Fire Service and Civil Defence
Fire at plastic factory in Old Dhaka under control
A fire that broke out at a plastic goods manufacturing factory in Lalbagh of Old Dhaka is brought under control.
Fire at Motijheel building, 1 dead
One person dies after a fire at a building in Dhaka’s commercial hub Motijheel.
5-yr-old Nirob declared dead
Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) have declared dead the five-year-old boy following his rescue from the Buriganga River in the old part of Dhaka this evening.
Fire guts six shops in Ctg
Fire guts six tin-roofed shops and a bakery in Pashchim Madarbari area of Chittagong city early today.
Fire guts 50 slum houses in Narayanganj
Around 50 houses of a slum have been gutted and five people injured as a devastating fire broke out at a slum in Fatullah in Narayanganj.
2 killed in Ctg wall collapse
Two people have been killed in a wall collapse at East Madarbari in Chittagong city.
Storm struck Meghna boat capsize toll 7
Rescuers find four more bodies that raise the death toll to seven in the Meghna river boat capsize of yesterday during a storm in Narsinghdi.
Sundarban Hotel risky, vacated fearing collapse
Sundarban Hotel in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar is evacuated fearing collapse after a boundary wall caved in because of an adjacent under-construction site.
Fire at Panthapath furniture warehouse
A fire breaks out at a warehouse of a furniture market in the Dhaka's Panthapath.
Father, son injured in Mohakhali slum fire
Two of a family suffer burn injuries in a fire that guts at least 32 shanties in Sat Tala slum at Dhaka’s Mohakhali.
Plane glitch stops Fire Service rescuers from flying for Nepal
A search and rescue team of Fire Service and Civil Defence could not leave Dhaka for earthquake-hit Nepal due to a technical glitch of an aircraft which was supposed to carry them.