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'Accidents or sabotage;' mayor wants probe
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon asks the fire service to probe possibility of sabotage in the recent fire outbreaks.
30 March 2019
BNP blasts govt over Banani fire
BNP criticises the government over the incident of Banani fire, alleging negligence in procuring modern equipment to combat fire.
30 March 2019
Israeli fire kills Palestinian on Gaza border: Palestinian Health Ministry
Israeli fire kills a Palestinian man near the Gaza border, Palestinian Health officials say, as Israel's forces mass at the frontier ahead of a rally to mark the first anniversary of a surge of Gaza border protests.
30 March 2019
4 killed in Noakhali road crash
Four people, including a woman and her daughter, are killed after a bus hit a CNG-driven auto-rickshaw in Noakhali’s Begumganj.
30 March 2019
Bigshot JMB leader held in N’ganj: Rab
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of a bigshot leader of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Narayanganj.
30 March 2019
Yet another fire reported in Gulshan
Another fire has been reported from Dhaka’s upscale zone Gulshan, after a state-owned market was razed in a devastating blaze this morning.
30 March 2019
Modi’s address on state-owned media didn’t violate electoral code: EC
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on government-owned radio and TV to announce India’s successful testing of its anti-satellite missile on March 27 did not violate the electoral code of conduct, Indian Election Commission says.
30 March 2019
DNCC market fire: Vendors sell off salvaged goods at lower price
Vendors at Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market sell off salvaged goods after a fire gutted over 200 shops there on Saturday, March 30, 2019.
30 March 2019
Midday Brief, Saturday, March 30, 2019
Hello readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the headlines so far on March 30, 2019
30 March 2019
Cops file case over Banani FR Tower fire
A case is filed in connection with the deadly fire at the 22-storey FR Tower in Dhaka's Banani area on Thursday in which 26 people were killed and around 100 others injured.
30 March 2019
DNCC Market fire: Fire shatters Yusuf’s livelihood yet again
Md Yusuf and his three brothers have no other means to earn their livelihood after they have lost all their six shops in a fire that ripped through the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market in the capital's Gulshan-1 and gutted over 200 tin-shed shops on March 30.
30 March 2019
Banani fire: Another victim succumbs, death toll now 26
The death toll from Banani FR tower fire rises to 26 as one of the injured victims dies at Combined Military Hospital (CMH).
30 March 2019
Buildings built flouting rules to be marked in 15 days: Minister
All the buildings that have been constructed violating the rules will be identified within 15 days, Public Works and Housing Minister SM Rezaul Karim says.
30 March 2019
China to regulate short-video apps, limit screen time for kids
China is stepping up regulations over the country’s popular short-video apps as it seeks to cap the amount of time children spend on their screens.
30 March 2019
211 tin-shed shops of DNCC market completely razed in fire
Around 211 tin-shed business establishments were complete razed in the fire that ripped through the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market in Gulshan-1 this morning.
30 March 2019
Open hearing tomorrow to determine origin of FR Tower fire
Two probe committees formed by the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and Ministry of Home visited the fire-ravaged FR tower in Banani and inspected the floors that were most affected.
30 March 2019
None of fire service’s recommendations implemented by DNCC market authorities
None of the recommendations made by the Fire Service and Civil Defence after the 2017 DNCC market fire were implemented by the market authorities, a fire service official says.
30 March 2019
Bogura crash: Injured Singer Khurshid Alam flown to Dhaka
Eminent singer Khurshid Alam is flown to Dhaka after he was injured when a truck hit his private car on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Bogura town.
30 March 2019
Probe body formed on DNCC market fire
A five-member body is formed by Fire Service and Civil Defence authority to investigate the fire that broke out at Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market in the capital's Gulshan-1 early on March 30.
30 March 2019
Facebook to tighten live stream access after mosque attacks
Facebook says it is tightening live video streaming rules in response to the service being used to broadcast deadly attacks on mosques in New Zealand.
30 March 2019