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A person was killed and at least 12 others were injured when a cattle-laden pickup van overturned in Kishoreganj’s Austagram upazila on Saturday. The accident occurred around 10:30am at the Austagram Zero Point area under Kastul Union of the upazila. The deceased was identified as Hadis Mia (56), son of late Ali Hossain of Ghagra Union in Mithamain upazila, that adjoins Austagram. According to local sources, some devotees and followers of the Chilikon Darbar Sharif from Ghagra were on their way to the shrine in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria with several cows. Read More: Bus-truck collision leaves 2 dead in Faridpur The pickup lost control at the Austagram Zero Point and plunged into a roadside ditch. The injured were identified as Md Araf Ali (58), Nur Alam (40), Jalal Mia (45), Mohammad Rishad (18), Saim Mia (13), Md Fahim Mia (16), Md Hakim (48), among others. All of them are residents of Ghagra Union in Mithamain upazila. On information, police, Fire Service personnel and local people rescued the injured and took them to Austagram Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared Hadis Mia dead. After receiving primary treatment, the critically injured were referred to Bhagalpur Zahirul Islam Medical College Hospital in Bajitpur upazila for advanced treatment. Austagram Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Soheb Khan confirmed the incident, saying the accident-hit pickup van has been recovered from the ditch and legal process is underway.

A woman  and her daughter were killed as a truck hit a motorbike  carrying them near Nazipur municipal bus stand area in Patnitala upazila of Naogaon on Monday evening. The deceased were identified as Khadija Akter, 28, wife of Kawsar Rahman of Usthii village and their daughter Fatema Jannat, 9. Witnesses said  when Kawsar Rahman was returning home from Nazipur market with his wife and daughter on the motorbike he lost control while trying to give way to a battery-run auto-rickshaw. The motorbike fell on the road and a timber-laden truck coming from Sapahar ran over Khadija and Jannat, leaving both dead on the spot. Angry locals vandalized he truck and beat up the driver. Patnitala Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Md Abu Taleb said police recovered the bodies from the spot. Mother throws toddler into river in Naogaon, rescued with police help As the family raised no complaint, the bodies were handed over after legal process without post-mortem. “The truck has been seized and the driver has been taken into police custody. A case has been filed in this connection,” he added.

A security vehicle escorting Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar was involved in a road accident in Mumbai on Monday evening (January 19, 2026) while the actor and his wife Twinkle Khanna were returning home from the airport. According to preliminary information, a car hit an auto-rickshaw from behind, causing the three-wheeler to overturn and crash into Akshay Kumar’s escort vehicle. The impact led to the security car toppling onto its right side on the road. Read more: Race 4 casting update: Akshaye Khanna not part of new film Police and emergency officials reached the spot shortly after the incident and brought the situation under control. No serious injuries were reported. Videos circulating on social media showed the escort vehicle lying on its side, while the auto-rickshaw appeared badly damaged. Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna were travelling back to their Juhu residence after returning from abroad, where they had marked a personal milestone. The couple recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Further details about the accident were awaited. Read more: James Cameron shuts down Titanic raft debate, says Jack could not have survived With inputs from NDTV

Six people were killed when a bus hit an auto-rickshaw at Ghatak Kanda in Madaripur Sadar upazila on Sunday. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet. Read more: Minor boy killed in Jatrabari road crash Talha Bin Jashim, an official of the Fire Service and Civil Defense (Media cell), said the accident occurred around 5:25 pm when the bus of ‘Sarbik Paribahan’ crashed into the auto-rickshaw, leaving six dead on the spot. On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies.

As many as 441 people including 63 children were killed and 1,128 others injured in 486 road accidents across the country in October, according to a report of Road Safety Foundation (RSF). Dhaka division recorded the highest number of accidents at 121, resulting in 112 deaths, the RSF report released on Wednesday said. The report noted that the number of fatalities and accidents rose compared to September, increasing by 24 deaths and 40 accidents respectively. The RSF prepared the report based on the reports of nine national dailies, seven online news portals and electronic media. Read more: RSF identifies 314 accident-prone upazilas across Bangladesh, 139 as highly risky Among the deceased, 137 people died in 192 motorbike accidents, accounting for 31.06% of total fatalities though this figure was six fewer than in the previous month. The deceased also included 98 pedestrians, 56 drivers and their assistants. Besides, nine waterways accidents claimed at least 11 lives with four missing. Besides, 43  people were killed and 12 others injured in 46 accidents involving trains across Bangladesh last month. Read more: Three killed in Ctg motorcycle accidents  Of the total accidents, 166 accidents occurred on the national highways, 148 on regional roads, 81 on rural roads and 87 on city roads, said the report. According to the report, 24.89% accidents occurred in Dhaka division, 11.52% in Rajshahi, 21.39% in Chattogram, 13.16% in Khulna, 6.37% in Barishal, 5.34% in Sylhet, 11.31% in Rangpur and 5.96% in Mymensingh division. Sylhet division saw 26 accidents with lowest 24 deaths during the same period, said the report. The RSF identified several key factors behind the rise in road accidents including faulty vehicles, reckless driving, drivers’ incompetence or illness, unsettled wages and working hours, low-speed traffic on highways, risky motorcycling by youth, frequent violation of traffic rules, poor traffic management, inefficiency of the BRTA, and extortion in the transport sector. The RSF urged the concerned authorities to take necessary measures to improve road safety across the country. Read more: 428 lives lost on roads in August in Bangladesh: RSF

