Nurul Alam, a 50-year-old Rohingya refugee, said he scaled the barbed wire fence and took refuge in Myanmar after the fighting began, but was sent back to Bangladesh by border guard police. “We do not know what is in store for us. We have no shelter, water, toilet or food.” Another refugee, Abdul Hamid, 39, […]
As soon as the incident was reported, 12 fire brigade units started trying to extinguish the fire. According to the fire service, more than 30 businesses including crockery shops, restaurants, hotels and warehouses were affected by the fire. “The fire spread rapidly as various inflammable materials were kept in the shops. Firemen brought the fire […]
In the wee hours of Friday, Khokon was able to escape his burning house, but his father Kangal Bosek, 70, mother Lokpriya, 60, wife Lucky, 32, son Sourav, 12, and daughter Shoyonti, 5, were trapped inside devastating fire. “I have none left. ‘Baba, fire!’ – These words are ringing in my ears, ”she said, tears […]
At least five members of a family were killed when a stove caught fire in the kitchen of their house in Chattogram’s Rangunia upazila. According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence, the incident took place at around 2:15 am on Friday at Uttar Paruya village in Rangunia. The deceased have been identified as Khokon […]
Rabiul Islam, sub-inspector of Dhamrai police station, said all the injured have been admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka. They are probing how the fire broke out and all five sustained burn injuries. The injured are Josna Akhtar, 25; Manjurul Islam, 32; Sadia Akhtar, 18; Hossein Ara, […]
A rickshaw puller Mamoon Hussain (26) was killed and two others were injured in the firing in Pabna’s Iswardi upazila. The incident took place on Wednesday night at 9 pm in West Tengri Koritala area of Iswardi Municipality Sadar. Eyewitnesses said the casualties occurred in the firing by local Jubo League leader Anwar Hussain. *more […]
South Korea’s military said North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea east of the Korean Peninsula on Saturday. The launches were the latest in an unprecedented number of missile tests conducted by North Korea this year as Pyongyang pushes for weapons development, amid speculation it could test a nuclear weapon for a seventh […]
The office of the daily Desh Rupantor is opposite the scene of the fire. Sarwar Alam, a senior journalist with the daily, said he saw firefighters trying to douse the fire. The fire spread to a portion of the first floor of Mamtaj Bhavan. Sarwar said that the firemen brought the fire under control after […]
A woman, one of the two victims of an air conditioner (AC) blast in the city’s Mirpur’s East Imam Nagar area, died at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (SHNIBPS) on Sunday, UNB reported. The deceased has been identified as 44-year-old Hajera Begum.
Four fire fighting units later arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire at around 10:52 pm using foam and other equipment. Shafikul said a preliminary investigation suggested it was an accidental fire, but the cause was not immediately clear.
The fire broke out in two oil tanker trucks at around 10:12 am, said Shahjahan Shikdar, deputy assistant director of the media cell of the fire service and civil defense headquarters. On information, four fire engines reached the spot and doused the fire. However, the cause of the fire could not be ascertained immediately.
Three women, including a friend of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, were shot dead on Sunday at a meeting of residents of an apartment block in Rome. Meloni posted a photo of himself with one of the victims, Nicoletta Golisano, on Instagram Sunday evening. “To me she will always be this beautiful and happy,” Meloni […]
