-- 2019-02-22 13:07:22
Jatiya Oikyafront's public hearing on the 'irregularities' in the 11th parliamentary election began in the city on Friday morning. The programme, which began at the Supreme Court Bar Association audi...
-- 2019-02-22 12:58:45
The authorities have dug 85 graves at the burial ground in Dhaka’s Azimpur for those killed in a fire at Chawkbazar. Burial of the victims started after the Dhaka Medical College Hospital autho...
-- 2019-02-22 12:42:21
The Brazilian government has expressed condolences to Bangladesh over the Chawkbazar fire which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries. The Brazilian government took note with deep regret of the f...
-- 2019-02-22 12:10:06
A case was filed in connection with the deadly fire at Chawkbazar area in Old Dhaka that left 67 people dead. Additional deputy commissioner Md Kamal Hossain said the case was filed with Chawkbazar p...
-- 2019-02-22 11:49:59
Police, in special drives arrested 61 suspects from eight upazilas of Satkhira district in the last 12-hour period ending at 8:00am on Friday morning. Sources with the district police said they were...
-- 2019-02-22 11:45:00
Two suspected drug pedlars were killed in shootouts between their cohorts and police in Mymensingh and Khulna districts in the early hours of Friday. In Mymensingh, Abdur Rashid, 50, a listed drug pe...
-- 2019-02-22 11:02:24
Russian President Vladimir Putin, India, the US and the UK have expressed their condolences over the loss of lives in a fire in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar. Many people are still missing after a dev...
-- 2019-02-22 10:47:47
The Dhaka Medical College Hospital authorities have handed over bodies of 46 victims of Chawkbazar fire to their families. Doctor Sohel Mahmood, who heads the hospital’s forensic department, to...
-- 2019-02-22 10:26:01
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today requested the judges to deliver the verdicts of lawsuits in Bangla taking into consideration the poor knowledge of most of the litigants in the foreign language. &l...
-- 2019-02-22 10:12:40
Nine years ago, an investigation committee, formed by the home ministry in the aftermath of the fire that ravaged Old Dhaka’s Nimtali, in its report on June 15, 2010 made 17 recommendations to p...
-- 2019-02-22 09:36:40
Many people are still missing after a devastating fire killed at least 67 people in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar. Relatives crowded the Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday to find their missin...
-- 2019-02-21 20:32:43
The fatal fire at Dhaka’s Chawkbazar was caused by an explosion of a gas cylinder, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun has said. The minister made the claim while speaking to the med...
-- 2019-02-21 19:54:07
A total of 36 deceased, out of 81 killed in the devastating fire at a chemical warehouse in the city’s Chawkbazar area, were identified as of Thursday evening. Relatives identified them at the...
-- 2019-02-21 18:16:45
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon on Thursday said no chemical godown will be allowed in the old part of the capital. “The ongoing drive for the eviction of chem...
-- 2019-02-21 15:54:28
BNP on Thursday blamed the government's mismanagement and irresponsibility for the loss of huge lives in fire at a chemical warehouse in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka. "The government has failed to de...
-- 2019-02-21 14:57:56
After fifteen hours of effort, the rescue operation in the ruins of a massive fire at Old Dhaka has come to an end. South Dhaka Mayor Sayeed Khokon made the announcement at 1:00 pm Thursday. Fire se...
FE Online Desk 2019-02-21 13:47:11
All the nine people, who are now taking treatment at the burn unit of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after suffering burns in Old Dhaka’s Chalkbazar, are in a 'critical' condition...
-- 2019-02-21 13:01:03
The Ministry of Labour will give Tk 100,000 in compensation each to the families of the workers killed in the fire at Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar, while the workers injured in the blaze will receive...
FE Online Desk 2019-02-21 12:40:51
The work on removing chemical warehouses from the old part of Dhaka city should start right now, Inspector General of Police Javed Patwary has said. Police will also have a role in this, but, prior t...
FE Online Desk 2019-02-21 12:24:07
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed profound shock at the loss of lives of many people in a fire in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka. They conveyed sympathy to the ber...
-- 2019-02-21 10:51:26
In 2010 there were numerous calls for chemical warehouses to be removed from Old Dhaka because of their role in the fire that tore through Old Dhaka’s Nimtali. But little was done, and now, nine...
-- 2019-02-21 10:30:16
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed profound shock at the loss of lives of many people in a fire in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka. The prime minister asked all concerned authorities for proper...
-- 2019-02-21 10:01:27
The nation is paying rich tributes to the martyrs of the 1952 historic Language Movement with the clock striking 00.01am on Thursday, marking 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyrs’ Day and Intern...
-- 2019-02-21 09:13:19
At least 81 people were killed and around 41 others injured in a devastating fire that broke out at a chemical warehouse and raged through four other adjacent buildings in the city’s Chawkbazar...
Our Correspondent 2019-02-21 00:42:20
RANGPUR, Feb 20: Onion plants at different areas in Rangpur agriculture region are growing well, signaling a good yield of the crop this season. Sources said the prospect of the crops is bright in th...
Our Correspondent 2019-02-21 00:41:38
BOGURA, Feb 20: Commercial duck rearing is gaining ground in village areas of the district as a good number of poor farmers have attained self-reliance from the venture. The district livestock office...
Roving Correspondent 2019-02-21 00:40:48
NATORE, Feb 20: Beekeepers in Chalan Beel area of Pabna, Natore and Sirajganj districts have made a profit over Tk 280 million this season. More than 810 beekeepers of the area were involved with the...
-- 2019-02-20 21:30:04
A man was stabbed to death by a youth at Kamrangirchar in the city on Wednesday morning over the alleged illicit relationship with his mother. The deceased was identified as Md Helal, 40, hailing fro...
-- 2019-02-20 21:28:52
The Election Commission has set Mar 31 as the voting day for the fourth phase of the Upazila polls. Voting will be held in 122 Upazilas in that phase, Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed...
-- 2019-02-20 20:55:25
Three complaints were lodged with a Thakurgaon court on Wednesday over the firing by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) that killed three people at Bahrampur in Haripur upazila. Lawyer Md Manik Ali said v...
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