Fire breaks out at Sabbir Tower in Purana Paltan
A fire broke out on the 12th floor of Sabbir Tower, a multi-storey commercial building in Dhaka's Purana Paltan area, on Saturday evening.
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Zelensky rejects Putin鈥檚 short truce offer
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed a three-day truce ordered by Russian leader Vladimir Putin as theatrics but said Kyiv was ready for a full ceasefire...
Energypac organises fire safety training at school
Energypac Power Generation PLC has recently held a fire safety campaign at Shailat High School located in Sripur, Gazipur with a view to raising awareness among the students, teachers and staff of the school about fire safety protocols...
15 killed in Kolkata hotel fire: police
A fierce fire ripped through a hotel in the Indian city of Kolkata killing at least 15 people, police said on Wednesday, with some clambering out of windows and onto the rooftop to escape...
Three shops damaged in Mohammadpur fire
A fire gutted three shops at Krishi Market in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur area on early Monday...
Recovery of looted weapons should be a priority agenda
MORE than a thousand 鈥� 1,375 to be precise 鈥� of the 5,753 firearms that were looted during the August 2024 political changeover having still not been traced is said to have exposed law and order to a threat of worsening. Official data show that the police are yet to recover 2,57,849 ammunition of the 6,12,982 of various types that were looted that time. The government...
Law, order threatened as 1,375 looted firearms still untraced
More than a thousand firearms looted from police stations during the August 2024 political changeover remain untraced when law enforcers are struggling to keep law and order.
Palak sued in Natore over licensed firearms
A case has been filed against former state minister for information and communication technology, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, under the Arms Act for failing to surrender his licensed firearms within the government-mandated deadline...
Prime Bank okays Q1 unaudited financial reports
Prime Bank PLC on Thursday announced its first quarter financial reports for the period ended on March 31, 2025, said a press release...
Zelensky calls for 鈥榰nconditional ceasefire鈥� after Russian attack kills nine
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky called on Wednesday for an 鈥榠mmediate, full, and unconditional ceasefire鈥�, hours after a Russian drone strike on a bus killed nine and as his top aide met Kyiv鈥檚 allies in London...
Heatwave spreads like wildfire as temp rises
The maximum surface air temperature in south-west Bangladesh rose by more than 3C in the gap of 24 hours on Wednesday afternoon with a mild to moderate heatwave rapidly spreading over vast swathes of countryside and towns...
50-member disaster response team formed
The fire service and civil defence formed a 50-member specialised team alongside imparting training to enhance their capacity to cope with all natural and man-made disasters especially earthquake.
50-member disaster response team formed
The fire service and civil defence formed a 50-member specialised team alongside imparting training to enhance their capacity to cope with all natural and man-made disasters especially earthquake...
Historic Mujibnagar Day observed
Historic Mujibnagar Day was observed on Thursday in a befitting manner highlighting the oath-taking ceremony of the country鈥檚 first government on April 17, 1971...
Probe into Manikganj artist's house fire continues: CA press wing
Law enforcement agencies are investigating the fire incident at the house of painter Manabendra Ghosh in the Garpara Bazar area under Sadar upazila in Manikganj....
Hamas says likely to respond to truce proposal within 48 hours
A senior Hamas official said on Tuesday that the Palestinian Islamist movement expects to respond within 48 hours to an Israeli ceasefire proposal it received through mediators....
Two motifs symbolising fascism set on fire
An unidentified youth set fire to two motifs crafted for the upcoming Bengali New Year鈥檚 Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University early Saturday.
27,000 absent on first day
The Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations began on Thursday across the country while a total of 26,928 candidates were absent and 22 candidates were expelled on the first day...
FSCD celebrates 44th founding anniv
The Fire Service and Civil Defence Department celebrated the 44th founding anniversary on Wednesday...
20 killed in China nursing home fire
Twenty people have died in a fire at a nursing home in northern China鈥檚 Hebei province, Beijing鈥檚 state news agency Xinhua said Wednesday...
Firefighters battle major Paris inferno
A major fire broke out in Paris on Monday close to a new court complex designed by Renzo Piano, sending smoke across the city and prompting authorities to urge the public to stay away from the zone...
Woman dies in Bagerhat building fire
A woman died and several others injured as a fire broke out in a five-storey commercial building in Chitalmari upazila of Bagerhat Monday morning...
Elderly man dies in Old Dhaka fire
A 65-year-old man died and 17 others suffered injuries in a fire that broke out on the ground floor of a five-storey building in Dhaka鈥檚 Nazimuddin Road early Monday...
One killed, several injured in Old Dhaka building fire
A 65-year-old man was killed and seven others were injured after a fire broke out on the ground floor of a five-storey building in Dhaka鈥檚 Nazimuddin Road area on early Monday...
Smoking by passengers blamed for train fire
The Bangladesh Railway鈥檚 probe committee has put down a recent fire incident on a commuter train to smoking by unidentified passengers...
Video shows last minutes before Gaza aid workers鈥� deaths: Red Crescent
A video recovered from the cellphone of an aid worker killed in Gaza alongside other rescuers shows their final moments, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, with clearly marked ambulances and emergency lights flashing as heavy gunfire erupts...
Shahbagh flower market damaged in fire, no casualty reported
A fire broke out at the Shahbagh flower market in Dhaka on Saturday night...
Nepal capital chokes as wildfires rage
Nepal鈥檚 capital was blanketed in acrid smog Thursday as wildfires across the country pushed air pollution levels to among the worst in the world.
Train services disrupted as commuter train catches fire
Rail communications between Dhaka and Mymensingh halted for about two hours after a fire broke out in a commuter train in the Sripur area in Gazipur on Thursday morning.
Myanmar junta declares quake ceasefire, survivors plead for aid
Myanmar鈥檚 junta announced a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday as the death toll from a devastating earthquake rose and desperate survivors pleaded for more help amid frantic scenes of aid distribution...