Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said BAF's YAK 130 training aircraft crashed in Patenga due to a technical fault. Chittagong Port Secretary Omar Farooq said an operation was being conducted in the Karnaphuli river to rescue the plane. He told Prothom Alo that Air Force and Navy personnel are carrying out rescue operations. Umar Farooq said […]
Air Force training aircraft crashes in Chattogram
It took railway authorities more than 31 hours to repair the tracks after a passenger train collided with a goods train at Joydebpur railway station on Friday, resulting in huge inconvenience to passengers. Many passengers also waited for a long time at the stations. A mistake by a signalman resulted in a collision between a […]
At least 42 people have died after a dam broke near a town in Kenya's Rift Valley, a local governor told AFP on Monday, as heavy rains and flooding lashed the country. A dam broke near Mai Mahiu in Nakuru County, washing away homes and cutting off roads, with rescue teams digging through debris to […]
Accidents happen due to unfit vehicles, unlicensed driving, potholes on the road, tired and sleepy drivers, illegal vehicles and common people have to pay the price. They bear the pain of losing their loved ones, they fall into financial crisis when the earning member of the family is lost. Housing and Public Works Ministry liftman […]
Earlier, Shanto Saha, a third-year student of the civil engineering department at CUET, and Taufiq Hussain, a second-year student of the same department, died after their motorcycle was crushed by a Shah Amanat Paribahan bus in Ziyanagar area of Rangunia on Monday. , The students have been protesting since then. The protesting students blocked the […]
The incident occurred when the new engine collided with a standing train while it was being assembled, injuring at least 50 passengers, he said. The injured were taken to Lalmonirhat Railway Hospital and two of them were sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, he said. After first aid, the injured passengers later went to Parbatipur […]
Meanwhile, Nazia along with her children went to have dinner in a restaurant on the third floor of the building. As soon as the building caught fire, Nazia called her husband and told him that they were in danger. Nazia's relative Rifat Hussain shared this information with Prothom Alo. At the time of the incident, […]
Ayesha Akhtar, cousin of Mubarak's wife Swapna Akhtar, said four bodies were at the Dhaka Medical Mortuary and one at Bern Hospital. All of them will be buried at their village home in Shahbazpur, Brahmanbaria. He owned a flat in Modhubagh, Dhaka. Ayesha Akhtar said, no one was alive in her family, all five had […]
Five people, including women and a child, were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a battery-powered easybike in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila. The accident occurred around 3:45 pm on Saturday afternoon in the Angardoha culvert area of Kharnia Union on the Khulna-Satkhira highway. The deceased included 30-year-old Vishwajit Biswas of Jiyaltala village of […]
There were a total of 13 tourists in the jeep. The injured are – Rafan, Ushoshi Nag, Joba Roy Nag, Mahfuza Islam, Amina Begum, Tehmina Tanzim Talukdar, Tanim, Rizvi, Anjuman Haq, Itu and Shorna. Members of the fire service and army rescued the victims and took them to the upazila health complex of Ruma. The […]
A Bangladeshi national – Firoz Alam alias Jahangir, 55 – has died in a road accident in Pennsylvania, United States. The incident occurred around 10 am on Friday in Crum Lynn, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The deceased was the son of Zulfiqar Ali of Char Parbati union in Companyganj upazila of Noakhali.
Sub Inspector Chhotan Sharma, in-charge of Tongi Railway Police Post, told Prothom Alo that the train derailed after crossing the Kotbari level crossing. There were no casualties in this incident. It is suspected that this accident occurred due to a fault in the railway track or the wheels slipping from the track. He said that […]
After a while, the compartment was filled with thick smoke, forcing him to approach a gate. When he was having difficulty breathing, he jumped from the train near Tejgaon station. Police said that miscreants disguised as passengers set the train on fire while it was stopped at the airport station. After crossing the station the […]
At least four people, including a mother and her son, died when miscreants set fire to three coaches of Mohanganj Express train in Tejgaon of the city. The fire service and civil protection said the arson occurred just after 5:00 am on Tuesday. Two of the deceased have been identified as 32-year-old Nadira Akhtar Popi […]