Rajuk yesterday conducted a raid in the Gawsia Twin Peak building on Dhanmondi’s Satmasjid Road and sealed off 12 restaurants there, four days after a deadly fire in a Bailey Road building killed at least 46 people.

A fire broke out at the S Alam Refined Sugar Mills in the port city around 4:00pm yesterday ruining a huge amount of sugar.

Three Bangladeshi men were killed on the railway tracks at Taman Puncak Utama Jade Hill in Malaysia’s Kajang when they were hit by a commuter train.

Police have detained 16 people in raids targeting restaurants in the capital's Wari area this afternoon for neglecting fire safety measures

Air and Navy forces working along with 14 fire engines

A 17-year-old girl died and five others were injured when a “Chander Gari” (locally modified passenger vehicle) overturned on a hilly road in Bandarban's Ruma upazila this morning

A mobile court of Dhaka South City Corporation today sealed off a 12-storey building, named Keari Crescent, on the capital’s Satmasjid Road due to its lack of fire safety measures

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today sent a message of condolence to his Bangladeshi counterpart Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud over the fire in Dhaka that tragically resulted in the loss of 46 lives

Many building owners do not comply with fire safety regulations, taking advantage of conflicting legal definitions of high-rise buildings, according to urban experts.

As many as 48 eminent citizens yesterday urged the government to conduct a thorough investigation into the Bailey Road fire to unearth the real cause behind the human disaster.

It will be possible to prevent the recurrence of fire incidents and deaths if punishment is ensured against the responsible persons including the institutions, individuals, and building owners, who are responsible for the fire incidents

A mobile court in Gazipur today fined five factories Tk 59,000 for their lack of fire safety measures, violating fire licence conditions, and operating without a fire licence.

Two passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed after it was hit by a truck on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Habiganj's Nabiganj upazila this morning

A police constable died after a bus hit his motorcycle from behind at Hilalpur in Sylhet’s Golapganj upazila this morning

Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko has voiced her profound shock over the fire in Dhaka that tragically resulted in the loss of 46 lives

A fire that broke out at a factory in Gazipur's Sreepur last night was brought under control after an hour

A Dhaka court yesterday granted police two days to interrogate on remand four people arrested over Thursday night’s deadly fire at the Green Cozy Cottage shopping mall on Bailey Road in Dhaka that claimed 46 lives.

Just like on Bailey Road, a prominent feature of Banani road-11, Kamal Ataturk Avenue, Satmasjid Road, Khilagon Taltola and Mirpur-11 traffic circle are tall buildings that house restaurants, cafes and commercial kitchens on every floor.

At least 71 people were killed in a tragic fire at Wahed Mansion in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta area in Old Dhaka on February 20, 2019.

Two people were killed and 10 others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.