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Once mighty rivers turned into crop fields

Our Correspondent

FULBARI, KURIGRSM, Jan 11: At present the sandy chars of the Dharla and Baromasi rivers in Fulbari Upazila of the ...

Speedboats collide mid-river: Death toll rises to 3

Shakib Ahmed

The death toll from the head-on collision between two speedboats in the Meghna River at Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj, has ...

Bus driver, helper held with 4,000 Yaba tablets in Dhaka's Jatrabari

Detectives arrested a bus driver and his helper with 4,000 Yaba tablets during an anti-narcotics drive in the capital's Jatrabari ...

Truck driver killed in Sherpur road accident

Observer Online Desk

A truck driver was killed in a road accident in the Jamtali area in Sherpur district early Friday. The deceased was ...

Truck driver killed in Savar road accident

observer correspondent

A truck driver was killed and another injured in a road accident at Dhamrai Police Station in Savar upazila early ...

Van driver killed, 4 injured in Narail road collision

Daniel Sujit Bose/Shakib Ahmed

A driver was killed and four other passengers were injured in a collision involving a pickup van and a truck ...

Driver's throat-slit body recovered in Faridpur

The throat-slit body of an ambulance driver who went missing five days back was recovered from an onion land in ...

BMD says dense fog may disrupt flights, road, river communications

Observer Online Desk

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said air navigation, inland river transport and road communication may face disruption due to dense fog ...

BYD training campaign for drivers draws huge response

Business Desk

A training initiative taken by the leading electric vehicle manufacturer BYD has received huge response from local drivers in Dhaka. A ...

Driver flying ISIS flag rams into New Orleans crowd, killing 15

Officials probing if New Orleans attack is linked to Vegas blast: Biden

NEW ORLEANS, Jan 2: A US Army veteran flying an ISIS flag from his truck swerved around makeshift barriers and ...

Van driver killed in Satkhira bus accident

Shakib Ahmed

An elderly man was killed in a road accident when a speeding bus ran over his vehicle in Satkhira Sadar ...

Driver runs down two New Zealand police officers, killing one

Observer Online Desk

A driver ran down two New Zealand police officers down as they patrolled on foot in the early hours of ...

Armed men abduct 7 passengers, 2 CNG-run rick drivers in Teknaf

Staff Correspondent

Seven people, including the drivers of two CNG-run autorickshaws, were abducted by a gang of armed men from the Hoaikyong-Shamlapur ...

Child drowns in Chuadanga river

Observer Correspondent

A minor child drowned in the Mathabhanga River in Chuadanga town on Monday.The accident took place around 9:30 am at ...

Dhaka-Mawa Expressway Accident

Errant driver arrested

He admits to committing the crime

Staff Correspondent

The Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, has arrested Mohammad Nuruddin, the driver of the bus involved in the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway ...

Toll plaza tragedy: Bus suffers brake failure, driver had no valid licence

Observer Online Report

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has said the bus, which rammed three vehicles at the toll plaza of the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway ...

Toll plaza crash: Bus driver among two detained

Observer Online Report

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained two persons, including the bus driver, in connection with the accident at the toll plaza ...

Firefighter Nayan killing: Truck driver, helper sent to jail

Observer Online Report

The driver and helper of a truck have been sent to jail in a case over the death of firefighter ...

Three-wheeler driver found dead in Pabna

Upazila Representative

A three-wheeler driver was allegedly strangled to death by miscreants at Santhia upazila in Pabna district on Wednesday night. The deceased ...

Creation of digital profiles of rivers underway

Staff Correspondent

Like the profiles on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or YouTube to identify a person, the digital profiles of the country's rivers ...

Truck driver, helper killed in Dinajpur road crash

Observer Online Report

A truck driver and his associate were killed when a truck crashed into another stationary truck on Dinajpur-Gobindaganj regional highway ...

Drivers, helpers urged to abide by traffic rules

Observer Online Desk

Speakers at a daylong workshop have urged the drivers and helpers of transport pool at Khulna University (KU) to abide ...

BYD to organize training for local drivers

Business Desk

Leading electric vehicle manufacturer BYD is about to kick off a training campaign in Dhaka, Bangladesh for local drivers with ...

Encroachment, pollution put rivers, canals in death throes in Shariatpur

Abul Bashar

SHARIATPUR, Dec 21: At least 11 rivers and numerous canals in the district are in existence crisis due to encroachment ...

Truck falls into river breaking Bailey bridge in Tongi

Observer Online Report

A truck fell into Turag river after breaking Bailey bridge in Gazipur's Tongi around 2:45AM on Saturday.But, the driver of ...

Feni CNG driver gets Tk 20 lakh buying Walton fridge

Business Desk

Tarek Hossen, a CNG-auto rickshaw driver from Feni, has received Tk 20 lakh after he had purchased a Walton brand ...

Strict action to be taken against river, forest encroachers

Observer Online Report

Strict action will be taken against those who grabbed river and forests illegally. Environment, Forest, Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan ...

Two children found dead in Jhenidah river

Observer Correspondent

The bodies of two children were recovered from a river in Jhenidah's Kaliganj upazila on Thursday evening.The bodies were recovered ...

Bus driver among 2 killed in Laxmipur filing station explosion

Observer Online Report

A bus driver and a passenger were killed and three others were injured as a gas cylinder of the vehicle ...

Auto-rickshaw driver found dead inside Noakhali septic tank

Manna Rahaman/Shakib Ahmed

The body of a battery-operated auto-rickshaw driver was discovered inside a septic tank at Kaladrab union in Noakhali's sadar upazila ...