Can the Gaza ceasefire work?
NINE months into Israel鈥檚 genocidal war in Gaza, the UN Security Council has finally endorsed a ceasefire plan that promises to end hostilities in the occupied territory...
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Fire kills 49 in Kuwait building housing foreign workers
A fire killed 49 people in Kuwait when it ripped through a building housing nearly 200 foreign workers on Wednesday, the government said, reports Agence France-Presse...
Blinken in Israel to push Gaza ceasefire plan
US secretary of state Antony Blinken landed in Israel on Monday to promote a Gaza truce and hostage release plan as Israeli bombardment again rocked the Palestinian territory...
Woman killed as gas cylinder explodes in Bhola ice factory
An elderly woman was killed and two others including a child fell sick inhaling ammonia gas after a gas cylinder exploded in an ice factory in Bhola鈥檚 Daulatkhan upazila Saturday evening.....
Fire service launches hotline number 102
A new 3-digit hotline number, 102, has been launched experimentally at the Dhaka central control room of the Fire Service and Civil Defence....
Shocking delay in ensuring legal accountability for Nimtali fire
IT HAS been 14 years since a fire at a chemical warehouse at Nimtali in the Old Town of Dhaka killed 124 people, but no action has been taken against those responsible for the fire. On the anniversary of the deadly fire on June 2, the National Human Rights Commission issued a statement expressing frustration at the failure of the police to investigate the fire...
Firefighters closing parade held
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday urged the newly appointed firefighters and divers to be engaged in service by keeping the standard of discipline...
FBCCI calls on businesses to prevent substandard fire safety tools supply
The country鈥檚 apex trade body Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Sunday urged businesses to prevent and regulate the supply of substandard fire safety equipment on the market聽to ensure safety of residential, commercial and industrial establishments...
Fire again destroys 200 Rohingya shelters
A devastating fire once again raged in the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox鈥檚 Bazar to destroy nearly 200 shelters and other facilities, in a gap of...
Fire service worker electrocuted in Khagrachari
A fire service worker lost his life while cutting uprooted trees on a road in the Alutila area of Khagrachari on Monday night...
Hospital boss arrested after six babies die in India fire
Indian police said on Monday they had arrested a doctor and the owner of an unlicensed hospital where six newborn babies died in a fire in a crowded ward without fire exits...
Six newborns dead in fire at India baby hospital
Six newborn babies have died after a fire tore through a children鈥檚 hospital in the Indian capital, with people charging into the flames to rescue the infants, police said on Sunday...
India amusement park fire leaves 27 dead
Four young children were among 27 people killed when a fire in India ripped through a crowded amusement park, police said, as rescuers on Sunday scoured the site the morning after the blaze......
20 dead in fire at gaming zone in India
Twenty people have died in the massive fire that broke out at a gaming zone in Gujarat鈥檚 Rajkot on Saturday evening, said officials. A relief and rescue operation is...
Fire burns workers鈥� colony in Gazipur
Scores of houses were burnt in a fire that broke out at a blue-collar workers鈥� colony at Kaliakair in Gazipur on Friday.
Fire destroys 250 Rohingya shelters
A fire in the Rohingya camp in Cox鈥檚 Bazar鈥檚 Ukhia on Friday destroyed nearly 250 shelters and other facilities, authorities said.
Two fires break out in city
Two fires broke out in separate places in the capital on Saturday morning.
Fire at Hotel La Vinci under control
A fire that broke out at a hotel near Karwan Bazar kitchen market in the capital on Saturday was brought under control at about 10:40am...
Fire at Faridpur Medical College Hospital
A fire that broke out at the store room of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital in Faridpur was doused...
Microbus catches fire on Dhaka Elevated Expressway
A microbus caught fire on Dhaka Elevated Expressway in front of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday...
More than 50 houses burnt in Gazipur fire
Several markets and more than 50 tin-roof houses were burnt in a fire in Bhogra bypass area in Gazipur city on early Thursday...
Early forest fires prompt evacuations in Canada
Thousands of people fled their homes on Sunday in western Canada as hundreds of wildfires beginning earlier than usual portend a difficult...
Probe body finds no involvement of two workers in Faridpur temple fire
The 7-member body formed to probe the lynching of two construction workers following a fire in a temple at Panchapalli of Madhukhali upazila in Faridpur on...
Elderly woman burnt to death in Magura fire
An elderly woman was burnt to death as her house caught fire at village Charpara of Mohammadpur upazila in Magura district on Sunday night...
One killed by Russian fire in Ukraine
Ukraine said on Tuesday that one person was killed by Russian artillery fire in Sumy, an eastern border region that officials in Kyiv have said Russia could try to seize...
Sundarbans fire doused after three days
Fire that broke out in the Amurbunia area at Chandpai range of the Sundarbans East Zone on Saturday doused fully Monday night as rain washed the...
Fire in Sunderbans
IN THE last 22 years, there have been 24 fire incidents in the Sunderbans, the world heritage known as the lungs or heart of Bangladesh. Of the four ranges of the Sunderbans, only the Sharankhola and Chandpai ranges are alleged to be set on fire every year..
Sundarbans fire yet to be fully doused
Fire that broke out in the Amurbunia area at Chandpai range of the Sundarbans East Zone on Saturday could not be doused fully on Monday...
Fire in Sundarbans yet to be doused
Fire that broke out in the Amurbunia area at Chandpai range of the Sundarbans East Zone on Saturday could not be doused on Sunday as it spread over more than two square kilometers are in the mangrove forest in the meantime...
Operation to put out Sunderbans fire resumed on Sunday morning
Firefighting efforts resumed on Sunday morning in the Sunderbans East Zone鈥檚 Amurbunia area, following a fire that erupted on Saturday...