Fifteen people were killed in two different road accidents in Rajshahi and Faridpur yesterday. In the first accident, ten people were killed and four were injured when a passenger van collided with a bus a on the Rajshahi-Naogaon highway in Mohanpur upazila yesterday morning. The accident occurred at around 7:00am when the van got its ... Read more
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Mayhem over DU student’s death
Road Crash Mayhem over DU student’s death Protesters smash vehicles, set fire to police box A Dhaka University student was killed in a road crash in the capital’s Shahbagh yesterday, sparking violent protests from fellow students that left at least 60 vehicles damaged. The dead, Towhid Zaman, was a second-year student at international relations department, ... Read more
Death of worker sparks vandalism
Road Crash in Gazipur Death of worker sparks vandalism Death of a garment worker in a road accident at Shalna in Gazipur yesterday sparked a violent protest from fellow workers, disrupting vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for over two hours. Meanwhile, traffic halted on the Dhaka-Mawa highway as well for around an hour after ... Read more
Road crashes kill 4, injure 13
Four people were killed and 13 others injured in separate road accidents in Moulvibazar, Satkhira, Gaibandha and Manikganj yesterday. Our Moulvibazar correspondent reports: One man was killed and another injured as a Kulaura-bound microbus collided head-on with a speedy truck coming from opposite direction on
Road crashes kill 7, injure 48
Seven people, including a four-year-child and a university student, were killed and 48 others injured in separate road accidents in Bagerhat, Nilphamari and Gaibandha yesterday. A correspondent from Bagerhat reports: Three people were killed and 15 others injured when a bus flipped on the Khulna-Mawa highway in Mollahat upazila early
Twin tragedy
9 killed as bus ploughs thru rescuers of road crash A three-bus pileup in thick fog killed nine people and injured 45 others in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur yesterday morning. The first crash occurred at around 7:00am when a speeding bus of Uttar Banga Paribahan rammed from behind a Dhaka-bound bus of FK Line on ... Read more
Road crashes kill 2 in city
Two persons including a class-V student were killed in road accidents at the capital’s Demra and Jatrabari yesterday. The dead were identified as Monir Hossain, 13, a student of Mannan Government Primary School and a resident of Basherpole at Konapara in Demra, while Afaz Uddin, 55, a resident of Konabari in