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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Spain suffers third wildfire death
Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city Patras as an unrelenting heatwave stoked tinderbox conditions in southern Europe...
Bangladeshis along border under threat as Assam to give arms licence to indigenous people
The decision of the government of the Indian state of Assam to provide licences for firearms to its inhabitants and indigenous people living near the Bangladesh border has raised security concerns for the people living in the bordering area in Bangladesh, according to security experts...
Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes Europe
Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe...
Wildfires rage in Albania as heatwave grips Balkans
Wildfires forced evacuations and reportedly destroyed several homes in Albania, as firefighters battled blazes across the country on Monday.
Spanish firefighters struggle to contain blaze at Roman-era site
Firefighters in northwestern Spain struggled on Monday to contain a wildfire that damaged a Roman-era mining site and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate.
Turkey fires close busy shipping route
Wildfires in Turkey forced authorities to suspend shipping in the busy Dardanelles Strait and evacuate hundreds of people on Friday as firefighters battled the blazes, officials said...
Firefighters battle huge blaze in France
Firefighters have contained a massive wildfire in southern France but local officials warned on Sunday that scorching heat and dry conditions could reignite the blaze, as parts of the Mediterranean region face a heatwave.
Firefighters battle blaze near Athens for 2nd day
Hundreds of firefighters battled a deadly wildfire near Athens for a second day Saturday, with strong winds raising fears it could spread.
France seeks to 鈥榮tabilise鈥� wildfire raging in south
French firefighters said Thursday they were hoping to halt the country鈥檚 biggest wildfire this summer that has left one person dead and destroyed several thousand hectares of land and dozens of homes in the south...
One killed, nine injured in France wildfire
Hundreds of firefighters on Wednesday battled to halt the spread of a wildfire in southern France that has scorched a vast area, killed one person and injured nine others...
Natural disasters caused $135b in economic losses in first half of 2025
Natural disasters caused $135 billion in economic losses globally in the first half of 2025, fuelled by the Los Angeles wildfires, Swiss Re said Wednesday...
Fresh sectarian clashes in south Syria kill four
Renewed sectarian clashes in southern Syria鈥檚 Druze-majority Sweida province killed at least four people on Sunday, a war monitor said, in the first deadly incident since a ceasefire last month...
When earth speaks in fire, flood
IN A world already fraying at the seams with endless wars, deepening divisions, and mounting anxieties, something far more ancient and ominous seems to be stirring 鈥� something that does not come draped in ideology or diplomacy. Nature, the most silent of all forces, seems to be shouting now. And her voice is one of flames, floods, quakes, and storms...
Market catches fire at Gulistan in Dhaka
A fire broke out at Sundarban Square Market in Gulistan area of the capital on Saturday...
