Ensure safety at workplace

The European Union wants Bangladesh to replicate the safety standards in garment factories at all buildings to ensure workplace safety.
29 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Opinion: Are we learning?

We lost 25 office-goers last Thursday for no fault of theirs. Scores remain injured, some in serious condition.
29 March 2019, 18:00 PM

High-rises in The Capital: Concern over sloppy fire safety measures

Most high-rise buildings in Dhaka lack fire safety measures, which can cause high causalities in case of a fire, experts said.
29 March 2019, 18:00 PM

'Pray for me'

"There's a fire in our building. The flames are spreading fast. I do not know whether I will be able to get out. Tell everyone to pray for me...forgive me."
29 March 2019, 18:00 PM

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE DEAD

At least 25 people were killed and some 70 injured in Thursday's deadly fire that ripped through the 22-storey FR Tower in Dhaka's Banani area. All the bodies were handed over to the families and most of them buried yesterday.
29 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Strictly follow building code

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for strictly following the building code during the construction of high-rise buildings.
29 March 2019, 18:00 PM

A city where spectre of fire looms

Only 129 of 3,786 establishments in Dhaka city surveyed by the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters in 2017 were not classified as “Risky” or “Extremely Risky”.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM

A tower of violations

The FR Tower had no permission for its top four floors and there was no fire-protected staircase in the 22-storey building that houses dozens of offices, Rajuk and fire service officials have confirmed.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM

'Only two ways to escape'

Exhausted and terrified, Saifur Rahman, employee of Amraa network office on the 17th floor of the 22-storey Faruk Rupayan Tower in the capital's Kamal Ataturk Avenue, sat on the pavement near the building.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Banani Fire Kills 19

At least 19 people were killed and around 100 others injured as a deadly fire tore through 22-storey FR Tower in the capital's Banani area yesterday.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Global help sought thru' Betar Kendra

On this day in 1971, the curfew in Dhaka city was eased from 7:00am to 4:00pm.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Indo-Bangla Flights: Indian carriers to get armed sky marshals

India wants to deploy “armed sky marshals” on flights of Indian carriers between India and Bangladesh.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Another 'Shootout' Spree: Six killed in a single day

Six people, including two alleged Rohingya drug traders, were killed in “shootouts” with law enforcers in Dhaka and two other districts early yesterday.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Abrar's Death in Road Crash: Conductor, not driver, was at the wheel

The bus that ran over and killed university student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury on March 19 was being driven by its conductor, police said yesterday, in a shift from their earlier statement that the driver was at the wheel.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Upazila Elections: One-fifth of top posts needed no election

One-fifth of the chairman candidates in the last three phases of the upazila parishad elections have been elected unopposed, show Election Commission data.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

37 families lose homes to arson

At least 37 landless families, mostly from the indigenous Pahan community, have been living in the open in Naogaon's Dhamurhat upazila since early Monday, when their shacks were burnt down while they were asleep.
26 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Liberation War: More foreign friends to be recognised

After a pause of six years, the government will once again formally honour foreign personalities and institutions who stood by Bangladesh during its War of Independence in 1971.
26 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Mapping genocide in Khulna

War leaves its traces everywhere, be it in the form of memories or mass graves.
26 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Working to give children a secure life

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government was trying to build a future where the children would have a beautiful, secure and prosperous life.
26 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Independence Day Celebrated: SACRIFICES RECALLED

The nation celebrated its 49th Independence Day recalling the millions who laid down their lives to free the country from Pakistani occupation.
26 March 2019, 18:00 PM