A man, who sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast in the city’s Jatrabari area, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday night, raising the death toll from the incident to five. The deceased was identified as Kabir Dewan, 38. Read: Jatrabari gas cylinder blast: Death toll rises to 3 Kabir, who was undergoing treatment at the hospital with 85 percent burn injuries, breathed his last around 10:30 pm, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police outpost. On Saturday afternoon, six people received burn injuries when a gas cylinder exploded in a shop in Sayedabad area of Jatrabari in the capital. They were all rushed to DMCH. Read: 6 suffer burns in Jatrabari gas cylinder explosion Of the victims, Robin was given first aid while the five others were undergoing treatment at the hospital as they received serious bun injuries. Bishwanath Dutta, 48, died at the hospital on Sunday while Md Ripon, Shafiqul and Abdul Kalam succumbed to their injuries on Tuesday.

A two-year-old died while his mother and sister sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out in their house in Srinagar on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Ayas Mridha. His mother, Khadiza Akhter Mim (22), and sister Ayesha Akhter (4) sustained severe burn injuries in the fire. Read:Court indicts ex-Rajuk chairman, three others over FR Tower fire The injured are undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in the capital. Police suspect the fire broke out from a mosquito coil. "Bappi Mridha, the father of the victim, had stepped out at the time," sub-inspector Ziaul Islam said. Fire officials said they were alerted by local residents.  Read: Fire destroys 30 shops in Sitakunda kitchen market "A fire tender soon reached the spot. Though we could rescue the mother and the daughter alive, the boy was charred to death," Md Mahfuz Ribben of Srinagar fire service, told UNB. A probe has been ordered to ascertain the exact cause of the fire, the official added.

A cold storage mortuary extension has been set up at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to manage mass fatality incidents better. DMCH is the primary location in Dhaka for processing victims after mass fatalities and for the storage of unidentified remains before being passed over to charity organisations for burial. But the current facilities do not meet the increasing needs and demands placed on the hospital. So, the cold storage unit is aimed at reducing the stress on the hospital and its mortuary, allowing for the increased safe storage of dead bodies at low temperatures. Read: Black fungus detected in patient at DMCH

A 55-year-old security guard was fatally knocked down by a pick-up van when he was crossing the road near Shyampur Delta Hospital in the capital on Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Azhar Ali, a resident of Munshiganj district. Read:Traffic police killed in city road crash Abdul Khan, assistant sub-inspector of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp, said Azhar died on the spot when the speeding pick-up van hit him around 11.15 pm and sped away.  The body has been kept at the morgue of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. Road accidents in Bangladesh Road accidents are common in Bangladesh and have been a major cause of deaths. Road accidents during the recent Eid-ul-Azha holiday rush claimed 273 lives in just 15 days, even though long-haul buses were operating for just eight during those days, according to the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samiti (Passenger Welfare Association). At least 240 road crashes occurred during the July 14- 28 period, BJKS revealed, while presenting its road accident report-2021 at a press briefing on July 30. Read: 273 killed on roads during Eid rush; highest in 6 years In a report released in February 2020, the World Bank pointed out that Bangladesh needs to invest an estimated $7.8 billion over the next decade to halve its road crash fatalities. The report attributed the high death rate on Bangladesh’s roads to lack of investments in systemic, targeted, and sustained road safety programmes.

A couple, who sustained severe burn injuries in Friday's building fire in Kamrangirchar, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital barely 12 hours apart from each other. The deceased were identified as Abdul Matin, 40, and his wife Yeasmin, 35, of the capital's Kamrangirchar area. Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp, said Yeasmin succumbed to her injuries around 8.30 pm Friday while Abdul passed away around 7.30 am Saturday. READ: Locked inside a factory without fire exit, 52 lives go up in flames Five members of Abdul's family suffered burns when the fire broke out at the ground floor of their two-storey building in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar area early on Friday. The fire originated from the battery of an auto-rickshaw parked there for charging, according to fire and police officials. The other victims of the fire have identified as the couple's daughters -- Maisha, 9, and Ayeahsa, 5, and Abdul's nephew Raihan, 25. Dr Partha Shankar Pal, resident medical officer at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, said, “Abdul received 92% burn injuries, while Yeasmin sustained 95%. Maisha and Ayesha got around 40% burns, and Raihan 10-12 percent burns and he has been discharged after first aid.” READ: Factory fires: Bangladesh's recurring nightmare

At least three Covid-19 patients died as a fire broke out at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday morning.

Police on Sunday arrested four people over the alleged gang-rape of a garment worker in Gazirhat area of Ashulia in Savar.

A college student was stabbed to death and another injured by a mugger in the city's Uttara area on Wednesday night.

Covid-19 had rung the alarm bell loud and clear, creating panic among people. 

A teenager named Opu was killed in Kamrangir Char's Jhauchar on Friday as his rivals swooped down on him with knives and sticks.