train accident

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

Mother, son crushed under train in Bogura

She tried to prevent her son from dying by suicide.
3 February 2020, 11:06 AM

Hit by train, 2 killed in Dhaka

Two people are killed after they were hit by a train in Nakhalpara area of Tejgaon, Dhaka.
24 December 2019, 09:17 AM

Accidents take acute turn due to govt’s inaction: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed grave shock at the fatal train accident that left at least 16 people dead at Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria and said it is an outcome of the government’s failure in governing the country properly.
12 November 2019, 12:28 PM

Railway minister visits train accident victims

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan has visited the victims, who were injured in June 23 train derailment in Moulvibazar and admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital.
26 June 2019, 06:30 AM

Rail secy points 2 likely causes of train disaster

Either the lines were faulty or the alignment of the coach wheels were disoriented, says rail secretary. Rescue operation is underway and optimism is that the lines might be restored by tonight.
23 June 2019, 19:38 PM

Three killed as Maitree Express rams minitruck

Three people were killed as Dhaka-bound international passenger train Maitree Express rammed a mini-truck at an “unauthorised” level crossing in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj yesterday afternoon.
13 April 2019, 18:00 PM