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....
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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...
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...
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...
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...