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Passengers suffer as fire sparks chaos

A fire at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) yesterday caused significant disruption and anxiety for thousands of passengers, who were left frustrated by a lack of clear information about their flights.
18 October 2025, 18:07 PM
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Passengers anxious, confused over uncertain flight status

Authorities restrict Dhaka airport access due to fire
18 October 2025, 12:53 PM
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East Senpara turning into a ‘chemical colony’

Right under the authorities’ noses, chemical warehouses and small factories are operating in full swing in Mirpur’s densely populated residential areas, defying safety regulations and gambling with thousands of lives.
17 October 2025, 18:21 PM
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Warehouse owner still at large

Three days have passed, but law enforcers are yet to arrest the owner of Alam Traders, the chemical warehouse that burned down in Tuesday’s deadly fire, claiming 16 lives.
16 October 2025, 18:17 PM
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Mirpur factory fire: Chemical fumes still in the air

The massive fire that swept through a chemical warehouse and an adjacent garment factory in Shialbari of the capital’s Mirpur was brought under control yesterday -- 27 hours after it broke out.
15 October 2025, 19:42 PM
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15-minute-long battle against smoke, fire, fear

When a fire broke out at the Arian Fashion garment factory in the capital’s Rupnagar area on Tuesday morning, four people, including 15-year-old Mohammad Hossain, were trapped on the third floor.
15 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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‘We‘re trapped, we can’t get out’

When the fire broke out at the Arian Fashion factory yesterday morning, 18-year-old Marzia Sultana Alo’s father called her.
14 October 2025, 22:00 PM
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‘The factory is on fire. We’re trapped. Can’t get out’

Alo's last call to her father before phone went dead
14 October 2025, 16:26 PM
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Govt Hospitals on Eid Holidays: Many patients released

Eight-year-old Hridoy had a surgery at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital two weeks ago after he had suffered severe injuries to his abdomen while swimming in the Gournadi, Barisal.
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM

The long wait...

Five-year-old Mahin was over the moon as he would celebrate the festivities of Eid with both his parents this year.
29 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Teen gangs violent again

Remember schoolboy Adnan Kabir?
27 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Hoping for the best

Watching a baby crawl across the floor is probably the best sight to behold for parents. But Shahida and Raju Mia, a couple from Gaibandha, are deprived of it, as Shahida last year gave birth to conjoined twins, who could hardly move as per their wish let alone crawl on the floor.
30 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Too much to bear

Every time he left Dhaka Shishu Hospital, his parents would have a feeling that their son recovered completely.
17 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Uncertainty grips victim family

Three members of a family, who were critically burned in a gas line explosion in the capital's Gendaria on July 5, are fighting for their
11 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Moni waits for miracle

Her parents had been waiting for their 12-year old daughter's death.
11 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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KORAIL SLUM: Goons eating up public resources

At least 20 syndicates are making a fortune by providing gas, power and water illegally to people living in the capital's biggest slum, Korail Bosti. They get an estimated Tk 1.5 crore per month from slum dwellers and a major portion of the money is spent to “manage” the local police station and a section of employees of the three utility service providers.
9 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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DESIGNED for DISASTER

Illegal gas lines, all faulty and risky, pose a grave danger to one lakh people living in Korail Bosti, a slum built on 90 acres of government land in the capital's Mohakhali.
9 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Doctors bent on full cure of 'tree man'

The medical team treating Bangladesh's first "tree man" Abul Bajandar has performed the 23rd surgery on him as warts partially regrew on his left hand.
7 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Ahead it's all dark

The sole bread earner of an eleven-member family, Gias Uddin, a boiler mechanic at Multi-Fabs Dyeing Ltd in Gazipur, has been put in
4 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Unclaimed bodies rotting at DMC

Thirty-three unclaimed bodies have been decomposing at Dhaka Medical College mortuary, releasing an unbearable stench as the only graveyard in Jurain designated for burying such bodies is inundated with rain water.
3 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Tourist cop held after beating wife on street

A tourist police constable beat his wife in broad daylight on the streets in the capital's Green Road on Saturday. As the woman screamed for help, the constable told onlookers that she was mad.
2 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Patients suffer due to shortage of doctors, nurses during Eid holidays

It was around 11:00am on Eid-day. Mohammad Saiful Islam was frantically looking for a doctor at the child medicine ward of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) as the time for medication of his two-year-old son had been over some two hours back.
28 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Extortion in disguise

The extortion is going on in the capital in the name of Eid tips.
24 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Meat, fish prices go up ahead of Eid

Prices of meat and big fish have gone up in city kitchen markets with the Eid-ul-Fitr round the corner.
23 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Before going broke...

While police suspect the death of a woman and her three children in Turag was triggered by financial hardship, locals say the family used to live an affluent life once and went broke after losing Tk 50 lakh in an MLM business.
12 June 2017, 18:00 PM

N'Ganj Arms Haul: It all started with a chance discovery

Over three months ago, Hridoy, an alleged drug addict, found a travel bag while fishing in a canal near Sector-5 of Purbachal Residential Area in Narayanganj. Much to his astonishment, he discovered eight submachine guns (SMGs) in the bag.
3 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Nimtoli memories haunting still

Today is June 3. It might be just another day for most of the people, but for the residents of Old Dhaka's Nimtoli, the day is a reminder of the horror of a devastating fire on this night in 2010 that claimed 124 lives, mostly women and children, and injured more than 200.
2 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Patients suffer across country

Patients across the country suffered a lot yesterday as doctors refrained from work at private healthcare facilities protesting vandalism
23 May 2017, 18:00 PM

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