Fire service provides safety training to 40 DRU members
The Fire Service and Civil Defence has provided two-day training on fire safety to 40 members of Dhaka Reporters鈥� Unity concluded on Tuesday...
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10 burnt in gas cylinder blast in Ctg
At least 10 people sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in Chattogram鈥檚 Chandanaish upazila Wednesday morning...
BGB seeks public help to stop arms smuggling
Border Guard Bangladesh urged citizens to extend cooperation by sharing information to prevent the infiltration of illegal firearms into the country...
Israel attack aimed to halt Gaza talks: Qatar emir
Qatar鈥檚 emir accused Israel of trying to derail Gaza ceasefire efforts with its attack on Hamas in Doha, as Arab and Muslim leaders held emergency talks on Monday to discuss a unified response...
17 shops gutted in Gazipur fire
At least 17 shops were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a T-shirt manufacturing market in the Chandana area of Gazipur city early Sunday. According to the Fire Service and locals, the fire broke out in one of the tin-shed shops and quickly spread to adjacent stores, damaging valuables...
Global Islami Bank also okays merger
Global Islami Bank on Thursday agreed to join Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 ongoing merger initiative, becoming the third private lender to consent after First Security Islami Bank and Union Bank...
Union Bank agrees with merger plan
Union Bank has agreed to join the ongoing bank merger initiative following First Security Islami Bank...
FSIB accepts BB merger plan
First Security Islami Bank (FSIB) on Tuesday expressed support for Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 plan to its merger with other banks...
Fire service drill held at AUST
A fire service drill was held at the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in Dhaka on Wednesday, with the active participation of all members of the AUST...
Government offers up to Tk 5 lakh for info on looted firearms
The interim government on Monday announced cash rewards for information leading to the recovery of firearms looted in July and August, with the highest amount of Tk 5 lakh for the recovery of a light machine gun.
ONE Bank hosts fire drill programme
ONE Bank PLC arranged a fire drill programme at its corporate headquarters in collaboration with Fire Service & Civil Defence Authority on August 21, said a press release...
Fires ravage an ageing rural Spain
The biggest fear for senior citizens taking refuge in Benavente, a town in a zone ravaged by vast wildfires in Spain, is that 鈥榚verything they own could burn鈥�, its mayor Beatriz Asensio said.
Nine members of same family suffer burn injuries in N鈥檊anj fire
Nine members of a family were injured in a fire that broke out due to a gas pipeline leak at a tin-shed semi-pucca house at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj early Saturday...
EU wildfires burnt 1 million hectares in 2025: AFP
Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares in the European Union in 2025, a record since statistics began in 2006, according to an AFP analysis of data from the European Forest Fire Information System.
Mohakhali Sattola slum catches fire again
At least 70 shanties and shops were gutted as a fire broke out at the densely populated Sattola slum in the capital鈥檚 Mohakhali area on Wednesday...
Israel approves plan to conquer Gaza City
Israel鈥檚 defence minister approved a plan on Wednesday for the conquest of Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 reservists, piling pressure on Hamas as mediators push for a ceasefire...
Portugal wildfires claim third victim
A man was killed while helping fight wildfires that have been scorching Portugal, the country鈥檚 civil protection service said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from the fires to three...
Mohakhali slum catches fire
A fire broke out at the densely populated Sattala slum at Mohakhali in the capital on Wednesday...
Google agrees to $36m fine over Android search deals
Google has agreed to pay a Aus$55 million (US$36 million) penalty for striking 鈥榓nti-competitive鈥� deals to pre-install only its own search engine on Android mobile phones sold by two leading Australian telecoms firms...
Hamas agrees to new Gaza ceasefire proposal
A Hamas source said on Monday that the Palestinian militants had agreed to a new proposal from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza, devastated by more than 22 months of war between the Islamist group and Israel...
Spain, Portugal battle wildfires as death toll mounts
Thousands of firefighters backed by the military and water-bombing aircraft on Monday battled dozens of wildfires across Spain and Portugal, as the death toll increased to six since the outbreaks began...
Sayeeda Khanam鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the fifth anniversary of death of Ekushey Padak-winning photographer Sayeeda Khanam, who is considered the country鈥檚 first woman photographer...
Hundreds flee as Turkish rescuers battle wildfire
More than 250 people were evacuated overnight as a wildfire raged on the Gallipoli peninsula flanking the Dardanelles Strait, where Turkish firefighters were battling Sunday to quench the blaze, officials said...
Fire breaks out at Mohakhali CNG filling station
A fire broke out at a CNG filling station in front of the Raowa Club in the capital鈥檚 Mohakhali on Sunday evening.
Israeli fire kills 36 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli attacks killed at least 36 people on Saturday, warning that intensifying strikes on a Gaza City neighbourhood were placing its remaining residents in mortal danger...
Trump drops ceasefire demand
US president Donald Trump on Saturday shifted his campaign to halt the Ukraine war to securing a full peace agreement after a summit with Russia鈥檚 president Vladimir Putin failed to secure a ceasefire...
US court allows Trump firings at bank regulator
A US appeals court cleared the way Friday for president Donald Trump鈥檚 administration to implement mass firings at a bank regulator set up after the 2008 financial crisis...
When the night loses its lanterns
ONCE, in the villages of Bangladesh, the night air shimmered with tiny golden lights. Fireflies, the living lanterns of the countryside, would drift through paddy fields and hover over darkened rivers, their glow guiding the imagination of poets and the steps of night-time travellers. Bengali literature even gave us the image of 鈥榓 boat in a dark night finding its way...
Ukraine for unconditional ceasefire, Russia against Western weapon supply
The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war...
Small US firms battered by tariffs
When US president Donald Trump announced tariffs on almost all trading partners in April, Ben Knepler contacted the factory in Cambodia producing his company鈥檚 outdoor furniture. 鈥楽top production,鈥� he ordered...