Fire safety concerns persists as hundreds of readymade garment factories across Bangladesh continue operating without government licences or trade body affiliation, exposing thousands of workers to life-threatening hazards.
A massive fire that broke out at the Chattogram Export Processing Zone on Thursday afternoon spread throughout the building as firefighters struggled to contain the blaze.
Different organisations, including rights bodies, on Wednesday protested at the fire at a garment factory and its adjacent chemical warehouse at Shialbari in the capital鈥檚 Mirpur area on Tuesday, which claimed at least 16 lives.
Dozens of troops and civilians were killed in a fresh round of border skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials on both sides of the frontier said, hours before Islamabad said the two sides had agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire.
Fire Service and Civil Defence officials said that they could not enter the chemical warehouse at Shialbari of Rupanagar in the capital鈥檚 Mirpur area until Wednesday evening for conducting search operation as the fire could not be doused even after 30 hours.
At least 20 people were killed after a bus caught fire while travelling in the western Indian state of Rajasthan on Tuesday, local media reports and officials said...
At least 16 people were killed in a fire at a garment factory and its adjacent chemical warehouse in the Rupnagar Residential Area of Shialbari in the capital鈥檚 Mirpur area on Tuesday.
At least nine people were killed and one other was injured in a devastating fire that broke out at a chemical warehouse and a garment factory in the Shialbari area of Mirpur, Dhaka, on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump on Monday hailed a 鈥榯remendous day for the Middle East鈥� after he and regional leaders signed a declaration to formalise a Gaza ceasefire, following a major exchange of hostages and prisoners between Israel and Hamas.
All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
Seven workers of a lead making factory sustained burns when a fire broke out at the factory in Panchdona area of Sadar upazila in Narsingdi district on Sunday...
Israel said on Thursday that all parties had signed the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, adding that the release of the captives would 鈥榖ring the end to this war鈥�...
Israel said Thursday that all parties have signed the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, in a major step to end a war that has killed tens of thousands of people.
A bus was set on fire on Monday in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj following the death of a man...
A fire broke out at a ready-made garment factory in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on Monday...
Four members of a family, including two children, sustained burn injuries in a fire at their flat in Basurhat Municipality of Companiganj upazila, Noakhali, on Wednesday night...
South Korea鈥檚 prime minister apologized Saturday after a fire at a state data center disrupted hundreds of government online services, including the post office and emergency response systems.
A firefighter, who sustained severe burns while battling a fire at a chemical warehouse on September 22 in Tongi, died in the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka on Saturday.
A fire broke out at the Ghorashal Thermal Power Plant in Polash upazila of Narsingdi on early Thursday, damaging a transformer and disrupting power supply for several hours...
Another firefighter who had sustained burn injuries in an explosion at a chemical warehouse in Tongi died at National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital on Wednesday...
A firefighter, who suffered severe burns while battling a fire at a chemical warehouse at Tongi in Gazipur on Monday, died at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon.
At least five people, including four members of the fire service and civil defence, sustained burn injuries while trying to douse a fire that broke out at a chemical warehouse in Tongi of Gazipur Monday afternoon.
A massive fire on Saturday morning destroyed eight shops at the Road Market in Thakurgaon municipality, causing an estimated loss of Tk 65鈥�70 lakh.
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...
At least 10 people sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in Chattogram鈥檚 Chandanaish upazila Wednesday morning...
Border Guard Bangladesh urged citizens to extend cooperation by sharing information to prevent the infiltration of illegal firearms into the country...
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...
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...
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...
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.
