A 22-year-old worker was killed in a boiler explosion at a rice mill at Piaratala in Jibonnagar upazila of Chuadanga district on Sunday, said police. The deceased was identified as Foysal Hossain, son of Kamal Hossain of the area. Read: 2 injured in boiler blast in Ctg garment factory The explosion occurred around 11:45 am when Foysal was working in the mill, leaving him dead on the spot, said Abdul Khalek, officer-in-charge of Jibonnagar Police Station. 

A worker died and at least 3 others sustained injuries Saturday as a boiler exploded on a scrap ship at Sitakunda shipyard in Chattogram. The injured workers with burns are currently being treated at Chattogram Medical College Hospital. The deceased was identified as Ripon Chakma, 26, cutter man of the yard hailing from Dighinala upazila in Khagrachari district. The injured are Md Sohel, 29 from Lakshmipur, Rocket Hossain, 24, from Naogaon and Md Mintu, 41, from Dhaka all working as fitter men in the yard. Also read: 5 of a family burnt in Chattogram gas cylinder blast The incident occurred around 2 pm at Messrs SN Corporation shipbreaking yard in Madam Bibirhat area of the upazila. According to police, the boiler exploded while the workers were cutting a scrap ship using gas, leaving four of the workers burnt. As they were taken to CMCH after rescuing, the doctor announced Ripon dead. Officer-in-Charge of Sitakunda model police station Abul Kalam Azad said a team was sent to the scene for investigation. Also read: 5 burn injured in Chattogram blast “The injured are in critical condition at the moment,” the OC said, quoting the doctors at CMCH. Meanwhile, some workers of the shipyard claimed the number of deaths and injuries are much higher. The shipyard authority has hidden the bodies and injured workers, they said, wishing not to be identified.

At least four people were killed and 30 others injured in a boiler blast inside a chemical factory in the northern Indian state of Haryana, officials said on Saturday.

A man was killed and nine others , including two children, were injured as a boiler of a rice mill went off in Chowrongibazar area of Sadar upazila on Sunday.

A worker was killed and five others were injured in a boiler explosion at a rice mill at Tekadighi in Nabiganj upazila on Wednesday.

At least four people died in a boiler blast in India's eastern state of Bihar on Saturday, confirmed a local police officer to Xinhua over phone.