Four die in road accident in Habiganj
Four people, including two women, were killed and five others were also injured in a collision between a truck and a pickup van on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj early Friday.
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Govt needs to ensure footpath use to stop pedestrian death
A REPORT that Dhaka鈥檚 north city authorities and the city police have prepared says that about 61 per cent of all fatal victims of road accidents that took place in the areas under the north city authority jurisdiction in 2023 were pedestrians. The report was made public at a meeting on road safety that the Road Transport and Highways Division and the Bloomberg...
Ex-land minister Saifuzzaman, 22 others sued for embezzlement
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against 23 people including former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and his wife and former United Commercial Bank PLC chairman Rukmila Zaman for taking a loan of Tk 20 crore in the name of a fake company and embezzling the money...
Five officials held over Tk 1000cr graft in Pirojpur LGED office
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday night detained five officials of Pirojpur Accounts and Local Government and Engineering Department offices on charge of misappropriating Tk 1, 101 crore...
Elderly man killed in road accident
A 77-year-old man was killed and two others were injured in a road accident in front of Khajur Union Parishad Office under Mahadebpur in Naogaon on Wednesday...
61pc fatal DNCC road accident victims in 2023 pedestrians: report
About 61 per cent of all fatal victims in road crashes occurred in the Dhaka North City Corporation areas in 2023 were pedestrians, said a report published on Wednesday...
Premier Bank fined as Iqbal withdraws fund
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has fined Premier Bank for allowing its former chairman, HBM Iqbal, to illegally withdraw Tk 1.11 crore and $30,000 from frozen accounts, according to BFIU officials...
ACC raids BCB headquarters
The Anti-Corruption Commission conducted a raid at the Bangladesh Cricket Board office situated at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on account of irregularities and corruption allegations on Monday.
6-week media campaign on Tobacco Control Law begins Wednesday
A six-week media campaign styled 鈥楤an on Tobacco Advertisement, Promotion and Sponsorship (TAPS)鈥� begins on Wednesday to make people aware about the tobacco control law.
Two people killed in Faridpur road accident
Two people died after a watermelon-laden truck lost control and hit a tree on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Ghopghat area of Bagat Union in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur on Tuesday morning...
NRBs allowed to open accounts in any currency
Bangladesh Bank on Sunday allowed Non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) to open bank accounts in all usable foreign currencies...
Shahadat attends Malaysia meeting
Md Shahadat Hossain, former president and council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), participated in the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) Board meeting in Malaysia...
Road accidents kill 604 in March: report
At least 604 people were killed and 1,231 more injured in 587 road crashes in the country in March, said a Road Safety Foundation report published on Saturday.
Six killed in road accidents
At least six people were killed and five more were injured in road crashes in Brahmanbaria, Feni, Kushtia and Bhola districts on Saturday.
Five killed in road accidents
At least five people were killed and 10 others injured in road accidents in Bogura, Feni and Habiganj districts between Thursday night and Friday.聽聽聽
Road accidents kill 4
Four people were killed in road accidents in Sylhet, Brahmanbaria, Sherpur and Patuakhali on Thursday.
Fewer Eid-time accidents are still too many
AT LEAST 322 people died and 826 became wounded in 315 road accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, keeping to Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh figures. While the report notes some progress in view the corresponding 2024 occasion, as accidents reduced by 21.05 per cent, fatalities by 20.88 per cent and injuries by 40.91 per cent, the overall figures remain...
Four MoUs inked in health sector
A total of four Memorandum of Understandings were signed on Thursday for health sector at 鈥楤angladesh Investment Summit 2025鈥�.
ACC investigates Hasina, Rehana for Tk 4,000cr waste
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday launched an inquiry against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and some other people over allegations of wasting Tk 4,000 crore from state treasury for celebrating 鈥楳ujib Barsha鈥� in 2020...
322 killed in Eid time road accidents: report
At least 322 people were killed and 826 others injured in 315 road crashes in 15 days during the last Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, said a report of the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh on Wednesday...
7 killed as bus plunges into ditch
Seven people, including three women and a child, were killed and 31 others injured when a running bus veered off the road to plunge into a ditch in Faridpur on Tuesday...
23 killed daily in road accidents during Eid: report
Nearly 23 people were killed daily on average in road accidents between March 26 and April 5 during Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims, according to a Road Safety Foundation report published on Monday...
Three Jamaat members killed in Rajshahi road accident
At least three activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami were killed and 35 others were injured when two buses carrying them collided head-on with a truck on Rajshahi-Dhaka highway near Varendra University in Rajshahi on Monday...
Court freezes 34 bank accounts of ex-DG of SSF, wife
A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered to freeze 34 bank accounts of former director general of Special Security Force Lieutenant General (sacked) Md Mujibur Rahman and his wife Tasrin Mujib over graft allegations...
Safe Eid journey still remains a far cry
THOUSANDS travel to outlying areas from the capital to celebrate Eid with friends and family and the journey almost always remains risky. This was no different this Eid. Road accidents left at least 41 dead and numerous others wounded across the country during Eid holidays. In an accident at the Chunti Jangalia point on the Chattogram鈥揅ox鈥檚 Bazar Highway on April 2, a...
Two killed as car, motorcycle collide on Kalshi flyover
Two friends riding a motorcycle were killed in a head-on collision with a private car on the Kalshi Flyover at Mirpur in the capital on Friday night.
Four killed in road accidents聽
At least four people, including two minors, were killed in road accidents across Bangladesh on Friday.
Ctg accident: None of Mirpur family alive as death toll聽climbs to 11
The death toll in Wednesday鈥檚 road accident at Chunti Jangalia point under Lohagara upazila in Chattogram rose to 11 as severely injured Tasnia Islam Prema died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Friday afternoon.
Bangladesh, Thailand ink deal to fight corruption together
The Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh and the National Anti-Corruption Commission of Thailand on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding aiming at fostering international cooperation in the fight against corruption.
Six killed in road accidents
At least six people, including a father and his two minor daughters, were killed and 22 others were injured in road accidents across the country on Thursday...