At least 28 people were killed and 48 others injured in 29 road accidents across Sylhet division in June, according to a report by Nirapad Sarak Chai (NISCHA) Sylhet divisional committee.

Bad roads cost Bangladesh over $10 billion annually and trap millions in poverty. The deeper costs of a broken transport system—missed schooldays, maternal deaths, farm losses—reveal a nation stalled ...

Once synonymous with perilous working conditions, severe pollution, and tragic accidents, Bangladesh's shipbreaking industry has achieved a monumental transformation, officially becoming the nation's ...

On May 30, 2025, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, security video captured a bicycle cart mishap involving children. In the video, one child is driving the cart while others push it.

Over 7,000 people killed in road accidents in Bangladesh The advisor stated that the Road Safety Foundation recently provided data showing that 7,294 people lost their lives and over 12,000 were ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Dhaka, Oct 7 (IANS) A total of 426 people were killed and 813 others injured in 392 accidents on roads, railways and waterways in Bangladesh in September, said a report published ...

April 2013: At least 1,136 people died and hundreds were injured in the country's worst industrial accident, when an eight-storey building near Dhaka home to five garment factories collapsed.

A total of 7,902 people were killed and 10,372 others injured in 6,261 road accidents in Bangladesh throughout 2023. There were 6,929 road, rail, and river transport accidents throughout the year ...

DHAKA: A major accident was averted on Tuesday in Bangladesh when a train carrying 300 passengers was stopped by the driver just 200 yards ahead of a bridge where the hooks that bind railway ...

The 2023 World Press Freedom Index puts Bangladesh in 163rd position, 11 places behind Taliban-ruled Afghanistan (152) at just one place ahead of Putin’s Russia (164).

At least 17 people were killed when a passenger train and a freight train collided outside Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, during a busy holiday season. The accident, in the Kishoreganj district ...

Every day, an average of 64 individuals lose their lives in road accidents across the country, resulting in an annual death toll of nearly 25,000 people. Notably, 51% of these victims are earners, ...