Mining: ‘A Question of Life or Death’
STOCKHOLM, Apr 18 2019 (IPS) – The mining industry is one of the world’s most dangerous…
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Probe over Titumir student Rajib killing deferred
Dhaka, April 18 – A Dhaka court Thursday directed Shahbagh Police Station to submit probe…
8 people killed in Joypurhat bus plunge
Joypurhat, Apr 12 (UNB) – At least eight people, including three children, were killed and…
8 people killed in Joypurhat bus plunge
Joypurhat, Apr 12 (UNB) – At least eight people, including three children, were killed and…
Two sons of Wahed Mansion owner on remand
Dhaka, April 8 – A Dhaka court on Monday granted seven days’ remand to two…
Factory bus plunges into monsoon drain in Malaysia: 10 dead
SEPANG: Ten people were killed as the factory bus they were in plunged into a…
Mother, 3 kids burned in Dhaka kitchen gas cylinder blast
Dhaka, Apr 6 (UNB) – A woman and her three children sustained burn injuries in…
Fire at Chattagong super shop burns valuables
Chattogram, Apr 6 (UNB) – A fire broke out at a super shop in Kazir…
Bus overturns killing 5 in northern BD district of Gaibandha
Gaibandha, Apr 6 (UNB) – At least five bus people were killed and 15 others…
Fire at Dhaka’s Baridhara, Shantinagar residential buildings doused
Dhaka, Apr 4 – Two incidents of fire were reported at two residential buildings in…
Police seek 10-day remand for Wahed Mansion owner
Dhaka, April 04 – City’s Chawkbazar Police on Thursday sought a 10-day remand for quizzing…
Fire burns 25 shops in BD Capital Dhaka’s Khilgaon
Dhaka, Apr 4 (UNB) – At least 25 shops were gutted in a fire that…
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…
Buriganga boat capsize death toll rises to 5
Keraniganj, April 2 (UNB) –The body of the boatman, who went missing in a boat…
BD High Court asks for report on highrise building fire
Dhaka, April 01 – The High Court (HC)on Monday directed the authorities concerned to submit…
Houses, shops gutted in Gazipur fire incidents near Dhaka
Gazipur, Apr 1 (UNB) –At least three houses, five shops and a sweater factory were…
PM Hasina orders yearly clearance for Dhaka high-rises
Dhaka, Apr 1 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday came up with a…
3 including female Ansar missing as trawler sinks in Meghna
Munshiganj, Mar 31 – A presiding officer, a policeman and a female Ansar member went…
Dhaka South Mayor asks for demolishing illegal building
Dhaka, March 31 – Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon yesterday challenged…
Dhaka highrise fire: Arrested building owners on remand
Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNB) – A court here on Sunday placed Faruk Hossain, land owner…
Dhaka South City Mayor suspects sabotage in fire incidents
Dhaka, Mar 30 – Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon on Saturday directed the…
BNP slams govt for ‘failure’ to modernise fire service
Dhaka, Mar 30 – BNP on Saturday alleged that the government has failed to modernise…
B Chy for judicial commission to probe fire incidents
Dhaka, Mar 30 – President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on…
221 shops gutted in Gulshan DNCC kitchen market fire
Dhaka, Mar 30 – Just two days after a major fire in the Dhaka’s Banani…
Dhaka highrise fire death toll climbs to 25
Dhaka, Mar 29 (UNB) – The death toll from the devastating fire at FR Tower…
Dr Kamal for national commission to ensure building safety
Dhaka, Mar 29 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday suggested formation…
It’s no accident, but killing: BD minister about highrise fire
Dhaka, Mar 29 (UNB) – Terming the Banani fire a killing incident not any accident,…
Dhaka highrise fire survivors narrate tales of horror
Dhaka, Mar 29 – It was impossible to see anything as there was a dark…
Dhaka high rise inferno: Four probe bodies formed
Dhaka, Mar 28 – Four committees have been formed to investigate the deadly fire incident…
Dhaka inferno victims either suffocated or fell to their deaths
Dhaka, Mar 28 – None of the victims of the horrific fire at FR Tower…