A tourist bus lost control and plunged into a hilly ravine in Bandarban, injuring at least 20 people. The accident occurred around 5:30 am on Sunday, March 22, in the Suwalok union of Sadar upazila, north of Bandarban University.
Three separate investigation committees have been formed to determine the actual cause of the horrific train accident in Cumilla. Two of the committees were formed by the railway authorities, while the district administration formed the third. All committees have been instructed to submit their reports within the next 72 hours.
Four people, including a woman, were killed in a collision between a bus and a pickup van in Madhabpur upazila, Habiganj. The accident occurred on Saturday night, March 21, in the Andiura area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, adjacent to Andiura Ummetunnesa High School.
Rail communication between Chattogram and the rest of the country was restored around five hours after a horrific accident at the Paduar Bazar railway crossing in Cumilla.
Five people, including a brother and sister, have died after a floating bridge made of drums capsized in the Brahmaputra River in Jamalpur. At least five others remain missing.
Three people were killed and at least five others seriously injured in a three-vehicle collision involving a bus, an ambulance and a motorcycle on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in the Rampur area of Feni.