Fire at Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar; 50 houses gutted
Cox’s Bazar, Apr 24 (UNB)- Around 50 houses were gutted as a fire broke out…
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Dhaka highrise fire sparked by short-circuit: Govt Minister
Dhaka, Apr 16 (UNB) – An electric short-circuit on the eighth floor of FR Tower…
Is climate changing: Reflections on a 1977-story
I zoomed back 42 years into the past as I was looking at my new…
2 owners of fire-ravaged Dhaka highrise sent to jail
Dhaka, April 8 – A Dhaka court on Monday sent the two owners of FR…
Fireman Sohel Rana dies giving space to those threatened by fire
Dhaka, April 08 – The brave heart Sohel Rana who succumbed to his injuries in…
Dhaka highrise fire: Injured firefighter dies in Singapore
Dhaka, Apr 8 (UNB) – Firefighter Sohel Rana, who sustained severe injuries during Banani FR…
China says lightning caused forest fire that killed 31
Beijing, Apr 6 (AP/UNB) — Lighting sparked a forest fire in mountainous western China last…
Builders, users of buildings must ensure fire safety: Hasina
Dhaka, Apr 5 (UNB)— The people who construct buildings and use them should ensure that…
Millions of BD children at risk from climate crisis: Unicef
More than 19 million children in Bangladesh are at risk from devastating floods, cyclones and…
Thousands missing in Mozambique following Cyclone Idai
Strong winds, heavy rains, and massive flooding caused by Cyclone Idai two weeks ago have left a…
90 pc Dhaka buildings have no fire safety provision: Survey
Dhaka, April 03 – After the deadly fire at Banani’s FR tower the government agencies…
Chawkbazar fire: Manson owner’s 2 sons sent to jail
Dhaka, April 2 (UNB) – A court here on Tuesday sent two sons of the…
Cyclone Idai: Time to reassess disaster management
HARARE, Mar 28 2019 (IPS) – It was one of the worst tropical cyclones hit Southern…
3 including female Ansar missing as trawler sinks in Meghna
Munshiganj, Mar 31 – A presiding officer, a policeman and a female Ansar member went…
Highrise fire likely from electric short circuit: Probe body
Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNB) – The probe committee formed by the Home and Disaster Management…
Dhaka highrise devastated by fire declared unusable
Dhaka, March 31 –The FR Tower, where a deadly blaze on last Thursday killed 26…
Lightning kills four in BD as volatile transition to summer begins
Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNB) – Four people, including two minor sisters, were killed in separate…
Dhaka highrise fire: BNP accuses govt of shifting blame
Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNB) – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday…
Nor’wester kills 3, causes traffic chaos in BD capital Dhaka
Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNB) – At least three people were killed as a nor’wester coupled…
Owner of fire disaster-hit Dhaka-highrise held
Dhaka, Mar 30 (UNB) – Detectives detained BNP leader Tasveer Ul Islam, owner of the…
First city fully ravaged by climate change tries to rebuild
MAPUTO, Mar 29 2019 (IPS) – The city of Dondo, about 30 kilometres from Beira, central…
Dhaka highrise fire survivors narrate tales of horror
Dhaka, Mar 29 (UNB) – It was not possible to see anything as there was…
The EU Del expresses deep condolence at loss of life in fire
“The Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh expresses its deep condolences for the loss…
Dhaka highrise fire survivors narrate tales of horror
Dhaka, Mar 29 – It was impossible to see anything as there was a dark…
At least 19 dead in Banani FR Tower Fire in Dhaka
Dhaka, Mar 28 (UNB) – The death toll from the devastating fire at FR Tower…
No way to defend ourselves against climate change
PARAMARIBO, Feb 21 2019 (IPS) – Two of the most prominent women in the Caribbean nation…
Gender gap in disaster risk management: Why it matters
Submitted by Caren Grown, co-authors: Cristina Otano Over the past decade, the practice of disaster…
Untimely rain damages raw bricks in Satkhira brick kilns
Satkhira, Mar 2 – Untimely rain for last four days in the district damaged huge…
Dhaka South City Corpn cuts off utility lines to warehouses
Dhaka, Feb 28 – Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) authorities in separate drive cut off…
Hailstorm kills ‘several thousand birds’ in Narail
Narail, Feb 27 (UNB) – Several thousand birds, mostly migratory birds, were killed in ‘Anurima…