The Gazi factory fire tragedy represents a severe setback to the progressive transformation of Bangladesh.

Vandalism and arson attacks on factories since earlier this month have created deep concerns among entrepreneurs and plunged thousands of employees who work in these firms into uncertainty.

There is still a risk of the fire reigniting due to the residual heat inside the structure, fire service warned.

Twelve firefighting units were working to extinguish the fire since last night but it could not be doused completely even after 15 hours, officials of Fire Service and Civil defence said around noon

At least 15 arson attacks were reported in the 12 hours preceding the start of the national election this morning, according to Fire Service statistics

Saturday’s violence may only be a premonition of much worse days to come

At least eight families of the Mro community, whose houses were allegedly set ablaze and vandalised by people of a rubber plantation in a village in Bandarban’s Lama upazila, are now living under the open sky, in the chilling winter cold.

A suspected arson attack at an animation production company in Japan killed 33 people and injured dozens more yesterday, after a man reportedly doused the building with flammable liquid and shouted “drop dead.”

A man screaming “You die!” has burst into an animation studio in Kyoto, doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire today, killing 33 people in an attack that shocked anime fans across Japan and beyond.

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday fixed October 1 for hearing two petitions filed by the government seeking stay on the High Court orders that granted bail to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in two defamation cases.

Describing the arson attacks by BNP-Jamaat clique in recent past as terrorist acts, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she does not want the recurrence of such evil deeds in the country anymore.

Darussalam police press charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 26 other leaders and activists of the party in connection with two arson cases filed in January last year.

Police yesterday pressed charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 26 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20-party

Police presses charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 23 others in two cases filed for arson attacks in Darussalam area of Dhaka.

BNP will stage demonstration across the country on Monday protesting the arrest warrant against the party’s Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Police this morning arrested one person accused in a case over the Rangpur arson attack on a bus that left six people killed.

High Court grants bail to BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a criminal case clearing his way to walk out of jail.

A Dhaka court issues arrest warrant against 14 leaders and activists of BNP-led 20-party alliance including Barkatullah Bulu and Habib-Un-Nabi Khan Sohel in a case filed for torching a bus in Dhaka.

A Palestinian woman has died of injuries she sustained during an arson attack on her home in the West Bank that killed her husband and infant son.

A Dhaka court places BNP chairperson's adviser Shawkat Mahmud on a four-day fresh remand in four separate arson and vandalism cases.