road-accident

A teenager who got out of the private car that ran over a construction worker in Dhaka’s Baridhara has been arrested by police after he was initially released amid widespread discussion over the incident. The 16-year-old was arrested from his home in Gulshan this afternoon, Gulshan Police Station Officer in Charge Abu Zayed Md Nazmun Nur confirmed to Agamir Somoy on Wednesday evening. The private car ran onto the sidewalk in Baridhara on Tuesday and ran over construction worker Mehedi Has...

Three people were killed in a collision between a truck and a battery powered e rickshaw in Gazipur. The incident took place Wednesday afternoon in the Dhirashram area of Gazipur. The e rickshaw was mangled in the crash. According to eyewitnesses and local sources, a truck heading toward Joydebpur collided head on with a battery powered auto rickshaw coming from the opposite direction on a road near G K Adarsha High School. Three passengers of the e rickshaw were killed at the scene. The...

Four people were killed and another was seriously injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a private car on the Dhaka Chattogram Highway in Gazaria of Munshiganj. The accident occurred around 2:30 pm Saturday at the Jamaldi Bus Stand area on the Dhaka Chattogram Highway. The deceased were Mjibur Rahman (55), Shamima Akter (45), Sabiha Chowdhury (43), all passengers from the Gendaria area of Dhaka, and driver Sohel. Muhammad Shafiqul Islam, deputy assistant director of Munshiga...

Popular actress Tasnuva Tisha was involved in a serious road accident while returning to Dhaka from Sreemangal. The incident occurred as she was returning to Dhaka after completing a drama shoot. The actress went live on her Facebook account around midnight on Sunday and informed her followers that she had been involved in an accident. Tasnuva Tisha said that after completing the filming of a project in Sreemangal she and members of her team left for Dhaka in a private car. On the way af...

A motorcycle was standing by the side of the road. Suddenly, its driver rode it onto the road. A bus of Shah Fateh Ali Paribahan was approaching at high speed in that lane. While trying to avoid the motorcycle, the bus ran over workers standing by the roadside, killing seven people. The accident occurred early Friday in Erulia of Bogura Sadar. “Every morning, there is a labor market here. Today, a motorcycle driver was bringing a laborer onto the road. Just then, the bus arrived. While trying t...