A pedestrian was killed after a bearing pad (spring) fell from a metro rail pillar near Farmgate Station in the capital on Sunday noon, prompting authorities to suspend metro services. The incident took place around 12:15 pm in front of the Bangladesh Agricultural Institute, adjacent to the Farmgate Metro Station, said Tejgaon Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Mobarak Hossain. Sub-inspector (SI) Nazrul Islam said they had informed metro authorities about the fallen bearing pad. “Metro services have been halted for now and legal procedures are underway after recovering the body,” he added. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam Azad, a resident of Kishorkathi village in Naria upazila of Shariatpur district. Dhaka's street chaos takes root beneath its Metro Rail Witnesses said a heavy metal object suddenly fell from above and struck the man on the head while he was walking past the area. He suffered critical injuries and severe bleeding on the spot and locals rushed him to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead. According to Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), metro services between Uttara and Motijheel were suspended from 12:30 pm following the accident. The resumption time has yet to be confirmed. A similar incident occurred on September 18 last year when a bearing pad got loose, halting metro operations for about 11 hours but causing no casualties. Bearing pads are specialised rubber components installed at the joints between piers and viaducts to absorb vibration and support structural movement.  

Three people, including two motorcyclists and a pedestrian, were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram on Wednesday night. Police said the accidents took place in Halishahar area of the Faujdarhat–Port Link Road and near Akmal Ali Point in port area. The deceased were identified as Shahriar Aziz Anik, 26, Md Sohan, 25, and a pedestrian named Shahjahan, 48. Halishahar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Zakir Hossain said that around 11:30pm, a motorcycle lost control on the rain-slicked Faujdarhat Toll Road near Chittagong Filling Station and collided with another vehicle from behind. Oman road accident kills 8 Bangladeshis, 7 from Swandip The crash left Shahriar and Sohan dead on the spot. Their bodies were sent to Chattogram Medical College Hospital morgue, the OC added. In another incident, Shahjahan died after being hit by a speeding motorcycle on Ring Road near Akmal Ali Link Road under EPZ Police Station. EPZ Police Station said the victim was walking along the roadside when the motorcycle struck him. He sustained critical injuries and died on the way to hospital. The motorcyclist fled the scene, leaving the bike behind. Police later seized the vehicle.

What was meant to be a joyful homecoming turned into an unimaginable tragedy for Oman expatriate Bahar Uddin, as seven members of his family, including two young children, lost their lives in a devastating road accident in Noakhali on Wednesday. The family, residents of Choupalli village in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur, had set off in a microbus from Dhaka after receiving Bahar from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, where he had just returned following years of work abroad. But the celebration never came. On their way back home in Laxmipur, the microbus veered off the road and plunged into a roadside canal, killing seven of the passengers instantly. Bahar was being accompanied by 12 family members. The fatal accident occurred around 5:40am, when the microbus lost control and fell into the canal at Chandraganj Dakshin Bazar in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali district, said officer-in-charge (OC) of Chandraganj Highway Police Station Md Mobarak Hossain Bhuiyan. The deceased were identified as Bahar’s mother Morshida Begum, 50, his wife Kabita, 22, his two-year-old daughter Mim Akter, maternal grandmother Faizunnessa, 60, sister-in-law Laboni Akter, 25, (wife of Bahar’s elder brother), and Laboni’s two daughters, Lamia, 8, and Reshma, 9. Noakhali road crash leaves seven dead

Three Bangladeshi men were killed and two others injured after a multi-purpose vehicle they were in skidded off the road at East Coast Highway (LPT) 1 near in Kuantan of Malaysia on Friday. There deceased were driver Sabber Hasan, 30 and two passengers- Jahid Hasan, 21, and Abdullah, 24. Acting Kuantan police chief Adli Mat Daud said an initial investigation found that they were travelling from Kuantan to Kuala Lumpur and the driver was believed to have lost control of the vehicle, causing it to skid to the left side of the road. 2 passenger go missing, 28 injured in Sylhet bus plunge The two injured passengers, Habib Bissas, 45, and Maniram Chandra Bas, 40, were sent to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital here for treatment, he said in a statement. Adli also said the initial investigation found that the driver did not have a valid driving licence, and that the vehicle’s road tax had expired last May.

Three passengers were killed and at least 10 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in the Karimpur area on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur on Thursday morning. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Maruf Hossain of Faridpur Police said the two buses coming from opposite directions collided head-on. “Two passengers died on the spot, while another succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital. Several of the injured are reported to be in critical condition,” he said. The injured were taken to Faridpur Medical College Hospital. 2 platoons of BGB deployed in Faridpur ahead of NCP rally According to the police official, the accident occurred between a Royal Paribahan bus travelling from Satkhira to Dhaka and a local bus heading from Faridpur to Magura. Upon information, police from Kanaipur Highway Police Station rushed to the scene, rescued the injured and took them to local hospitals for treatment.