Injured college student dies, death toll now 24

A college student, who suffered burns in the Gulistan blast on March 7, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery this afternoon.
14 March 2023, 12:51 PM

Another victim dies, death toll now 23

Mirza Azam, who was undergoing treatment at the institute with 80 percent burns, died around 9:30am, Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of the hospital, told The Daily Star
11 March 2023, 05:45 AM

Gulistan blast: Police file case over deaths due to negligence

Police have filed a case over deaths due to negligence against unidentified persons in connection with Tuesday's deadly blast at a building in the capital's Gulistan area.
10 March 2023, 12:53 PM

Decision on fate of affected building after 45 days, says Rajuk official

It will take 45 days to assess whether the building in Gulistan, which was the site of a deadly blast on Tuesday that claimed 22 lives so far, will be repaired or demolished
10 March 2023, 06:19 AM

Gulistan blast: Rajuk begins work to stabilise affected building

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has started propping up the damaged pillars of the Gulistan building where a blast on Tuesday
9 March 2023, 17:04 PM

Gulistan blast: Another dies in burn institute, death toll now 22

Another victim of the Siddikbazar tragedy succumbed to his injuries today at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery
9 March 2023, 14:33 PM

Why have homes become gas chambers?

National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kamal Uddin Ahmed has questioned why homes and institutions have turned into gas chambers.
9 March 2023, 11:32 AM

DB arrests 3, including 2 building owners

Detectives today arrested three people, including the two owners of the building in Dhaka’s Siddikbazar area where a deadly blast on Tuesday resulted in the deaths of 21 people
9 March 2023, 09:01 AM

No more bodies inside damaged building: fire service

"We conducted rescue operation since morning. So far we came to know there are no missing persons. There is no body inside the building"
9 March 2023, 08:04 AM

Another body recovered, death toll now 21

The body was brought out from the severely damaged building around 12:15pm
9 March 2023, 06:20 AM

Rescue efforts resume on 3rd day after deadly Gulistan blast

"We started working at 8:00am. As there was a lot of water under the building at that time, the water was irrigated and the rescue work started around 8:45am"
9 March 2023, 03:45 AM

Siddikbazar building: 9 out of 24 columns damaged

Nine out of 24 columns in the basement and ground floor of the Siddikbazar building in the capital's Gulistan were damaged in yesterday's explosion, said Rajuk member (development) Maj (retd) Shamsuddin Ahmed Chowdhury
8 March 2023, 19:01 PM

Unnatural death case filed over Gulistan blast

Police filed an unnatural death case over Tuesday's explosion at a Siddikbazar building in Dhaka's Gulistan that left at least 20 persons dead
8 March 2023, 18:48 PM

Death toll rises to 20 in Gulistan blast

Another victim of the Gulistan blast died last night at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, raising the death count to 20
8 March 2023, 18:34 PM

Rajuk forms probe body to assess building condition

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) today formed a six-member probe committee to investigate the present condition of the Siddikbazar building in Dhaka's Gulistan where a huge explosion took place yesterday
8 March 2023, 16:08 PM

Questioning Gulistan building owner: DB chief

Additional Commissioner of DMP's Detective Branch Mohammad Harun Or Rashid said his officers are questioning the owner of the Gulistan building ravaged by an explosion yesterday
8 March 2023, 15:11 PM

Rescue operation suspended for the night

The rescue operation by the fire service at the Siddikbazar blast site in Dhaka's Gulistan has been postponed for tonight
8 March 2023, 14:43 PM

Two of 19 Gulistan blast victims from Munshiganj

Two people among the 19 killed in the blast at Siddique Bazar in the capital’s Gulistan were from Munshiganj
8 March 2023, 13:58 PM

Affected building likely to be demolished: DSCC

The building that was damaged in the explosion in Siddikbazar may be demolished soon, said Haidar Ali, general manager (transport) of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC)
8 March 2023, 13:44 PM

'What should we do now?'

Fire service officials paused the rescue operation around 5:30pm after the blast-ravaged building in Gulistan's Siddik Bazar was declared "highly risky"
8 March 2023, 13:25 PM