Fire Service and Civil Defence
Storm struck Meghna boat capsize toll 7
Rescuers find four more bodies that raise the death toll to seven in the Meghna river boat capsize of yesterday during a storm in Narsinghdi.
29 May 2015
Sundarban Hotel risky, vacated fearing collapse
Sundarban Hotel in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar is evacuated fearing collapse after a boundary wall caved in because of an adjacent under-construction site.
27 May 2015
Fire at Panthapath furniture warehouse
A fire breaks out at a warehouse of a furniture market in the Dhaka's Panthapath.
24 May 2015
Father, son injured in Mohakhali slum fire
Two of a family suffer burn injuries in a fire that guts at least 32 shanties in Sat Tala slum at Dhaka’s Mohakhali.
15 May 2015
Plane glitch stops Fire Service rescuers from flying for Nepal
A search and rescue team of Fire Service and Civil Defence could not leave Dhaka for earthquake-hit Nepal due to a technical glitch of an aircraft which was supposed to carry them.
30 April 2015
Bodies of Rampura house collapse victims handed over to family
Police hand over bodies of the 12 killed in collapse of a two storey tin structure in a marshland in Rampura area of Dhaka.
16 April 2015
Bus torched in Dhaka
Miscreants torch a bus on Mugda Biswa Road in Dhaka, Fire Service and Civil Defence sources say
12 March 2015
Fire at Dhanmondi residential building
A fire breaks out at a residential building at Dhanmondi in Dhaka
11 March 2015