

"The fire was brought under control between 2:00 and 2:30 in the early morning. Water is still being sprayed inside the warehouse to put out any remaining fire. We'll soon declare complete control"
12 March 2023, 04:03 AM

13 hours on, Sitakunda fire still raging

A stock of 2,700 tonnes of cotton at Unitex's warehouse in Sitakunda is making it difficult to extinguish the fire, administration officials said
11 March 2023, 19:49 PM

Man run over, killed by train

A man died after a train ran him over near the Sundarpur Railway Station in Jhenaidah’s Kaliganj upazila yesterday.
11 March 2023, 18:00 PM

7 lives lost on roads

At least seven people died and 21 were injured in road accidents across the country in the last two days, report our correspondents and a news agency.
11 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Army team at the scene of Sitakunda cotton warehouse fire

Bangladesh Army has joined Fire Service and Civil Defence in fighting the fire that broke out in a cotton warehouse in Chhoto Kumira area of Chattogram's Sitakunda around 10:30am this morning
11 March 2023, 14:40 PM

Woman killed in Jatrabari road accident

A 45-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a human haulier, locally known as leguna, at Nayanagar More in the capital’s Jatrabari area today.
11 March 2023, 10:57 AM

Fire service hamstrung by water shortage

Firefighters are struggling to bring the fire, which broke out at a cotton warehouse in Chhoto Kumira area of Chattogram's Sitakunda this morning, under control due to water shortage.
11 March 2023, 10:40 AM

‘Call me baba one last time’

Says father of deceased Mirza Azam
11 March 2023, 09:20 AM

8 houses gutted in Barishal fire

The fire broke out from the kitchen of one Nirod Baroi's house and engulfed the adjacent seven houses around 5:30 am
11 March 2023, 06:38 AM

Fire breaks out in Sitakunda cotton depot

Six units of firefighters from Sitakunda and Kumira fire stations are trying to douse the flame
11 March 2023, 06:06 AM

16 hurt as roof collapses at construction site

At least 16 workers were injured as the roof of an under-construction 10-storey building of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment collapsed in Dhaka’s Savar yesterday afternoon, fire service officials said.
10 March 2023, 18:00 PM