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
Passengers anxious, confused over uncertain flight status
Authorities restrict Dhaka airport access due to fire
18 October 2025, 12:53 PM
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
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
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
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
‘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
‘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
Kept in mortuary by two 'wives'
He died over two and a half years ago but his funeral has not been performed yet. His body is kept at the mortuary of Dhaka Medical College.
4 February 2017, 18:00 PM
They target graves in rural areas
Body snatching and selling of the skeletons have everything of an illicit trade.
4 February 2017, 18:00 PM
SKELETON trouble
When Islam (full name withheld) signed up for MBBS studies three years ago, he faced an uphill task. For his anatomy course, he badly needed a human skeleton but he could not get one.
4 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Went for better life, came back dead
Divorcing her abusive husband just two and a half years into marriage, Khoko Moni took up a job in Oman as a domestic help with hopes for a new lease of life.
27 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Ansar members' prompt response saves the day
Ansar members kept a fire under control until the fire-fighters came and doused the flames at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday.
7 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Nurse shortage limits critical care
An acute shortage of nurses is plaguing Dhaka Medical College Hospital's burn and plastic surgery unit, depriving patients of
10 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Poverty landed two sisters in the factory
Two minor sisters are fighting for life at Dhaka Medical College Hospital with burns from Tuesday's fire at a factory in Ashulia.
23 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Family still awaits stolen baby at DMCH
Once again, the family of a three-month-old girl, who was stolen from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on September 22, has
5 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Not scenes from a dark, twisted film
Four years ago, Wahab and Sumon -- two convicted criminals -- met in jail and became friends.
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Feel like a prisoner
Have you ever wanted to find out what life in prison is like?
28 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Conjoined twins abandoned
Conjoined twins with two heads, four hands and two feet were abandoned at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early
15 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Girl battling trauma, burn complications
Farzana Akter, who had survived a deadly blaze that killed eight of her family members in 2014, has been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with various ailments.
10 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Medical College Hospital: Outsiders often do some tasks meant for docs, nurses
More than 200 outsiders with no qualifications whatsoever provide various services to patients at Dhaka Medical College Hospital for money, sources said.
24 September 2016, 18:09 PM
Outsider meddles with drug; DMCH patient dies
A patient died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday, after a non-professional person allegedly administered a drug into the
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Reckless driving takes couple's lives in city
Seventy-year-old ABM Ataur Rahman and his wife were waiting on a footpath at the East Sheorapara bus stand in the capital to
15 September 2016, 18:00 PM
A budding life cruelly cut short
Ramzan Hossain and Tania Hossain had dreamt of raising their eldest daughter to become a doctor one day and so left no stone unturned to ensure that the girl got good educational foundation.
29 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Two die in hit-and-run in Banani
A youth ran over and killed a bicycle rider with his car and killed another person trying to run from the scene at Banani in the capital yesterday morning.
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM
7-yr-old son shows signs of mental trauma
The seven-year-old boy who witnessed the brutal murder of his mother Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in Chittagong last month is now
15 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Jailed 'militants' under watch
Convicted and suspected militants from different jails have been shifted to the central jails across the country as part of an intensified security measure.
12 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Inpatients allege service delay at 3 public hospitals
Many of the inpatients in three public hospitals of the capital suffered amidst the absence of most of the doctors and
9 July 2016, 18:00 PM