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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.
Workers bear the brunt of politically motivated attacks on businesses
Vandalism and arson attacks on factories since earlier this month have created deep concerns among entrepreneurs and plunged thousands of employees who work in these firms into uncertainty.
Gazi tyres factory fire doused after 32hrs; building at risk of collapse
There is still a risk of the fire reigniting due to the residual heat inside the structure, fire service warned.
'Arson attack': Gazi Tyre Factory still burning after 15hrs
Twelve firefighting units were working to extinguish the fire since last night but it could not be doused completely even after 15 hours, officials of Fire Service and Civil defence said around noon
15 arson attacks reported in 12 hours till 6am
At least 15 arson attacks were reported in the 12 hours preceding the start of the national election this morning, according to Fire Service statistics
Compromise, not violence, must be the way out
Saturday’s violence may only be a premonition of much worse days to come
Amid cold with no food, shelter
At least eight families of the Mro community, whose houses were allegedly set ablaze and vandalised by people of a rubber plantation in a village in Bandarban’s Lama upazila, are now living under the open sky, in the chilling winter cold.
Japan Animation Studio: 33 killed in ‘arson attack’
A suspected arson attack at an animation production company in Japan killed 33 people and injured dozens more yesterday, after a man reportedly doused the building with flammable liquid and shouted “drop dead.”
Man shouting 'You die' kills 33 at Japan anime studio
A man screaming “You die!” has burst into an animation studio in Kyoto, doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire today, killing 33 people in an attack that shocked anime fans across Japan and beyond.
2 more arson victims die at DMCH
Two more arson victims, who suffered severe burns in separate firebomb attacks in Chandpur and Magura, die at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
Confiscate land property of those torching land offices: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the law enforcement agencies to confiscate all the land property of those to be found guilty of torching land offices across the country
9 burnt in Magura firebomb attack
Nine people are burnt as unidentified miscreants hurl petrol bomb at a truck in Magura
2 Moulvibazar transport workers burnt in sleep
A bus conductor and helper are burnt as miscreants set fire to the vehicle when they were asleep inside bus in Borolekha upazila of Moulvibazar on the 2nd day of 20-party's 72hr hartal
Night coaches resume operation
Transport owners resume operation of long-haul buses at night, ending a month-long suspension
Bus torched in Dhaka
Miscreants torch a bus on Mugda Biswa Road in Dhaka, Fire Service and Civil Defence sources say
Torching land offices
WE cannot but deplore in the strongest terms the senseless acts of vandalism that have plagued the country in the last two months, the latest victim of which, it seems, has become the land record offices across a big swathe of the country.
Ctg arson victim dies at DMCH
A small trader, who was burnt in a petrol bomb attack, allegedly by hartal supporters in February, dies at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
Driver burnt as truck set afire in Lalmonirhat
A truck driver suffers burn injuries as miscreants set fire to his vehicle by hurling a petrol bomb in Lalmonirhat
5 vehicles torched
Miscreants set fire to at least five vehicles in Dhaka, Panchagarh and Moulvibazar, the fourth consecutive day of the 120-hour countrywide hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.