[ad_1] Dhaka: About 700 firefighters continued working on Wednesday to completely douse a massive blaze that erupted at the Bangabazar in Dhaka — the biggest wholesale market in Bangladesh — 36 hours ago. Brigadier General Md Main Uddin, Director General (DG) of the Fire Brigade of Bangladesh, told IANS thatContinue Reading
[ad_1] Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Wednesday that the country has sufficient expertise to carry out an investigation into the powerful explosion that ripped through a multi-storey building in a crowded area here, killing 18 people. The “earthquake-like” explosion at the seven-storey building at Old Dhaka’s crowded GulistanContinue Reading
[ad_1] Dhaka: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Bangladesh has termed last week’s attack on the Ahmadiyya community in Panchagarh district as “abominable” and demanded punishment for the attackers. On March 3, at least two people died and 30 others were injured in an attack led by an angryContinue Reading
[ad_1] Representational Image Dhaka: A devastating fire broke out at a multi-storied building in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, with no death reported so far. At least seven fire engines were fighting the fire on the sixth floor of the 12-storey building in Dhaka’s diplomatic area Gulshan, which is sending thick blackContinue Reading