A significant portion of the bridge protection embankment on the western side the second Teesta Bridge at Mahipur in Lakkhitari union of Gangachara upazila under Rangpur district has collapsed, triggering risk of erosion for different adjoining villages. As a result, with the rise in water l
Members of the Coast Guard (CG) rescued eight fishermen who were drifting in the Bay of Bengal for three days. According to a CG statement issued Monday, the fishermen were given first aid and food before their boat was brought to the Harbaria riverbank, as per a UNB report. Lt Com Siam-Ul-Haq, m
At least five people died as a pickup van rammed a parked covered van in the City Gate area of Chattogram. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Akbar Shah Thana around 5:15 am on Monday, as per a bdnews24.com report. Four more people were injured in the accident. Akbar Shah
Some 56 out of 72 level crossings from Chattogram's Dohazari to Cox's Bazar railway line lacks either gates (barriers) or gatemen, and in some cases both, which leaves the crossings highly accident-prone. According to the railway police, 30 people have died on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar rail route
A late-night fire has destroyed four warehouses storing fabric scraps in Gazipur city. The fire broke out in the Haydarabad area around 11:45 pm on Saturday, according to officials. It took five Fire Service units three and a half hours to take control of the situation, said Mohammad Mamun, deput
A local leader of Sramik Kalyan Federation, the labour wing of Bangladesh Jamaat Islami, was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district on Saturday night. The victim was identified as Nazrul Islam Nazir, 40, son of late Tofazzal Hossain of Shital villa
With the cultivation of the high-quality Golden 8 variety guava, Monirul Islam of Pabna has been earning about Tk 1.2 million per year by investing only Tk 100,000 each year. The young entrepreneur grower from Bishrampur of Atgharia Upazila said guava can be obtained from the advanced variety frui
Over 200,000 people in three upazilas of Jashore have been remaining waterlogged for the past 30 days as floodwaters are yet to recede following monsoon rains, residents said. In Dumurtala village of Jashore's Abhaynagar upazila, many people left their waterlogged homes and took shelter in
At least 25 people were injured in a violent clash between two local groups in the Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Saturday morning, reportedly triggered by a dispute over a Facebook status. The incident occurred around 10 am in the Hajipur area of Harashpur Union, UNB reports. Tensio
Two students of a women’s madrasa in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj district died under mysterious circumstances on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Tania Nishi, 12, daughter of Tariqul Islam of the Lebudanga area, and Jamila, 9, daughter of Soibur Rahman of the Begpur ar
A warehouse storing fabric scraps and a nearby plastic factory have been gutted in a fire in Chattogram city. The fire started around 2:00 am on Saturday at a tin-roofed warehouse beside the Ahad Convention Centre on Bakalia Access Road. It quickly spread to a plastic recycling factory next door.
Two men have been killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a motorcycle in Chattogram. The accident occurred on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway in Lohagora Upazila on Thursday night, police say. The victims were identified as Md Rakib, 21, and Md Jihad, 20. They were residents o
Authorities have heightened security across Gopalganj district on Friday, the day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members were assassinated 50 years ago. Additional police personnel have been deployed at key points, including entry routes and sensitive locations of the dis
