High-rise blaze kills 19 in capital

At least 19 people, including a Sri Lankan national, were killed and 70 others injured in a fire that broke out at a high-rise building at Banani in the…

Desperation as flames, smoke engulf building

Screams of people trapped inside the building on fire at Banani could be heard by rescuers and onlookers. Soon after the fire spread on the seventh, eighth…

21 killed, 54 injured in road accidents

At least 21 people were killed and 54 others injured in separate road accidents in four districts — Chattogram, Jashore, Madaripur and Rangamati — yesterday. At least nine people, including a minor and two women were killed and 11 injured as a passenger bus collided head-on with a microbus…

High-rises run high risks in Dhaka

Triggered by an unusual rise in the cost of land, Dhaka’s skyline has changed with an increasing number of high-rises coming up in the past couple of years. But about 80 per cent of them are in grave risk of fire hazards and earthquakes, experts say. Various studies conducted by urban experts…

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