Greece battles deadly wildfire for third day
Greek emergency services battled a massive wildfire threatening Athens for a third day on Tuesday after finding the first victim and thousands of people were kept away from their homes by the flames.
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UK probes Amazon partnership with AI firm Anthropic
Britain鈥檚 competition regulator on Friday said it had launched an inquiry into a partnership between US e-commerce giant Amazon and Anthropic, an American developer of artificial intelligence...
Gunfire erupts as prisoners try to stage jailbreak in Chattogram
Gunfire erupted when a section of prisoners tried to escape from Chattogram Central Jail on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Six people killed in police firing in Habiganj
Six people were killed during a clash between the police and protesters in Baniachang upazila of Habiganj district on Monday amid the ongoing nationwide curfew.
Hawaii announces $4b settlement in wildfire lawsuits
A $4 billion settlement has been reached to end thousands of lawsuits filed in the wake of devastating wildfires on Maui nearly one year ago, the governor of Hawaii...
Byju鈥檚 avoids bankruptcy
An Indian appeals tribunal stopped bankruptcy proceedings against troubled educational technology firm Byju on Friday after the company agreed to settle a $19-million unpaid sponsorship debt owed to the country鈥檚 powerful cricket board...
One dies in police firing in Habiganj
A 28-year-old person was killed amid clashes between students and the police during a rally organised by Student Movement Against Discrimination in Habiganj on Friday afternoon.
The murder of Ismail Haniyeh
THE 62鈥搚ear-old chairman of Hamas鈥檚 Politburo, murdered during an official visit to Iran, was the organization鈥檚 chief negotiator in talks intended to produce a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages Hamas holds and Palestinian prisoners held in Israel鈥檚 jails...
Gunfire exchanged across Lebanon border amid calls for restraint
Israel and Hezbollah exchanged deadly fire on Tuesday, following a rocket attack from Lebanon on the Golan Heights that killed 12 children over the weekend and sent regional tensions soaring...
Many killed, hurt at home, workplaces during deadly protests in Bangladesh
Many ordinary people, including children, were killed and wounded at home and workplaces in allegedly indiscriminate firing by the security agencies on roads and in residential areas to disperse the clashing protesters from different locations in the capital as student protests for quota reform turned violent...
The injured must get proper treatment, mustn鈥檛 be harassed
BESIDES the death of at least 163 people in indiscriminate firing by law enforcement personnel during the student movement for reforms in government job quota, a few thousand people have been wounded, with many still in a critical condition in hospital. Many of the injured are reported to have lost their eyesight while many are at risks of losing eyesight...
Fire at Bangabandhu Hall of Rajshahi University
A fire broke out at Bangabandhu Hall of Rajshahi University (RU) on Tuesday afternoon during demonstrations of students demanding quota system reform.
At least 16 killed in China shopping centre fire
A fire that tore through a shopping centre in southwestern China has killed 16 people, state media reported Thursday.
Byju鈥檚 begins bankruptcy proceedings
An Indian tribunal began bankruptcy proceedings against troubled educational technology firm Byju鈥檚 on Tuesday over a $19 million unpaid sponsorship debt owed to the country鈥檚 powerful cricket board...
APBn member injured in ARSA members鈥� firing聽
An Armed Police Battalion member was injured in firing by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army at the Ukhia 4 Extension Rohingya Camp in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Sunday...
10 people killed in Uruguay nursing home fire
All 10 elderly residents of an Uruguayan nursing home died on Sunday after an early-morning fire from which the lone caretaker was the only person to escape, authorities said...
Three Bangladeshis die in factory fire in Saudi Arabia
Three Bangladeshis from Naogaon鈥檚 Atrai upazila have died in a factory fire in the Musaasa neighborhood of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia....
Thousands told to flee raging California wildfire
Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire rages out of control in northern California, with a swathe of the United States in the grip of a...
No toll for fire service vehicles: HC
The High Court on Monday directed not to collect tolls from Fire Service vehicles on expressways, highways, important bridges, ferries and roads...
Greece fighting dozens of wildfires braces for worse to come
A large wildfire broke out southeast of Athens on Sunday afternoon, amid warnings that the worst of the summer heat is yet to come.
3 killed in Ctg market fire
At least three people were killed and two others injured in a fire that broke out at Mohammadiya Plaza in the Riazuddin Bazar area under Kotwali police station in...
Fire in freight train disrupts services on Chattogram route
Rail communications between Chattogram and the rest of the country were disrupted for three hours after a fire broke out in the locomotive of a goods train in the...
Money realisation suit against ex-First Finance Limited MD Tuhin Reza rejected
A Dhaka court on Wednesday rejected a suit filed by First Finance Limited, a non-banking financial institution, against its former additional managing director Tuhin Reza for realisation money of Tk 18.50 lakh, he allegedly approved, as advanced withdrawal...
One dies in Buriganga trawler fire
One person was burnt to death and another went missing after a goods-carrying trawler caught fire in the Buriganga River in Narayanganj鈥檚 Fatullah area on Wednesday afternoon...
Gazipur jhut warehouse damaged in fire
A fire erupted at a jhut (unused fabric) warehouse of Shahida Apparels, a readymade garment factory, in the Ambagh area of Konabari in Gazipur on early Sunday...
Nine killed in hospital fire in northern Iran
At least nine patients died on Tuesday when a fire tore through a hospital in Iran's northern city of Rasht, state media said....
Indian relatives grieve as bodies of 45 Kuwait fire victims return
Grieving families kept a solemn vigil in the terminal of an Indian airport on Friday as the bodies of dozens of migrant workers killed in a Kuwait building fire returned home...
Kuwait makes arrests over deadly fire as Indian families mourn
Kuwaiti authorities said on Thursday three people had been detained for suspected manslaughter over a building fire that killed 50 foreign workers, mostly Indians, and plunged relatives and friends into mourning...
Child鈥檚 body recovered from Chaktai canal
The body of a child was recovered from Chaktai Canal near Karnaphuli River on Wednesday morning after two children went missing there on Tuesday in the port city...