Accident
Train mows down crowd at India festival, at least 60 dead
New Delhi, Oct 20 (AP/UNB) — A speeding train ran over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India on Friday evening, killing at least 60 people and injuring dozens more, police said.
Train smashes into human-hauler in Rajbari; 3 dead
Rajbari, Oct 19 (UNB) – At least three people were killed and 11 others injured as a train crashed into a human-hauler carrying workers of a jute mill at an unauthorised level crossing in Baliakandi upazila on Friday.
Bank official killed in Chattogram road crash
Chattogram, Oct 17 (UNB) – A senior bank official was killed and two other people were injured as a speeding bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying them at Dewanhat area under Double Mooring Police Station in the port city on Wednesday morning.
Crew dies in cargo vessel fire in Ctg
Chattogram, Oct 17 (UNB) – A crew member of a cargo vessel was burnt to death while two others sustained injuries as a fire broke out at the anchored vessel at Bijoynagar Ghat in Karnaphuli river in the port city on Tuesday night.
Uttarkhan fire death toll rises to 5
Dhaka, Oct 17 (UNB) – A man who along with seven others suffered burn injuries in a fire incident in the city’s Uttarkhan area early Saturday succumbed to his injuries five days after the incident on Wednesday morning, taking the death toll to five.
7 killed, almost 80 injured in Morocco train derailment
Sidi Bouknadel, Oct 17 (AP/UNB) — At least seven people died and nearly 80 were injured after a shuttle train linking the Moroccan capital to a town farther north on the Atlantic coast derailed Tuesday, authorities at the accident site said.
Man killed in Kushtia road crash
Kushtia, Oct 16 (UNB) – A young man was killed as a tractor overturned on Kushtia-Meherpur road at Taltola in Mirpur upazila on Tuesday morning.
3 of a family killed in Tangail road crash
Tangail, Oct 16 (UNB) – Three members of a family were killed after a truck carrying a group of workers plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Shubulla area of Mirzapur upazila on Tuesday morning.
The deceased were identified as Niranjan, 30, his wife Sagori and their daughter Swarna, hailing from Joypurhat district.
AKM Abu Kaiser, officer-in-charge of Gorai Highway Police, said the accident took place when a Joypurhat-bound truck carrying around 30 workers from Chandra plunged into the ditch after its driver lost control over the steering, leaving the trio dead on the spot and injuring 21 others.
The injured were admitted to different hospitals of the upazila.
Airport Road accident: Charge-framing hearing Oct 22
Dhaka, Oct 15 (UNB) - A court here will hear on October 22 the charge-framing against six people in a case filed over the death of two college students in a road accident on Airport Road on July 29 that had sparked a widespread student protest demanding safe roads.
College teacher killed in Rajshahi road crash
Rajshahi, Oct 15 (UNB) – A college teacher was killed in a road accident at Ekdiltala on Rajshahi-Naogaon highway in Mohanpur upazila on Monday.