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Road Crashes - 418 children killed in six months: report
At least 418 children were killed in road crashes in first six months of this year as road safety situation still remain alarming, Road Safety Foundation said yesterday.
11 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Justice now a mirage to them
Hasan Mirdha Akash is losing hope of getting justice.
11 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Fire safety was lost on inspectors
A month before the devastating fire at Hashem Foods Limited in Narayanganj, the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments visited the facility.
11 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Survivors now worry about future
Two months ago, her husband fractured his leg in an accident on his way home from Dhaka to Rupganj.
11 July 2021, 18:00 PM
418 children dead in road accidents in first half of this year: report
At least 418 children were killed in road crashes in the first six months of this year, Road Safety Foundation said today.
11 July 2021, 13:36 PM
Husking mill worker dies after boiler blast in Dinajpur
A man died after a boiler exploded at a manual husking mill in Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat upazila.
11 July 2021, 12:46 PM
3 killed in Bandarban road accident, 3 others injured
At least three people, including two women, were killed and three others were critically injured in a road accident in Lama upazila of Bandarban today.
11 July 2021, 10:38 AM
It’s murder, not accident
The fire that killed 51 employees of a food processing factory in Narayanganj was not a bolt from the blue for the owners who, according to police, knew such a disaster was imminent but chose to do nothing.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM
From toil to tail end: At least 16 children missing in Rupganj factory fire
At least 16 children are missing -- and possibly dead -- in the fire at Hashem Foods Ltd. All of them were working at the factory.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM
A chronicle of corporate greed foretold
A tragedy unfolded last Thursday at the five-storey Hashem Foods Ltd. factory in Rupganj. The fire that has thus far claimed 52 innocent victims, most of them (pending the difficult postmortem) aged between 12-15 years, is a chronic tale of corporate greed.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Air heaviest with reek of death
The air was heavy with the stench of death. The smell of burnt plastic, packaging papers, and other factory materials was still lingering.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Effective Precautions as to Fire to be taken by the Employer in the Workplace
The recent fire incident in the six-storied building of the food processing factory of Sajeeb group in Narayanganj caused the reported death of fifty-two people with dozens of workers still missing.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Lighter vessel capsizes near Bhasan Char
A lighter vessel carrying 1,000 tonnes of yellow peas capsized in the Bay of Bengal this morning after being hit by a sunken bulkhead near Bhasan Char.
10 July 2021, 15:36 PM
Narayanganj fire: Ministry of labour provides Tk 50,000 financial assistance to each injured worker
Workers injured in the fire at Hashem Foods factory in Narayanganj have been given financial assistance for treatment by the Bangladesh Workers ‘Welfare Foundation Fund under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
10 July 2021, 14:52 PM
2 siblings in Khagrachhari drown in pond
Two siblings drowned in a pond at a remote area in Khagrachhari’s Manikchhari upazila today.
10 July 2021, 13:33 PM
Narayanganj fire: Sajeeb Group chairman, 4 sons among 8 arrested
At least eight persons, including owner of Hashem Foods factory in Narayanganj, were arrested in connection with the devastating fire that left at least 51 dead.
10 July 2021, 08:40 AM
Kamrangirchar fire: husband dies after wife, 2 daughters in critical condition
Another injured, who suffered burns in yesterday’s fire at a house in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar, died at a Dhaka hospital this morning.
10 July 2021, 05:45 AM
‘Get us out of here. Please help!’
“Get us out of here. Please help!”
These were the last words Liton heard from his sister-in-law Jahanara Begum when he called her on Thursday evening.
9 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Trapped, they die in fire
At least 49 workers and staffers died in a fire at a Narayanganj factory as they were trapped on the third floor with its lone exit locked when the blaze engulfed the building on Thursday.
9 July 2021, 18:00 PM
DMC morgue runs out of space
Rows of bodies of the victims of Thursday night’s fire in Narayanganj are lined up on the floor of Dhaka Medical College mortuary, which doesn’t have room or freezing capacity for this many bodies.
9 July 2021, 18:00 PM