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Fire Service and Civil Defence

Fire Service and Civil Defence

Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General Brigadier General Sultanul Afrain Zunaid speaks at a press conference at the department’s headquarters on Kazi Alauddin Road in Dhaka on Saturday. Photo: Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence

Fire Service on 24hrs alert during Durga Puja, 538 fire stations ready

The Fire Service and Civil Defence will keep 538 fire stations nationwide ready around the clock during Durga Puja, with personnel monitoring fire safety at Puja mandaps and deployed at idol...

Firefighting units work to douse a blaze at Dhaka airport on 18 October 2025. File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

27,000 fires annually: Poor infrastructure, electrical faults cost Bangladesh Tk600cr

Fire Service and Civil Defence personnel try to bring a blaze under control at a shop on the sixth floor of Manzur Khan Plaza in Chawkbazar, Dhaka, on 12 October 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Fire breaks out in Dhaka's Chawkbazar, 9 firefighting units working

Registration for Fire Marathon-102 opens tomorrow

Registration for Fire Marathon-102 opens tomorrow

Sultanul Afreen Zunaid appointed new Fire Service DG

Fire damages machinery, electrical cables and waste paper at Hakkani Paper and Board Mills in Boalkhali, Chattogram. Photo: TBS

Fire at Boalkhali paper mill, estimated damage Tk2cr

A Fire Service and Civil Defence unit works to extinguish a fire during a firefighting operation at a helmet warehouse in the Mukim Bazar area of Bangshal in Old Dhaka on 16 August 2026. Photo: Collected

Fire guts Bangshal helmet warehouse, flames brought under control after 2hrs

Photo: Courtesy

Fire breaks out at Satkhira private hospital, flames doused in 1.5hrs

Two missing as trawler sinks after collision with launch at Sadarghat

Two missing as trawler sinks after collision with launch at Sadarghat

Fire Service and Civil Defence diver Md Sadik, whose body was recovered from the Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj this evening after he went missing while cleaning water hyacinth near a fire jetty. Photo: Collected

Fire Service diver's body recovered from Shitalakkha river after 8-hour search

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Two shops gutted in Khagrachhari fire

Home Affairs Minister Salahuddin Ahmed inaugurates the Passing Out Parade and Medal Award-2026 ceremony at the Purbachal Multipurpose Fire Service Station on Tuesday, 19 May. Photo: TBS

Fire service capacity enhancement underway with new stations, ambulances: Home minister

Fire at a scrap goods warehouse in Brahmanbaria’s Birasar area. Photo: TBS

Fire at scrap warehouse in Brahmanbaria, owner claims Tk1cr loss