Four killed as pickup crashes into stationary truck in Tangail
Four killed as pickup crashes into stationary truck in Tangail

Four people were killed after a chicken-laden pickup van crashed into a stationary truck loaded with bamboo in Sakhipur upazila of Tangail. The accident occurred around 4:00am on Tuesday in the Kalia Ghonarchala area under Kalia Union of the upazila. The identities of the deceased could not...

281 killed in road crashes during 13-day Eid-ul-Azha period
281 killed in road crashes during 13-day Eid-ul-Azha period

A total of 281 people were killed and 837 others injured in 292 road accidents across the country during the 13-day period before and after Eid-ul-Azha this year, according to a report released by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF). The report, covering 21 May to 2 June, shows that an average of...

Three riders die as truck hits motorcycle in Natore
Three riders die as truck hits motorcycle in Natore

Three riders were killed after a truck hit a motorcycle in the Bandar area on the Natore-Bogura Highway in Singra upazila of Natore on Monday. Immediately after the incident, law enforcers seized the truck involved. The deceased were identified as Moktar Hossain alias Hira, 23, son of Motaleb...

Gas explosion at Chinese coal mine kills at least 90 people
Gas explosion at Chinese coal mine kills at least 90 people

A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 90 people, according to state media, in one of the countrys deadliest mining disasters in more than a decade. Chinas official Xinhua News Agency reported that 247 workers were underground at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan...

Four killed, dozens injured in head-on bus collision in Chattogram
Four killed, dozens injured in head-on bus collision in Chattogram

At least four people died, and around 15 passengers suffered injuries after two passenger buses collided head-on in Chattograms Lohagara upazila. The accident took place at around 11 am on Saturday in front of the Four Season Restaurant area in Chunati on the Chattogram-Coxs Bazar highway....

Worker killed after rope snaps at under-construction building in capital
Worker killed after rope snaps at under-construction building in capital

A construction worker was killed after a lifting rope snapped and fell from an under-construction building in the capitals Basila Ghatarchar area on Friday morning. The deceased, Roni, 28, was working as a mixer machine operator at the site. He was the son of Md. Saheb Ali from Chapainawabganj...

India power plant blast death toll rises to 19
India power plant blast death toll rises to 19

At least 19 people have died following a boiler explosion at a power plant in central India, police said on Wednesday, with 17 others injured, reports AFP. The blast occurred on Tuesday at a facility operated by Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources, in Sakti district of...