Hamas on Friday said it was ready to free an Israeli-American hostage and the remains of four other dual nationals, after the Palestinian militants and Israel gathered for indirect Gaza ceasefire talks.
A fire that broke out in Dhaka鈥檚 Mohakhali Sattola Slum on early Wednesday was brought under control after about two hours of relentless efforts...
Ukraine on Tuesday backed a US proposal for a 30-day general ceasefire with Russia, with the United States in turn agreeing to lif restrictions on military aid and intelligence sharing, a joint statement said.
Parts of Dhaka district faced a power outage for about two hours on Tuesday morning as the national grid collapsed with one of its critical substations in Aminbazar going up in flames.
Kyiv will propose an aerial and naval ceasefire with Russia during talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia this week, a Ukrainian official said on Monday as president Volodymyr Zelensky was due to arrive in the kingdom...
A DEPLORABLE failure of urban waste governance has left large parts of southern Dhaka cloaked in toxic smoke for more than two weeks, as a fire at the Matuail landfill continues to spread palls of toxic smoke across densely populated neighbourhoods such as Jurain, Jatrabari, Sayedabad and Maniknagar. The...
A fire broke out at the generator room of the Liberation War Museum in the capital on Monday morning...
A school boy died of smoke inhalation in a fire that broke out in a neighbouring building at Gani Haji house of east Dabua village under Raozan upazila of Chattogram early Sunday...
More than 50 freed Israeli hostages urged prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fully implement the Gaza ceasefire deal and secure the release of those still held in the Palestinian territory.
Hamas said on Thursday that Donald Trump鈥檚 threats would encourage Israel to disregard the fragile ceasefire, after the US president said that unless hostages are freed, the people of Gaza would be 鈥楧EAD鈥�...
A fire that broke out at a slum in Bhasantek area of Dhaka on Thursday morning was brought under control after half an hour of efforts...
A fire broke out at the Shahi Masjid slum in the capital鈥檚 Gabtoli area on early Thursday, destroying over 150 shanties before it was brought under control after more than an hour...
YET another fire that broke out in a hotel, housed in a multi-use six-storey building, at Shahjadpur in Dhaka on March 3, leaving four boarders dead, brings to the fore some issues that relevant authorities have ignored for years. The authorities appear to be waking up to reality after every such fire but they forget to continue to act on the issues soon after the furore...
Bangladesh has substantially increased coal-fired power generation over the last several days as temperature starts rising with the arrival of warmest time of the year鈥攖hree-month-long pre-monsoon season.
More than 2,000 firefighters are battling Japan鈥檚 biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday, as some 4,600 residents remain under an evacuation advisory.
Four people were killed as a six-storey multi-use building in the capital鈥檚 Shahjadpur area caught fire on Monday.
Israel said on Sunday that it was suspending the entry of supplies into Gaza, with deadly attacks reported in the territory after it and Hamas hit an impasse over how to proceed with their fragile ceasefire...
Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed the Kurdistan Workers鈥� Party leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle.
Hamas will hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday in what it said would be an exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, capping the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal...
ISRAEL and the聽Palestinian聽movement Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement on January 15, bringing a pause to Israel鈥檚 ruthless 15-month onslaught on the enclave that killed more than 48,000 Palestinians. The agreement came ino force on January 19. On January 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president. On January 7, the president-elect Donald Trump...
The fire that raged through the fourth and fifth floors of a multi-storyed building in Purana Paltan area in Dhaka on early Wednesday was brought under control after two hours of efforts...
Gaza鈥檚 fragile five-week truce faces a major hurdle with Israel鈥檚 refusal to release Palestinian prisoners, but analysts say the ceasefire is likely to hold as Washington pushes for its extension.
The local administration in Rangamati has discouraged tourists from visiting the fire-ravaged Sajek Valley for safety reasons...
At least 30 resorts and cottages were burnt to ashes in a massive fire which broke out at Sajek, a popular tourist spot in Rangamati鈥檚 Baghaichhari upazila, on Monday.
A fire broke out at the fifth floor of the six-storey Munshiganj General Hospital on Sunday night...
Several hundred people became homeless and a sawmill and about 20 motor garages were burnt in two fire incidents at Karail slum and Khilgaon in the capital of Friday night and early Saturday.
A fire broke out at a sawmill in Taltaola intersection area of Khilgaon in Dhaka on Friday.
At least 12 shops were gutted in a fire at a local market in Matlab Dakshin upazila of Chandpur early Friday, said Fire Service.
SINCE January 20, 2025, the world has closely watched the exchange of captives between Israel and Hamas. This ceasefire 鈥� despite its fragility and Israel鈥檚 repeated violations 鈥� took effect on January 19, 2025. It marks a critical moment that underscores the immense physical and psychological toll the genocide has inflicted on both sides. The first swap saw 3 Israelis...
A five-year-old girl died as fire gutted a house at West Sukhdeb village under Rajarhat in Kurigram on Friday....