The families of three victims from Feni, who were killed in the BM Container Depot fire, have been grieving since Saturday night. Salauddin Quader Sabuj, 37, was a firefighter hailing from Sadar upazila of the district; Shahahdat Ullah Majumdar, 38, from Fulgazi upazila was shift-in-charge at BM Container Depot; and Mohammad Yeasin, 28, was a covered van driver, hailing from Sadar upazila of the district. Yeasin remains missing after the fire incident while the two others were confirmed to have been killed during the fire. Firefighter Sabuj was a son of Yusuf of Masimpur village and he left behind his wife, one son and one daughter. During a visit to the house of Sabuj, the UNB correspondent learned that Sabuj visited his home during Eid and that was the last time he saw his family. Sabuj joined Sonagazi Fire Station as a firefighter in 2011. Also read: Grief grips Noakhali village of firefighter Alauddin Sabuj’s wife Marjina said she spoke to her husband around 9pm on Saturday, just before the fire. "When he heard the news, Sabuj rushed to the spot. I could not reach him after the explosion,” she recounts. On Sunday, the relatives of Sabuj came to know that his body was kept at the mortuary of Chattogram Medical College and Hospital. He was buried at his home village on Monday. On the other hand, the family of Shahadat, son of Amin Ullah Majumdar of Fulgazi upazila, is also bemoaning the loss of the only bread earner of the family. The parents of Shahadat have been lamenting since Saturday night after they heard the news of their son’s death. Shahadat was talking to his parents on a video call but their connection got snapped after the explosion on the fateful night. Also read: Ctg depot fire: DNA samples collection begins to identify deceased Shahadat, a father of a two and half month old daughter, was on leave and joined his work on June 3. The family members of Shahadat collected his body from the Chattogram Medical College and Hospital morgue on Sunday and brought him back to his village for burial. Yeasin, son of Khoka Mia of Fulgazi upazila was the second issue of his parents. After the massive inferno at Chattogram depot, the family of Yeasin has no idea about his whereabouts.He worked as a covered van driver at Spectra Company. During a visit to Yeasin’s house, this UNB correspondent found that his mother Kokila Akter is continuously crying out the name of Yeasin. Mohammad Nahid, a cousin of Yeasin, said: "He was at the depot when the blaze erupted and we saw the fire incident at the depot through his facebook as he went into the live stream. But suddenly an explosion occurred and he went missing."

The condition of 15 launch fire victims, who are undergoing treatment at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), is critical. Coordinator of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery Dr Samanta Lal Sen disclosed it while talking to reports at the hospital on Saturday. Some 21 people were taken to the burn unit of DMCH on Friday and 16 of them were admitted to the hospital where four others were given first aid. Also read: Launch fire: Namaz-e-Janaza of 30 victims held in Barguna The victims, who are undergoing treatment at the hospital are—Tamin Hasan, 8, suffered 30 percent burn injuries, Jesmine Akter, 35, (12%), Bachchu Mia, 51 (4%), Ishrat Zahan Sadia, 22 (20%), Shahinur Khatun, 45 (25%), Marufa, 48 (15%), Selim Reza, 45 (18%), Lamia, 13 (10%), Mamtaz, 70 (8%), Mohammad Russel, 38 (18%), Bankim Majumdar, 60 (12%), Monika Rani, 40 (30%), Golam Rabbi, 20, (9%),  Bikash Majumdar, 16, Khadiza, 27 (15%) and Bashir, 35 (6%). Of the victims, Habib Khan, 45, succumbed to his injuries on Friday night. SM Ayub Hossain, resident surgeon of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery,  said Habib breathed his last at around 11:30 pm. Also read: Jhalakathi launch fire: 33 bodies reach Barguna At least 39 passengers were burned to death and 72 others injured after a massive fire broke out in the engine room of a launch in the middle of Sugandha River off the coast of Jhalakathi Sadar Upazila. The blaze broke out at 3am on the Barguna-bound Avijan-10 launch carrying some 800 passengers from Dhaka and it engulfed the entire vessel within 10 minutes.

A suspect is in custody after two people were killed and four injured — including a police officer — in a shooting at a shopping mall Monday in Boise, Idaho, police said. At a news conference, authorities said officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect. The majority of the mall has been cleared, but police were still looking for any additional victims. Police didn’t release any other information about the victims or the suspect, saying the investigation was ongoing. Read: Crew member: Baldwin careful with guns before fatal shooting Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee said the shooting was reported to law enforcement about 1:50 p.m. on Monday — including a report that one person was “shot and down” at that time. When the officers arrived, they spotted someone who matched the description of the suspect. “There was an exchange of gunfire that ensued shortly thereafter, resulting in the officer’s injury, as well as the suspect being taken into custody,” Lee said. He said investigators believe there was only one shooter, and there is no ongoing danger to the public. “We really cannot at this time speak to any motivation behind it,” Lee said, calling any speculation premature.  “I cannot stress enough how traumatic this event is for the community at large, as well as for those that were witnesses, or are the families of those involved or involved themselves,” Lee said. After the shooting, several witnesses stood in the rain outside the entrance to Macy’s — one of five large department stores at the mall — waiting to be interviewed by police or told they could leave. Patrol cars from several agencies, ambulances and fire trucks filled a section of the mall parking lot. Officers from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were assisting in the investigation. About a quarter of a mile away, officers closed part of a road near a busy intersection so they could investigate a second crime scene related to the shooting incident. Officers at the second crime scene declined to answer questions about the investigation other than to confirm it was related to the shooting investigation. Cheri Gypin, of Boise, was in the mall with a friend where they walk for an hour three or four times a week. She said she heard several large bangs, but thought something had fallen from the ceiling. Then about 60 people, including families pushing strollers, came running at them, some of them shouting that there was an active shooter. “My friend was trying to process it,” said Gypin, 60. “I just looked at her and said, ‘We’ve got to run.’ So we just ran and kept running until we got to the outer perimeter of the parking lot.” Read: 3 employees killed in shooting at postal facility in Memphis They made their way back to their car, where police told the crowd of people who had fled the mall to leave the parking area. Investigators were working with hospital officials to notify family members of those injured and killed in the shooting, Lee said. Boise Mayor Lauren McLean asked members of the public and the news media to give the victims and their families privacy as they deal with the trauma of the shooting. She thanked the law enforcement officers, first responders and others she said worked to keep the community safe. “Countless people found themselves in a situation they never would have or should have expected,” McLean said, lauding the shopkeepers and others in the mall for reacting “so quickly to take care of folks that were there. You showed in a tough and chaotic moment how much you care and what you’re willing to do to support and care for strangers.”

The post-mortem reports of 67 victims of the tragic Churihatta fire in Old Dhaka have been finalised and will be handed over to police anytime.

Cash donations and funds raised to assist victims of Thailand's weekend mass shooting have reached up to 23 million baht (735,764 U.S. dollars), said Nakhon Ratchasima governor Wichian Chantharanothai, on Tuesday.

Lawmakers commemorated wildfire victims and praised the heroism of firefighters when Australia's Parliament sat on Tuesday as hundreds of protesters rallied outside demanding more policy action on climate change.