Rescue-operation

Rescuers have recovered several more bodies from a ferry that caught fire off the coast of Palawan in the Philippines, raising the death toll to 35. More than 50 people remain missing, the country’s coast guard said Friday. The Philippine Coast Guard said 30 bodies were recovered from the wreckage of the ferry following the incident. The deaths of five people had earlier been confirmed. The total death toll now stands at 35. The MV June Astor departed the capital Manila for the tourist d...

A terrifying surge of the Bhote Koshi River suddenly swept through the area on Wednesday. Some people escaped death by running. Some drove their vehicles. Others survived by clinging to electric wires. For some others, survival was simply a matter of luck. Those who watched homes, settlements and loved ones being swept away before their eyes and survived now have only one thing to say: “It feels like I have been given a new life.” ‘I survived by clinging to an electric wire’ His body cove...

At least 633 people have died so far in floods caused by Wednesday's glacial landslide in Nepal and Tibet. More than 2,000 people are still missing. Many scenes of landslides and flooding were captured by CCTV cameras. They quickly spread across social media. People in different countries around the world are also watching these viral videos. One of the videos is from Tibet. It shows a powerful surge of water rushing through Gyirong Port. Everything in its path is swept away. Hundreds of...

News has spread in Patharghata of Barguna that the bodies of five fishermen who went missing after the fishing trawler ‘FB Barkat’ sank in the Bay of Bengal have been recovered. Families who had been hoping their loved ones would return alive are now mourning. The information that the bodies were found in the deep sea on Tuesday afternoon has spread among the families of the missing fishermen. Relatives said the owner of the sunken trawler, Badal Molla, informed them about the matter. He...

Sixteen fishermen who had been drifting after their boat's engine broke down in the Pashur River area of the Bay of Bengal were safely rescued by the Bangladesh Navy. The rescue operation was conducted Sunday night after one of the fishermen called the national emergency service 999. According to sources in the naval police and Coast Guard, a fishing trawler carrying 16 fishermen left Rayenda in Sharankhola, Bagerhat, for the deep sea on August 19. Two days after they began fishing, the...

Three months ago, Abdullah Al Mamun was promoted and began working as a fourth engineer aboard the foreign flagged vessel Ocean Winner. A native of Satkhira Sadar upazila in Bangladesh, he began his career as a sailor in 2014 after earning a degree from a private marine academy. This was his fifth ship. After receiving news of his promotion, he performed Umrah. He then joined the vessel. Last Saturday, Ocean Winner was sailing to Singapore from the Paraban Port in Odisha, India. The ship...

A boat carrying a group of Rohingyas sank off the coast of Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar as they were attempting to enter Bangladesh from Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Thirteen passengers are missing, while at least 18 people have been rescued alive. The accident occurred at around 8 am Friday off Shah Porir Dwip in the upazila. Local residents handed over the rescued individuals to the Border Guard Bangladesh near the accident site, close to the West Para boat jetty in Shah Porir Dwip. Eyewitnesses...

An explosion occurred Tuesday at a large shopping mall in the city of Kashima in Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture. Many people are trapped inside the building and several others have been injured, according to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said preliminary information from the local fire department indicates that part of the second floor of Aeon Mall Kumamoto has collapsed. It is feared that many people may be trapped there. According to the repor...

Three members of a Sylhet expatriate family, including the wife and daughter of a Jubo Dal leader in the United Kingdom, died after being swept away by strong currents at West Mersea beach in Essex County, UK. The incident occurred near Colchester City at West Mersea beach late Wednesday night, Bangladesh time. The victims were identified as Selina Rahman, 42, wife of UK Jubo Dal Vice President Dr. Sheikh Monsur Rahman, their daughter Samiya Rahman, 15, and Monsur’s nephew, Musa Ahmed, 9,...

Six men from Cumilla who traveled to Libya through brokers in search of a better life have been taken hostage by a human trafficking ring. The traffickers are demanding a ransom of Tk 2.7 million for each captive, totaling Tk 16.2 million, for their release, according to allegations. In this situation, Cumilla 9 lawmaker Md. Abul Kalam has written to the state minister for foreign affairs, urging the Foreign Ministry to take immediate action to save their lives and bring them back to Bangladesh....

Most high rise buildings in the capital lack fire safety systems. Fire safety laws and regulations are widely ignored. Most buildings do not even have basic firefighting equipment. The recent fire at Al Baraka Tower has once again exposed this dangerous reality in the country’s real estate sector. On the night of June 26, six Fire Service units rushed to Al Baraka Tower at 1:05 am to extinguish the blaze. However, firefighters faced severe difficulties because the building lacked its own...