Fire on Naryangonj

Fire on Dis and Internet cable

BRDB fire doused

The fire, which broke out at the Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) Bhaban in the capital's Karwan Bazar area Sunday afternoon, was taken under control.

30 shanties, a dozen shops gutted in fire

A fire gutted 30 shanties at a slum in South Begunbari while 16 shops and business establishments burnt down in Mirpur in the capital yesterday. At least 10 people, including women and children, were injured in the fire incident at South Begunbari.

3 of a family burnt to death in N’ganj fire

Three members of a family were killed and 40 houses were gutted in a fierce fire at Rallybagan slam of Tanbazar area here early today (Thursday). The deceased were identified as Moni Rani, 25, her son Kishore Chandra, 4, and her mother Mono Rani, 55.

'Old high-rises' causing fire fatalities

Residents of Dhaka's older high-rise buildings, constructed before 2007, are more likely to fall prey to fire due to poor ventilation and lack of proper exits, officials said Saturday as a blaze in the capital claimed one life.

1 dies, 11 injured as Malibagh building catches fire

At least one person died and 11 others were injured after a fire swept through some floors of a 12-storey building near city's Malibagh intersection Saturday afternoon. The fire originating in the ground floor broke out around 3:15 and spread at Shahjalal Complex.

1,000 shanties burnt in city fire

A devastating fire at Wireless Rail Gate Slum in Moghbazar destroyed about a 1,000 shanties, leaving about 5,000 people homeless, early on Sunday. Slum-dweller Aleya Begum, 32, died after being hit by a speeding train when she was running helter-skelter near the rail track to save herself from the spreading fire.

Convict Maj Mohiuddin's house set a fire

Several hundred locals allegedly set fire to the house of Bangabandhu murder case convict Maj AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed at Galachipa in Patuakhali after the final verdict was delivered yesterday.

Two probe bodies formed: Fire still burning at NCTB warehouse

The fire was burning at the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) warehouse in the capital's Tejgaon industrial area till the time of writing this report at 9 PM yesterday about 37 hours after it broke out on Sunday morning. Director Operations of Fire Service Major Sheikh Mohammad Shajalal who was on the spot talking to this correspondent in the evening said 50 Fire Service personnel were engaged in the fire fighting job.