They are the ones who run towards danger when others run from it. Be it a fire, explosion, road accident, landslide, launch capsize or other natural or manmade calamities, these first responders rush to the spot selflessly.

Flouting the guidelines, hazardous chemicals were kept close to containers stuffed with garment items that fed the blaze at the BM Container Depot in Chattogram’s Sitakunda on Saturday, leaving at least 49 dead and over 200 wounded.

Masum Miah, assistant manager at BM Container Depot, willingly left the safety of his home on Saturday night to help guide the firefighters to battle the inferno.

The government yesterday hiked the gas price by 22.8 percent, compounding the woes of the ordinary citizens who are already grappling with the spiralling prices of almost all essentials.

Abdul Majid was scurrying from place to place to find his son since late last night.

Political commitment, proper enforcement of laws and empowerment of the conservation commission might be able to save the rivers, speakers told a roundtable discussion yesterday.

Even though prices of loose palm and soybean oil have dropped in wholesale markets, consumers are not being able to reap the benefits as retailers are still selling those at the government-fixed prices.

Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in May were 50 percent higher than during the pre-industrial era, reaching levels not seen on Earth for about four million years, the main US climate agency said on Friday.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday verbally invited Mercy Tembon, the World Bank’s country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan, to the opening ceremony of the Padma Bridge on June 25.

The government is set to increase the gas prices by 17-20 percent at the consumer level, according to Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission sources.

At least four people were killed and more than 100 others, including police and firefighters, were injured in a fire and explosions at a private container depot in Sitakunda of Chattogram late last night.

Never before has a celebration of such mammoth proportions been planned in the country. 

Over 30 tonnes of gold legally brought to the country by travellers last year were smuggled to India, according to an estimate by customs and CID officers.

You are vulnerable to toxic air even when you stay home. 

Sumon Sikdar Musa, a key suspect in the killings of Motijheel Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afnan Jamal Prity, has been arrested in Oman, said police.

The Malaysian government will decide which Bangladeshi recruiting agencies it will pick when hiring workers from the country, Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad said yesterday.

Rice prices continue to rise despite the countrywide drives against illegal hoarding and overcharging.

Work is underway on the Padma Bridge to connect the lamps that have already been installed on the country’s longest bridge to the power grid.

The edible oil price may come down soon in the local market as its price in the international market has started to decline, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday.

Bank accounts with upwards of Tk 1 crore in balance are set to face a higher excise duty next fiscal year as the government looks to collect more taxes from the relatively well-off to get close to the lofty revenue collection target.