16 killed in fire at garment factory and chemical warehouse in BangladeshA devastating fire at a garment factory and adjacent chemical warehouse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, claimed at least 16 lives and injured several...
14 Oct, 2025, 08.35 PM IST
Bangladesh deposed PM Sheikh Hasina sued in 2013 'mass murder' caseA Bangladesh court received an application accusing ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others of mass murder during a 2013 rally. Over ...
18 Aug, 2024, 04.23 PM IST
Bangladesh shuts offices, imposes curfew to curb deadly job quota protestsPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government declared Sunday and Monday as "public holidays" due to the situation in the country, with only em...
20 Jul, 2024, 09.03 PM IST
Fire at seven-storey commercial building in Bangladesh's capital kills at least 44 peopleA massive fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 43 people and injured dozens. The fire originated in a restaurant and quickly spread t...
01 Mar, 2024, 09.16 AM IST
Bangladesh depot accused over blast that killed at least 49The toll from the giant blast, which followed a fire at the B.M Container Depot in Sitakunda and sent fireballs into the sky, was expected ...
06 Jun, 2022, 12.00 PM IST
49 killed in fire at Bangladesh chemical container depotThe fire started late on Saturday at the depot in Sitakunda, which stores around 4,000 containers, many of them filled with garments destin...
05 Jun, 2022, 08.17 PM IST
36 people dead after fire breaks out aboard a packed ferry in Bangladesh"The authorities recovered the burnt bodies of at least 36 people after a fire broke out on a passenger launch on the Sugandha River in Jha...
24 Dec, 2021, 11.43 AM IST
Bangladesh factory inferno kills 52The inferno was the latest to tarnish Bangladesh's safety record marred by a series of disasters in industrial complexes and apartment buil...
09 Jul, 2021, 03.22 PM IST
Bangladesh says will not allow anti-India forces to operateBoth the delegation agreed to enhance joint capacity building of personnel from either side, sharing of information regarding organised cri...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.14 AM IST
Landslides kill 144 in Bangladesh after heavy rainThe landslides it hilly districts in the southeast, killing 10 people in one village, eight in another and seven in a third, said police of...
14 Jun, 2017, 01.29 PM IST
Bangladesh fire tragedy toll rises to 29, search for missing onWitnesses and media have reported that smokes were still coming out from the sight despite claims by the fire fighters to have douse the fi...
11 Sep, 2016, 11.57 PM IST
Khaleda Zia vows to continue anti-government protests; death toll exceeds 60Zia vowed to continue nationwide anti-government protests, even as four more people were killed in month- long political violence raising d...
05 Feb, 2015, 09.39 PM IST
BNP vows to continue nationwide protest, 3 more die in violenceThe state-run railway service and private ferries operated normally today but the inter-city and long distance bus services stayed off the ...
08 Jan, 2015, 02.42 PM IST
Bangladesh on the boil, 21 killed in fresh clashesBangladesh today deployed army in its north as a fresh wave of violence claimed 21 lives, taking the death toll to about 80.
03 Mar, 2013, 09.04 PM IST
- 61 dead, 100 injured in Bangladesh blaze: Report
At least 61 people were killed and over 100 injured when a fire tore through at least seven buildings in the centre of the Bangladeshi capi...
04 Jun, 2010, 01.47 AM IST
- Bangladesh charging over 1,000 BDR mutineers
Authorities in Bangladesh were levelling charges against more than a thousand troopers on Sunday, three days after a mutiny in the headquar...
01 Mar, 2009, 10.48 PM IST
- 50 feared killed in Bangla siege: Minister
BDR troops opened fire on army officers over pay dispute.
26 Feb, 2009, 09.54 AM IST