New Market will remain closed until further instructions as a fire ripped through the adjoining Dhaka New Super Market early this morning, a few days ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Thirty firefighting units brought the blaze under control at 9:10am

At present, 30 fire service units, as well as teams from army, navy and air force, are working to douse the flames

With just a week to go till Eid-ul-Fitr, this was supposed to be a particularly profitable time for the traders. Instead, like the fire that burnt the Bangabazar Shopping Complex to the ground just 12 days ago, traders are watching their hopes and dreams go up in smoke

The fire was reported at the market at 5:40am

A man was killed after a train hit him near Airport Railway crossing at Dhaka's Ashkona, police said

A bus ended up on a train track today after a collision with a pickup van on Dhaka-Tangail highway injuring at least 10 people and cutting rail communication for about one and a half hour

The fire at a warehouse in the capital's Hazaribagh was doused around an hour after it broke out

At least 20 shops and warehouses were gutted after a fire broke out at Nawabpur Mohammadia Market last night

A faulty Titas Gas line might have caused the explosion at the seven-storey Café Queen building in the capital’s Siddique Bazar last month, say investigators.

A worker was killed and three were injured when a speedy brick-laden truck hit a three-wheeler at Pakuria Haat area in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila yesterday morning.

Five people were killed and another was injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run three-wheeler in Chattogram’s Boalkhali upazila yesterday morning.

A schoolgirl, who suffered 80 percent burns after an explosion at her house in the capital’s Shanir Akhra area on Monday, died at a city hospital yesterday afternoon.

The Bangabazar traders are struggling to get back on their feet after the devastating fire that burned everything in its path. The second day of reopening through makeshift arrangements has not been easy for them, with sales remaining low.

Four of a family were injured as a private car caught fire following a gas cylinder explosion at the Mouchak intersection in the capital tonight

A fire that broke out at a warehouse in Dhaka's Nawabpur area tonight was brought under control around 11:45pm

A schoolgirl, who suffered 80 percent burns after an explosion at her house in Dhaka's Shanir Akhra area on Monday, died at a city hospital this afternoon.

"A CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying four passengers collided head on with a bus coming from the opposite direction around 9:30am at Raikhali area of the upazila. Four people died on the spot"

A pillion rider was killed after a lorry hit a motorcycle in the capital's Badda area last night

The family of a boy, who lost his leg in a bus accident in February, at a press conference in Chattogram yesterday demanded adequate compensation from the bus company.