Arson

Gazi factory fire: A wake-up call for intelligence reform

The Gazi factory fire tragedy represents a severe setback to the progressive transformation of Bangladesh.

I reject the minority tag. Here is why

The face of the minority keeps changing depending on national borders.

Injustice must not beget injustice

Attacks on minorities, lootings and lynching must stop

A sudden curfew

A nation-wide government curfew was declared from midnight on Friday till 10 am on Sunday.

When will the politics of burning people alive end?

Why haven't our law enforcers been able to identify those responsible for these arson attacks?

Law Watch / Regulating fire incident operation

In order to combat umpteen incidents of fire accident and make the rescue process easier, the government of Bangladesh in 2003 enacted the Prevention and Extinguishment of Fire Act under which the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence is estaAnchorblished.

Cases filed against BNP men as they committed crimes: PM

Responding to BNP's allegation of facing too many cases, PM Hasina said that cases have been filed as they had committed such crimes adding that those who burnt people to death in the name of movement must be punished.

War crimes charges pressed against 4 Moulvibazar men

The prosecution presses two charges against four Moulvibazar men for their alleged involvement in crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

Arson: Charges pressed against Khaleda, 26 others

Darussalam police press charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 26 other leaders and activists of the party in connection with two arson cases filed in January last year.

September 2, 2024
September 2, 2024

Gazi factory fire: A wake-up call for intelligence reform

The Gazi factory fire tragedy represents a severe setback to the progressive transformation of Bangladesh.

August 15, 2024
August 15, 2024

I reject the minority tag. Here is why

The face of the minority keeps changing depending on national borders.

August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024

Injustice must not beget injustice

Attacks on minorities, lootings and lynching must stop

July 20, 2024
July 20, 2024

A sudden curfew

A nation-wide government curfew was declared from midnight on Friday till 10 am on Sunday.

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

When will the politics of burning people alive end?

Why haven't our law enforcers been able to identify those responsible for these arson attacks?

January 8, 2017
January 8, 2017

Regulating fire incident operation

In order to combat umpteen incidents of fire accident and make the rescue process easier, the government of Bangladesh in 2003 enacted the Prevention and Extinguishment of Fire Act under which the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence is estaAnchorblished.

September 22, 2016
September 22, 2016

Cases filed against BNP men as they committed crimes: PM

Responding to BNP's allegation of facing too many cases, PM Hasina said that cases have been filed as they had committed such crimes adding that those who burnt people to death in the name of movement must be punished.

May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016

War crimes charges pressed against 4 Moulvibazar men

The prosecution presses two charges against four Moulvibazar men for their alleged involvement in crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

May 29, 2016
May 29, 2016

Arson: Charges pressed against Khaleda, 26 others

Darussalam police press charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 26 other leaders and activists of the party in connection with two arson cases filed in January last year.

May 25, 2016
May 25, 2016

Jatrabari arson: Arrest order for Shimul, 26 others

Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against BNP chief’s personal assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas and 26 for their alleged involvement in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in Dhaka's Jatrabari in January last year. Charges accepted against 38 including BNP's chief Khaleda Zia.