Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday bemoaned that there was no fire exit in the multi-storey building that caught fire on Bailey Road leaving dozens dead.

“Where’s the emergency exit? where’s the emergency exit?” people were shouting all around.

A 65-year-old man was burned to death in a house fire in Badalgachhi upazila of Naogaon early yesterday.

A fire broke out in an under-construction cold storage building in Chattogram yesterday.

“Fire! Fire!”

A phone call, followed by an everlasting silence.

Whenever there is a devastating blaze threatening the lives of people, the ones everyone looks to for saving the day are the fire service and civil defence personnel.

It was a leap day on Thursday, and many decided to celebrate the day that comes every four years with dreams and promises to be in a better place in life when the next one arrives.

Classes, labwork, exams -- Lamisha Islam was supposed to be worrying about these today while living a life full of potential amongst her friends and family.

A check-up with the dentist. This is why Lutfun Nahar Lucky, a 47-year-old senior teacher at Viqarunnisa Noon School & College left home on Thursday night. She was accompanied by her daughter Jannatin Tazri, 23, a student of BRAC University.

Only 18 days separated Syed Mobarak Hossain from his dream of taking his family to Italy, where he worked. After years of struggle as a Bangladeshi expatriate, everything was finally falling into place:

Around 11:30pm, there were murmurs of one death. By then, the fire had been burning for over an hour.

A fire that broke out at a restaurant’s kitchen in Dhaka's Wari area tonight was brought under control within half an hour

Witnesses, shop owners, and others present a the scene share their ordeal with The Daily Star

Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation Sheikh Fazle Noor Tapas visited the scene of the fire at Bailey Road in Dhaka.

Police today detained three people, including two owners of a food shop called "Chumuk" in connection with last night's deadly fire at the seven-storey building on Bailey Road in Dhaka.

We must heed the warning signs and take action before tragedy strikes once more.

Lamisha, 23, a student of mechanical department of the Bangladesh University of Engineering (BUET), became the nucleus of the family

Survivor expresses gratitude to fire service personnel

BNP has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the fire incident at a six-storey commercial building on Bailey Road in Dhaka that claimed 46 lives and injured many