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Dhaka city garbage truck runs over, kills youth in Mugda

Dhaka, April 26 -- A student of Motijheel Ideal School and College has died after being run over by a city corporation garbage truck in the capital's Mugda. The deceased has been identified as 13-yea... Read More


9-year-old dies, taking death toll in Bhashantek fire to 5

Dhaka, April 24 -- The gas fire in Mirpur's Bhashantek has claimed a fifth victim. Sujon, 9, died at 2pm on Wednesday while undergoing treatment, said Md Tariqul Islam, resident doctor at the Sheikh ... Read More


Man dies of heatstroke amid sweltering temperatures in Dhaka's Gulistan

Dhaka, April 23 -- A man has died in the capital's Gulistan after succumbing to the punishing heat that continues to plague the country. According to Wari Police Station SI Shah Alam, 56-year-old Ala... Read More


Anu Muhammad falls, injures feet while disembarking from train

Dhaka, April 21 -- Jahangirnagar University's former economics professor Anu Muhammad has been seriously injured after he fell while disembarking from a train in Dhaka's Khilgaon. The accident occurr... Read More


7-year-old dies from burns in Bhashantek fire, taking the death toll from the disaster to 4

Dhaka, April 19 -- The youngest of six members of a family burnt by a fire in Mirpur's Bhashantek has succumbed to her wounds. Lamia, 7, died around 6:30am on Friday, taking the death toll from the d... Read More


Death toll from Bhashantek gas fire hits 3

Dhaka, April 16 -- Another victim of the Bhahantek gas leak fire in Dhaka has died of their wounds in hospital, taking the death toll from the disaster to three. Md Liton, 52, died at the Sheikh Hasi... Read More


An angry father slapped his daughter. The 5-year-old's head struck a wall and she died

Dhaka, April 16 -- A 5-year-old girl has died in Dhaka's Hazaribagh after her father slapped her face, causing her head to hit a wall. Police have since taken the father into custody. The incident oc... Read More


After mother, daughter dies in Bhashantek 'gas fire sparked by mosquito coil'

Dhaka, April 16 -- A woman burnt in a house fire in Dhaka's Bhashantek a day after Eid-ul-Fitr has died in hospital, taking the number of fatalities in the incident to two. The woman Surjo Banu, 47, p... Read More


Woman burnt in Bhasantek gas fire dies

Dhaka, April 13 -- One of the six members of a family burnt in a gas fire in Dhaka's Bhasantek has died. Meherunnesa, 65, identified with a single name, passed away at the Sheikh Hasina National Inst... Read More


Death toll in oil tanker fire rises to 4 as teen worker succumbs to burns

Dhaka, April 3 -- Teenage transport worker Sakib has succumbed to the burns he suffered in the oil tanker fire at Dhaka's Savar, taking the death toll from the accident to four. The 16-year-old died ... Read More