Dhaka fire

Banani fire: Transmission of Duronto TV, Radio Today shut down

The transmission of a private television channel Duronto TV and a radio channel Radio Today has been offline since a fire broke out at FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani area.
28 March 2019, 13:54 PM

Ensure proper treatment of Banani fire injured: PM

Expressing deep shock at the loss of lives and property in a devastating fire at FR Tower in Dhaka's Banani area, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to ensure the proper treatment of the injured.
28 March 2019, 13:48 PM

Identities of Banani fire victims

Six of the 19 victims who died in the devastating fire at the 22-storey FR Tower have been identified.
28 March 2019, 13:16 PM

‘Never thought would come out alive’

Badsha Faisal, a survivor of the Banani high-rise building fire, narrates his three-hour-long battle for survival.
28 March 2019, 12:45 PM

Banani fire in pictures

At least nineteen persons are killed and many others are injured in a fire that broke out at Banani FR Tower in Dhaka.
28 March 2019, 11:47 AM

‘Wahed Mansion owner threatens neighbour with life’

The owner of Haji Wahed Mansion, from where the devasting Chawkbazar fire originated on the night of February 20, has allegedly threatened a neighbour for “giving the CCTV footage of the incident to journalists”.
27 March 2019, 15:59 PM

Fire breaks out at Nakhalpara

A fire breaks out at tin-shed houses in Nakhalpara area of Dhaka’s Tejgaon Industrial area.
20 March 2019, 14:55 PM

Chawkbazar tragedy: Wife gets husband's body after 21 days

Wife of a rickshaw puller gets her husband's body, 21 days after the devastating Chawkbazar fire.
12 March 2019, 15:16 PM

5 more missing in Chawkbazar fire tragedy identified thru DNA tests

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has identified the bodies of five more victims of Chawkbazar fire tragedy through DNA tests.
12 March 2019, 08:43 AM

Fire started on first floor

A home ministry probe body formed after the Chawkbazar fire concluded that the flames originated from the first floor of Wahed Mansion.
9 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Obstacles don't matter

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed her government's firm stance on removing the warehouses of inflammable materials from Old Dhaka and other residential areas of the capital.
7 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Old Dhaka tyre warehouse fire doused

A fire that broke out at a warehouse of tyre in Nawabpur area of Old Dhaka has been doused after two hours’ frantic efforts.
7 March 2019, 09:43 AM

Chawkbazar Fire: 11 of the dead identified thru' DNA test

The CID's Forensic DNA Laboratory has so far identified 11 bodies, burnt beyond recognition in the fatal Chawkbazar fire, through DNA tests.
6 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Rohan, Bristi among 11 Chawkbazar fire victims identified thru’ DNA tests

The Criminal Investigation Department’s Forensic Laboratory identify 11 deceased including two students, who were burnt beyond recognition in the recent Chawkbazar fire, through DNA tests.
6 March 2019, 07:06 AM

50 shanties gutted in Tejgaon slum fire

Around 50 shanties are gutted in a fire that ripped through a slum during an eviction drive was in progress in Dhaka’s Tejgaon industrial area.
3 March 2019, 06:31 AM

Another fire breaks out at Chawkbazar; 3 injured

Three youths suffered burns as a fire broke out at a scrap-metal shop in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area yesterday afternoon, 10 days after an inferno in the same area that left scores dead.
2 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Fire at Chawkbazar in Old Dhaka again, 3 suffer burns

Three youths suffer “severe burns” as a fire breaks out at a scrap-metal shop in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area this afternoon.
2 March 2019, 13:08 PM

Old Dhaka at grave fire risk

Old Dhaka is so prone to fire disasters that last year it saw at least one fire incident a day on average.
1 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Chawkbazar tragedy: Another victim dies; death toll 70

Another victim of the Chawkbazar fire loses the battle for life at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, raising the death toll in the tragedy to 70.
1 March 2019, 04:33 AM

Chemical Warehouses, Factories: Crackdown begins in old town

It seems nothing has changed in West Shaheednagar area of Old Dhaka.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM