A 30-year-old rickshaw puller, who sustained severe injuries after being hit by an unidentified vehicle in Dhaka’s Gabtoli area on Sunday night, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at Dhaka hospital early Monday. The deceased was identified as Rezaul, son of Ansar Ali of Utt
A five-member probe body was formed to investigate the Faridpur accident that claimed the lives of 13 people on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner Md Quamrul Hasan Talukdar said local administration formed the probe body and asked it to submit its report within three working days. Meanwhile, the govern
Police arrested two people on Monday in a case filed over the abduction and torture of Delwar Hossain, a chairman candidate in the upcoming Singra Upazila Parishad election. The arrestees are Babu and Sumon. Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a drive in different parts of the upazila on
Two people have died, and 25 others were injured after a head-on collision between two passenger buses on Tuesday morning in Mymensingh’s Tarakanda Upazila. The accident occurred on the Mymensingh-Sherpur highway near Kodaldhar Bazar’s Ramchandrapur area around 8 am, said Wazed Ali, th
More than 200 shanties were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out in a slum near the Firingi Bazar Fishing Ghat in the port city of Chattogram on Monday afternoon, leaving a good number of lower-income people homeless. Though a local ward councillor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) claim
Three people have been burnt after an air conditioner explosion sparked a fire at a tailor’s shop in Dhaka’s Savar. At least seven people, including pedestrians, were injured by shards of broken glass when the glass door to the store shattered. The incident occurred at the Adrita Fabri
CHANDPUR, Apr 15: During the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, vacationers from far and near gathered largely at the parks and recreation spots in Chandpur Sadar and Shahrasti upazilas in quest of merriment. In Chandpur town, braving hot, humid and sultry weather, travel-lovers, especially youths and children,
A massive blaze was brought under control, which broke out at an oil godown in Mokamtola area of Bogura's Shibganj upazila on Monday afternoon. The fire originated around 5:30 pm at the godown of M/s Uttara Traders on Rangpur-Dhaka highway in Mokamtola, said Khandaker Abdul Jalil, deputy assistant
Shrikanta Nandi, manager of Natun Bazar branch in Chandpur town of Pubali Bank PLC, is missing with more than Tk 25 million. Shrikanta Nandi (40), the former manager swindled around Tk 25.1 million from the customers. He was a resident of Ghagra village in Kachua upazila. The new manager of the b
At least 13 people were dead and several were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Sadar upazila in Faridpur district on Tuesday morning. MD Hasanuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Faridpur Sadar Kotwali Police Station, said that a Magura-bound bus of
The Fire Service is attempting to put out a fire that broke out at a slum in Chattogram’s Firingee Bazar. The blaze started around 1:20pm on Monday, said Abdur Razzak, deputy assistant director of the Chattogram Region Fire Service, reports bdnews24.com. “Firefighters from the Nandank
The family of a child patient, who died during treatment, have attacked a doctor at a private hospital in Chattogram. According to Yasin Arafat, the manager of a medical centre located on OR Nirzam Road. The incident took place on Sunday. The victim, Dr Riaz Uddin, has been admitted to Chattogram
A crocodile released with satellite transmitters attached to its back was found in a fish enclosure in Bagerhat’s Chitalmari Upazila and was released into the Sundarbans on Sunday. The reptile was handed over to the office of Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Division in Khulna aft
