Chemical, Industrial blazes: Fire Service struggles with limited capacity
22 October 2025, 22:00 PM
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Over 1.16 lakh killed on roads since 2014
21 October 2025, 21:18 PM
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Airport fire aftermath: RMG, pharma fear snag in production
21 October 2025, 18:08 PM
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Fire at HSIA cargo complex likely originated in import courier section: Caab
21 October 2025, 06:53 AM
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66 die from injuries on roads a day
20 October 2025, 18:02 PM
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Airport fire exposes costly state negligence
20 October 2025, 18:02 PM
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Bodies of 16 Rupnagar fire victims handed over to families after DNA identification
20 October 2025, 06:15 AM
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Mysterious fire at closed hospital in Ctg
19 October 2025, 19:59 PM
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Dhaka airport fire: Smoke persists, efforts on to douse flames
19 October 2025, 07:24 AM
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13 shops gutted in Faridpur fire
19 October 2025, 03:43 AM
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3 including 2 siblings dead in fire at Uttara
Three teenagers, including two siblings, died after a fire broke out at a tin-shed room in Dhaka’s Uttara area early today.
4 January 2022, 05:09 AM
Abhijan-10 Launch Fire: Neglect of duty at every step
Three officials of the Shipping Department and BIWTA, four owners and four crew members of the MV Abhijan-10 are responsible for the fire on the vessel that killed 49, a probe committee has found.
3 January 2022, 18:00 PM
853 killed in workplace accidents last year
At least 853 people were killed and 236 others seriously injured in workplace accidents last year, according to a survey by Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation.
3 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Another victim dies, death toll now 49
The death toll from MV Abhijan-10 launch fire in Jhalakathi rose to 49 as another injured died at a Dhaka hospital yesterday morning.
3 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Lack of logistics delayed rescue operation
It took around one and a half hours to start the rescue operation for the MV Abhijan-10 launch fire. Fire Service and Civil Defence sources said although they had come to know of the fire within 15 minutes of its origination, they lacked the logistics required to fight it in the water on a cold winter night.
3 January 2022, 18:00 PM
3 of a family drown as trawler capsizes in Cumilla, 1 missing
Three members of a family died and one was missing as a trawler capsized in the Kanthalia river in Cumilla’s Meghna upazila today.
3 January 2022, 13:03 PM
Launch fire: Another victim dies at Burn Institute, death toll now 49
The death toll from MV Abhijan-10 launch fire in Jhalakathi rose to 48 as another injured died at a Dhaka hospital this morning.
3 January 2022, 07:01 AM
Road safety management barely held accountable
Different bodies exist in Bangladesh to ensure road safety, but they are not empowered and lack effective coordination to get expected outcomes.
2 January 2022, 18:00 PM
9 killed in 5 road crashes
Nine people, including three teenage boys, were killed, while many others injured, in five separate road accidents in Dinajpur, Barishal, Jashore and Bogura yesterday.
2 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Fire at Cox's Bazar Rohingya camp Covid hospital doused
A fire that broke out at a Covid-19 dedicated hospital at Balukhali Rohingya camp, in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila this evening, was doused within an hour.
2 January 2022, 16:28 PM
3 school students among 4 dead in Dinajpur road accidents
Four people, including three school students, were killed in separate road accidents in Birganj and Birampur upazilas of Dinajpur today.
2 January 2022, 10:01 AM
2003 Launch Disaster: Victims’ families yet to get any compensation
The High Court over four years ago had asked the authorities concerned to give within 60 days a compensation of Tk 17.11 crore to the families of the victims of a 2003 launch accident in the Meghna river.
1 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Road crashes shot up in December
At least 418 people were killed and 497 injured in 383 road accidents throughout December, the Road Safety Foundation said yesterday.
1 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Cop among three killed in road accidents
Three people were killed and another was injured in road accidents during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondent and a news agency.
1 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Police constable hit by truck dies in Patuakhali
A police constable was killed and his cousin was injured after a truck hit them in Dumki upazila of Patuakhali today.
1 January 2022, 13:44 PM
418 killed, 497 injured in 383 road accidents in December: Road Safety Foundation
At least 418 people were killed and 497 injured in 383 road accidents last month, Road Safety Foundation said today.
1 January 2022, 09:42 AM
Several fires across country due to rogue sky lanterns during New Year’s celebrations
Multiple incidents of fires were reported across the country, including several in the capital, over rogue sky lanterns crashing on rooftops and houses, during New Year’s celebrations in the early hours today.
31 December 2021, 19:38 PM
ASI ‘assaulted’ bus driver, helper before taking wheel
Assistant Sub-Inspector Emadul Haque, who took the steering of a bus and killed two men after ploughing through a crowd, had physically assaulted the driver and helper of the vehicle.
31 December 2021, 18:00 PM
5 killed, 15 hurt as bus falls from bridge
At least five people were killed and 15 injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch beside Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Sirajganj yesterday morning.
31 December 2021, 18:00 PM
2 dead as bus hits motorcycle in Bogura
Two motorcyclists were killed after a bus hit a motorbike on Bogura- Shantahar road in Kahalu upazila of Bogura this afternoon.
31 December 2021, 15:25 PM