“Get us out of here. Please help!” These were the last words Liton heard from his sister-in-law Jahanara Begum when he called her on Thursday evening.

At least 49 workers and staffers died in a fire at a Narayanganj factory as they were trapped on the third floor with its lone exit locked when the blaze engulfed the building on Thursday.

Rows of bodies of the victims of Thursday night’s fire in Narayanganj are lined up on the floor of Dhaka Medical College mortuary, which doesn’t have room or freezing capacity for this many bodies.

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) yesterday demanded a fair and impartial probe, exemplary punishment for authorities concerned, and compensation for victims of the massive fire at Hashem Food and Beverage Ltd in Rupganj, Narayanganj.

State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Munnujan Sufian today announced financial assistance for the relatives of Narayanganj fire victims.

Bodies of victims, who were burned to death in the destructive fire at a food factory building in Naryanganj's Rupganj, have been piled up at the Dhaka Medical College (DMC) morgue due to a lack of space at the facility.

Sajeeb Group Chairman Md Abul Hashem today denied all responsibility for the Narayanganj factory fire that killed at least 49 people.

Two people were killed when a three-wheeler hit the back of a parked truck in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi this morning.

Five people including four of a family suffered burns in a fire believed to have originated from an electric short-circuit while charging a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar area early this morning.

Relatives of many of those who are missing in the Narayanganj factory fire today blocked the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in protest of the incident and in demand of finding their loved ones.

At least 49 bodies were recovered from the six-storey food factory building in Naryanganj's Rupganj this afternoon taking the death toll to 52.

Three people died after jumping off the roof of a six-storey building on fire in Narayanganj’s Rupganj yesterday evening.

Two women workers have died after jumping from the roof of a six-storey building when a fire broke out at a food factory in Narayanganj’s Rupganj this evening.

A fire broke out at the warehouse of Globe Pharmaceutical Company Ltd in Dhaka's Tejgaon area this afternoon.

At least 398 people were killed and 423 were injured in 327 road accidents across the country last month, Road Safety Foundation -- a non-government organisation -- said today.

A fire that broke out at the United Hospital in Manikganj was brought under control yesterday night.

​​​​​​​The death toll from the Moghbazar explosion rose to 12 as another injured died in a Dhaka hospital last night, nine days after the incident.

Four workers sustained burn injuries following an explosion in Nur Paper Mill at Kanchpur of Sonargaon in Narayanganj district early today.

A man was dead after an unidentified vehicle hit his bicycle in Dhaka’s Badda area early today.

Counterterrorism officials will interrogate Titas Gas employees in connection with the Moghbazar explosion that left 11 persons dead.