A driver died after being hit by a dump truck while repairing a punctured tyre of his nashimon on the side of a highway in Chakaria, Cox's Bazar. The incident occurred early Tuesday morning, May 26, on the Cox's Bazar-Chattogram highway near Malumghat Ideal School in Dulahazara union.
The 199th Eid-ul-Azha congregation at the historic Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj will be held at 9:00 am. Mufti Abul Khayer Mohammad Saifullah, khatib of the town's Boro Bazar Jame Mosque, will lead the prayers.
A total of 65,324 vehicles crossed the Padma Bridge in the last 36 hours during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, generating Tk 7.25 crore in toll revenue, according to Bangladesh Bridge Authority officials.
Three members of the same family have been killed after a speeding bus hit a stationary motorcycle on the roadside in Barishal. The incident occurred around 12:30 pm on Tuesday, May 26, in the Batajor area of Gournadi upazila.
A housewife named Rakiba Jannat Munni, 19, died in a lightning strike in Pekua, Cox's Bazar. The incident took place in the Tekpara area of Ujantia Union of the upazila around 9am on Tuesday (May 26).
More than 43,000 vehicles crossed the Padma Bridge in the last 24 hours, generating toll revenue exceeding Tk 48.01 million during the ongoing Eid-ul-Azha holiday travel surge.