Death toll 21 in India factory blast
An explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in western India left 21 people dead and several others injured on Tuesday, officials said...
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Six burnt in gas explosion in Dhaka
Six people sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at the Pakistan Maat area in Dhaka on Monday night.
Blast from suspected old bomb in Syria kills 16
A massive explosion believed to have been triggered by a scrap dealer handling an old bomb killed at least 16 people in Syria, civil defence officials said on Sunday.
Eight people sustain burns in N鈥檊anj gas explosion
Eight people, including four children, sustained severe burn injuries in a fire caused by a gas pipeline leak at a tin-shed house in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj early Monday.
4 children among 11 hurt in Ashulia gas cylinder blast
At least 11 people, all members of the same family, including four children, sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion while making rice cakes at their house at Ashulia on Friday night.
Three of family burnt in Ashulia cylinder blast
Three members of a family sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in Ashulia, outskirts of Dhaka Thursday afternoon...
Two people killed as gas cylinder of bus explodes in Lakshmipur
A bus driver and a passenger were killed and two others burnt as the gas cylinder in a bus blasted at a refueling station in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on early Wednesday...
12 Vietnamese soldiers killed in accidental explosion during training
Twelve Vietnamese soldiers were killed in an accidental explosion during a military training exercise in southern Vietnam, state media said on Thursday...
Seven people sustain burn injuries in fire at Dhaka鈥檚 Mirpur house
Seven people, including three children, suffered burns in a fire believed to have originated from a gas explosion at a tin-shed house in Dhaka鈥檚 Mirpur area early Sunday...
11 workers injured in N鈥檊anj factory explosions
At least 11 workers were burnt following an explosion and subsequent fire in an aerosol and air freshener factory of Bashundhara Group at Meghnaghat in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday morning...
Four people injured in gas cylinder blast in Gazipur
Four people, including a woman, were burnt in a gas cylinder explosion in Gazipur on Saturday night...
Six people sustain burn injuries in N鈥檊anj gas cylinder explosion
Six garment workers, including three women, were burnt as a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Dahargaon area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj early Saturday...
140 killed in Nigeria fuel tanker explosion
An explosion has killed more than 140 people in northern Nigeria as crowds rushed to collect fuel spilling from a crashed tanker, officials said on Wednesday.
Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills almost 100 people: police
A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed at least 94 people and left 50 injured, police said on Wednesday...
Two LPG tankers catch fire in bay
Two tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas, anchored near Cox鈥檚 Bazar鈥檚 Kutubdia in the Bay of Bengal, caught fire early Sunday.
Govt should improve cylinder use and fire safety protocols
THE death of three people in a cylinder explosion at a restaurant in Keraniganj, as 抖阴精品 reported on October 6, is shocking. It is more so after a series of such events the latest of which, on February 29, left at least 46 dead as a cylinder explosion burnt an eight-storey building that housed mostly restaurants and eateries on Bayley Road in Dhaka...
Mine explosion blows youth鈥檚 leg in Teknaf
The right leg of a young man blew away in a landmine explosion at Teknaf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Tuesday morning...
3 die in tanker explosion on River Karnaphuli
Three people were burned to death as fire broke out following an explosion in a petroleum-carrying tanker, Banglar Jyoti, at Patenga on River Karnaphuli in Chattogram on Thursday morning...
Three members of same family injured in gas-leak blast in Dhaka
Three members of a family, including a minor child, sustained severe burn injuries in an explosion apparently erupted from the gas leakage at kitchen in Shukrabad area of Dhaka early Saturday...
Strategic implications of Lebanon pager blasts
THE recent explosion of thousands of pagers across Lebanon is an alarming development that bears the hallmarks of Israeli involvement, potentially signalling an imminent military escalation between Israel and Hezbollah. This tension has been mounting since Hezbollah鈥檚 recent engagement with Israeli forces, a direct response to Israel鈥檚 intensified military...
Eight killed, around 2,750 wounded in Lebanon pager explosions
Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said eight people were killed and some 2,750 wounded in pager explosions across the country Tuesday, with Hezbollah earlier saying the pagers were used by its members.
Death toll rises to 6 as 2 more workers die
The death toll from the September 7 explosion at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram rose to six as two more injured workers died at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute in Dhaka early Saturday...
Four die in oil tank blast in Bogura
Four workers were killed when an oil tank of a factory exploded at Bhawanipur in Sherpur upazila of Bogura district in Bangladesh on Thursday.
Explosions in Myanmar again, Rohingyas enter afresh
The people in bordering areas of Teknaf upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar district had to pass sleepless night after midnight past Saturday as panic gripped them due to the sounds of gunshots and bomb explosions in Myanmar territory...
12 workers burnt in shipyard explosion in Ctg
Twelve workers suffered burn injuries in an explosion at a shipyard in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Saturday...
Explosions in Myanmar again cause panic in Teknaf
The people in bordering areas of Teknaf upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar district had to pass sleepless night after midnight past Wednesday as panic gripped them due to sounds of gunshots and bomb explosions in Myanmar territory...
Rohingya youth killed in mine explosion on Myanmar border
A Rohingya youth was killed in an explosion inside Myanmar while catching crabs at Teknaf in the Naf River of Bangladesh鈥檚 Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Sunday afternoon....
Explosion in Rupganj 鈥榚xtremist hideout鈥� surrounded by ATU
An explosion occurred on Tuesday on the third floor of a four-storey building, surrounded by the police鈥檚 Anti-Terrorism Unit in suspicion of being an extremist hideout in the Barpa area of Rupganj, Narayanganj...
One more Bhatara gas explosion victim dies, death toll now 4
A woman, who suffered 55 percent burns in a fire at her residence on June 10, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Sunday, raising the death toll to 4....