Claiming a loss of Tk 1,000 crore in Tuesday's devastating fire at Bangabazar Shopping Complex, business leaders of the complex today sought financial assistance from all.

Fourteen firefighting units brought the blaze under control at 8:45am

Three persons were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run three-wheeler in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

At least one person was killed and three others were injured in a landslide in Akbarshah area of Chattogram yesterday.

A woman was killed in a road accident in the Chourongi Mour area on the Satkhira-Khulna Highway in Satkhira town last morning.

Two boys drowned in the Bhairab river at Afra village under Sheikhati union in Sadar upazila of Narail Thursday evening.

Bablu Mia was stuck for about an hour after being buried under the ground following a landslide on a hill while constructing a road in Beltoli Ghona of Akbarshah area in Chattogram

A man was killed tonight after falling from a boat on Hatirjheel Lake in Dhaka

At least one person was killed and three others injured in a landslide in Akbarshah area of Chattogram today

Three persons were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a truck and an auto-rickshaw in Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar this morning.

The massive fire at Bangabazar Market was finally doused this morning, more than 75 hours after it broke out early Tuesday..The fire was doused around 9:30am, Rakibul Hasan, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence control room, told The Daily Star.. The fire originated around

Gausia market in the capital’s New Market area is at risk of witnessing a fire incident, said fire service officials after visiting the market for a survey yesterday.

Nur Alam, 60, a seasoned trader of Bangabazar, is still traumatised by the fire that took place there 28 years ago, in the same way as the recent one. During that time, it took him only a year to bounce back. However, this time he is doubtful whether that can happen.

Traders of the burnt-down Bangabazar Shopping Complex will erect makeshift shops on the ground to resume their business ahead of Eid.

Two people riding on a motorcycle died Wednesday night after they crashed into a truck in Sylhet’s Mitrimahal area on the Sylhet-Companiganj regional highway around 10:00pm.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said it is being looked into whether the Bangabazar fire incident was an act of sabotage and the BNP had caused it after failing in their movement.

The shop owners' association of Bangabazar did not take any action despite notices being served as many as 10 times about the fire risk there, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman told the parliament today

Three people were arrested today in a case filed over Tuesday's attack on the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters during the Bangabazar fire in the capital on Tuesday

Cleaning operations at Bangabazar and its adjacent markets, which were devastated by a massive fire on Tuesday, will begin tomorrow, Prime Minister's Private Industries and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman said today.

"The shops' owners and staffers, who lost their trade licences, bank cheques and credit or debit cards, birth registration certificates and NID cards or any other essential documents in the fire, can file the GD with the help of Shahbagh police at the booth from now"