Still reeling from Thursday’s fire tragedy, workers of Hashem Foods Limited now hang in the dark over their salary and Eid bonus payment, as the factory suspended its activities, and its owner and high officials were arrested.

The labour ministry yesterday formed a six-member panel to find out the causes of death and injury of workers at the factory fire incident of Hashem Foods at Rupganj in Narayanganj on July 8.

Two cattle traders were killed in a road accident at Fashitala area on the Rangpur- Dhaka highway early yesterday morning.

The labour ministry today formed a six-member panel to find out the causes of death and injury of workers at the factory fire incident of Hashem Foods at Rupganj in Narayanganj on July 8.

A man was killed after being hit by a goods-laden train in Dhaka's Malibagh area early today.

Hasan Mirdha Akash is losing hope of getting justice.

A month before the devastating fire at Hashem Foods Limited in Narayanganj, the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments visited the facility.

Two months ago, her husband fractured his leg in an accident on his way home from Dhaka to Rupganj.

At least three people were killed and three others injured when a sand-laden truck overturned and collided with a three-wheeler and a motorcycle in Lama upazila of Bandarban district yesterday.

Expressing grave concern and shock at the death and injury of people in the deadly fire at a food processing factory in Narayanganj’s Rupganj on Thursday, the High Court yesterday ordered authorities concerned to publish a list of the injured victims in public and to ensure their proper treatment.

Terming the horrific fire at the Hashem Food and Beverage factory in Narayanganj an incident of murder, BNP yesterday questioned the role of the Fire Service and Civil Defense, as it took huge time to put out the blaze.

At least 418 children were killed in road crashes in first six months of this year as road safety situation still remain alarming, Road Safety Foundation said yesterday.

At least 418 children were killed in road crashes in the first six months of this year, Road Safety Foundation said today.

A man died after a boiler exploded at a manual husking mill in Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat upazila. 

At least three people, including two women, were killed and three others were critically injured in a road accident in Lama upazila of Bandarban today.

The fire that killed 51 employees of a food processing factory in Narayanganj was not a bolt from the blue for the owners who, according to police, knew such a disaster was imminent but chose to do nothing.

At least 16 children are missing -- and possibly dead -- in the fire at Hashem Foods Ltd. All of them were working at the factory.  

A tragedy unfolded last Thursday at the five-storey Hashem Foods Ltd. factory in Rupganj. The fire that has thus far claimed 52 innocent victims, most of them (pending the difficult postmortem) aged between 12-15 years, is a chronic tale of corporate greed.

The air was heavy with the stench of death. The smell of burnt plastic, packaging papers, and other factory materials was still lingering.

Hardly any improvement in workplace safety has taken place at the non-garment factories over the years as the authorities were primarily bogged down in fixing the loopholes in the apparel industry.