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A fire at Chattogram’s Riaz Uddin Bazar claimed three lives early today. The blaze started in a mobile accessories shop at Mohammadia Plaza around 1:35am. Fire services extinguished the fire by 5:30am. One body was recovered at the scene, while two others died in the hospital. The victims were identified as Md Shahed, 18, and Md Ridwan, 45, from Satkania upazila, with one unidentified. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Source Daily Star
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Chattogram to Abu Dhabi made an emergency landing in Dhaka due to a cracked cockpit windshield. The plane hovered over Narsingdi for about three hours to burn fuel before safely landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The incident caused concern among passengers and locals, but officials stated the situation was not serious and the aircraft’s altitude remained safe throughout. Daily star
The Road Safety Foundation reported 262 deaths and 543 injuries in 251 road crashes during the 13-day Eid-ul-Azha holiday period in Bangladesh. Motorcycle accidents accounted for 39.69% of fatalities, with 104 deaths in 129 crashes, marking a 13.31% increase from last year. The foundation, using data from media reports, estimated the economic loss due to these accidents at Tk 998.55 crore, based on the International Road Assessment Programme method. Daily Star
Four people, including an 8-year-old child, died in separate lightning strikes across three upazilas of Khulna, Bangladesh. The incidents occurred in Koyra, Botighata, and Paikgasa upazilas during afternoon rains. The victims were identified as Enayet Ali (37), Nazmul (8), Srikanth Mondal (25), and Al Mamun (17). One person, Musa Gazi, was seriously injured. Local authorities confirmed the deaths and have handed over the bodies to the families. Source UNB
At least nine people, including eight Rohingyas, were killed in landslides triggered by heavy torrential rain in Ukhiya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, this morning. The deceased could not be immediately identified. Authorities have confirmed recovering nine bodies so far from the camps, with one victim being from the local community. Evacuation of Rohingyas living in risky hilly areas is ongoing amid the heavy rainfall that has been lashing Cox’s Bazar since yesterday. Around 1.2 million Rohingyas are sheltered in the region’s camps.
Two brothers, Rabiul Khan (50) and Humayun Khan (45), died and another person was injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Ashuganj upazila, Brahmanbaria. They were returning home from Dhaka on a motorcycle to celebrate Eid when the vehicle lost control and crashed near Sohagpur bus stand area. The deceased were shoe businessmen from Brahmanbaria.
A couple tragically lost their lives when a bus hit their motorcycle on the Dhaka-Kurigram highway in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila last night. The victims, Babu Mia (40) and Roksana Begum (35), were returning home when the Kurigram-bound bus from Shatata Enterprise struck them, killing them on the spot. Locals blocked the highway protesting the incident before police intervention.
Four people, including a woman, were killed in two separate lightning strikes in Langadu upazila of Rangamati, Bangladesh. Three people died after being struck by lightning on a boat in Kaptai Lake, while the woman faced the tragic end when lightning struck her in Atarak Chhara area. Additionally, the boat operator is still missing after the incident.
Three people, including a child and an elderly woman, were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a private car and a cattle-laden truck in Tangail’s Kalihati upazila early Friday. The deceased were the son of a cultural officer, his mother-in-law, and the car driver. The injured were shifted to a hospital.
Two people were killed and two others injured in a tragic collision between a truck and an easy-bike (battery-run vehicle) in Dinajpur’s Phulbari upazila. The deceased were an unidentified female passenger and the easy-bike driver. The accident occurred when the vehicles collided head-on, and the truck driver and helper fled the scene.
A tragic incident occurred in Patuakhali’s Sadar upazila, where Adhara Chowdhury Mohona, an 18-year-old HSC examinee, lost her life after her scarf got entangled in the wheel of a battery-run auto-rickshaw. The accident happened when she was on her way to a restaurant. Despite being rushed to the hospital, doctors pronounced her dead. The family received her body, and no complaint was filed regarding the incident.
The body of a missing 11-year-old boy was found floating in Chaktai Khal in Chattogram’s Rajakhali area this morning. Fire Service divers recovered the body, believed to be of a street child, around 6 am after locals alerted authorities. The boy had gone missing while bathing in the canal on Tuesday. Search is ongoing for another missing boy.
A fire broke out at a garment factory’s wastage warehouse in the City Gate area of Chattogram city this morning around 10:30 am. Six firefighting engines were trying to douse the flames, according to the Divisional Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters’ Agrabad control room. The cause of the fire could not be immediately determined at the time of reporting.
