3 of family die as tractor hits bikes in Rajshahi

Akter Hossain from Niamatpur upazila in Naogaon was taking his wife and four-year-old daughter to Rajshahi for their treatment yesterday. But fate had something else altogether in store for them as they fell victim to a fatal road accident on their way through Rajshahi-Naogaon highway. Akter, a deed writer, perished along with

2 killed in Tangail bus plunge

Two people were killedand 15 others injured as a bus fell into a ditch on Dhaka-Tangail highway on Friday. The identities of the victims could not be know yet. Witnesses said the bus fell into a ditch as the driver of the Dhaka- bound bus lost control over the steering near Hatia

Minor siblings die as tractor overturns in Sylhet

Two minor siblings were killed and two others injured as a tractor overturned at Lantirmati village in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Nayim Ahmed,8, and his sister Mayisha Begum, 5. Driver of the tractor Sharif Uddin sustained injuries. According to witnesses, Sharif Uddin was ploughing his

Truck, Auto-Rickshaw Collision kills 3 in Chattogram

Three people, including two women, were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a cement-laden truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Banshkhali Upazila of Chattorgram on Monday morning. The identities of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately. The accident took place in the Bailgaon area of

Launch Capsize: Death toll jumps to 26

Twenty-one more bodies were retrieved from the sunken launch in the Sitalakkhya River, taking the total death toll from the tragic accident to 26. Golam Maula Sadeque, chairman of Bangladesh Inland and Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), said divers from local Fire Service and Coast Guard managed to salvage the sunken launch