A tragic incident occurred in Rajbari, Bangladesh, where an 18-year-old youth, Md Labib, lost his life while making a TikTok video on a railway track. Labib, who had recently passed his SSC exam, was with three friends when a train approached. While his friends managed to escape, Labib was crushed under the wheels of the Dhaka-bound Benapole Express train. The railway police recovered his body and handed it over to his family after filing an unnatural death case.
A Bangladeshi expatriate, Mohammad Alamgir, 55, from Sandwip upazila of Chattogram, lost his life in a road accident while on duty as an electrical supervisor in Dubai, UAE. The incident occurred on Sunday night when his car collided with another vehicle, resulting in his death on the spot. Alamgir had been residing in the UAE for 30 years. His body is currently at a Dubai hospital, awaiting repatriation to Bangladesh. Photo: UNB
A man was killed and another injured in an explosion at a house in Dhaka’s Badda area early morning today. The blast occurred around 6:45 am on the ground floor of a three-storey building. Fire service officials suspect the explosion was caused by accumulated gas leaking from a cooking cylinder. However, further investigation will be conducted to determine the actual cause of the fatal blast. Photo: Collected
A 21-year-old firefighter, Rasel Hossain, lost his life after being electrocuted while clearing uprooted trees caused by Cyclone Remal in Khagrachhari’s Matiranga upazila. The tragic incident occurred when electricity supply resumed suddenly, and Rasel came in contact with a torn wire. He joined the Fire Service and Civil Defence in 2023 and hailed from Dhaka’s Dhamrai upazila.
Two people were killed and five others injured when a Satkhira-bound bus of Green Saint Martin Paribahan overturned at Taraganj Bazar in Jashore’s Sadar upazila this morning. The deceased were the bus supervisor Tafiqur Rahman (28) and passenger Hashem Ali (40). A passenger alleged the helper drove recklessly in stormy weather as the driver slept. Traffic remained disrupted for 2 hours after the accident. Photo: Collected
Two people were killed and two others injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided with a bus on the Chattogram-Khagrachhari regional highway at Hathazari upazila this afternoon. The accident occurred after the auto-rickshaw driver lost control while a car tried to overtake it, causing the auto-rickshaw to stop on the road before being hit by the bus. Photo: Md Rajib Raihan
In a tragic incident, two children drowned in separate pond accidents in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram today. Romaisa Jannat, aged one-and-a-half years, and Abir, aged two, were declared dead upon arrival at the Banshkhali Upazila Health Complex after being rescued from the ponds they fell into. The health complex’s physician, Dr. Jannatul Ferdous, confirmed the devastating news. Photos: Collected
A police officer’s wife was killed and he was injured in a hit-and-run accident on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar’s Hemayetpur last night. The deceased is Hafiza Akhter Tania, 30, wife of Sub-Inspector Arif Hasan from Dhanmondi Police Station. They were hit by an unknown vehicle while riding a motorcycle. Tania was declared dead at a local hospital, while the injured Hasan was later moved to a Dhaka hospital. The vehicle involved in the accident is yet to be identified.
In a tragic incident, two people lost their lives, and six others were injured due to a lightning strike in the Bandakata canal area of Sarankhola, Bagerhat, this morning around 10:30 am. The deceased were on a trawler in the canal, while the injured were in a nearby shop when the lightning struck. The identities of the victims are yet to be disclosed. The Sarankhola Police Station is investigating the matter.
Pilot Asim Jawad, who tragically lost his life when a Bangladesh Air Force trainer jet crashed into the Karnaphuli river in Chattogram, was laid to rest at Seota graveyard in Manikganj after three janazas. The 32-year-old pilot is survived by his wife, a daughter, and a son. People from all walks of life paid their last respects to the brave pilot, who died during a routine training flight when the YAK130 jet crashed while returning to base. Photo: Star
Rail communication between Dhaka and the northern and southern districts was restored after over five hours, following the derailment of two bogies of the Burimari Express at Muladuli Railway Station in Pabna around 3am today. Services of seven intercity trains were delayed due to the incident. A two-member probe committee has been formed to investigate the cause of the derailment and submit a report within three working days. Photo: UNB
Firefighters successfully doused the fire that had been raging since May 3 in the Chandpai range of East Sundarbans in Bagerhat, Bangladesh. The fire originated in Latif’s Chila area near Amurbunia patrol post. Efforts to contain the blaze were hindered by the lack of nearby water sources and the thick layer of leaves in the mangrove forest. Authorities took measures to prevent the fire from spreading further. photo/Tanjir H Rubel
In a tragic incident, a 27-year-old man named Anjan Kumar Shah from Jamtola village in Ishwardi municipality area of Pabna district lost his life after being hit by the Simanta Express train around 3:00 AM. The police recovered his body from the rail tracks and sent it for autopsy. The Ishwardi GRP Police Station is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal accident.