Thousands of members of Bangladesh’s Shia community participated in the procession. Most participants wore black as a symbol of mourning. Many carried replicas of nishans (standards), alams, zuljanah (duldul), paws and other religious symbols. The participants beat their chests in mourning and repeatedly chanted ‘Ya Hussein’, filling the area with expressions of grief over the […]
Imran Hussain, a resident of that area, said that despite several fire accidents most of the chemical warehouses have not yet been shifted from Mitford and Armanitola area. On visiting Mitford, Armanittiola and Chowkbazar areas this Saturday, a number of chemical warehouses and shops were found operating there. Responding to a question on why chemical […]
At around 8.30 am on Sunday, miscreants set a CNG-powered autorickshaw on fire on Kazi Alauddin Road in Old Dhaka. According to a text message sent by the Siddiqui Bazaar fire service, a cocktail was hurled at an autorickshaw in front of OneStar Hotel. The autorickshaw caught fire due to the explosion of the cocktail. […]
Hundreds of trucks use this road every day to carry goods to the Chowk Bazaar and Badamtali wholesale markets. Traders from Islampur’s wholesale cloth market next to Chowk Bazaar are also heavily dependent on this road. And residents of a part of Old Dhaka also use this road to go to the Sir Salimullah Medical […]
The fire was brought under control at around 12:36 pm, said Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of the Fire Services and Civil Defense Headquarters. However, black smoke is still billowing from different places and firefighters are still working to douse the blaze completely. 48 units of fire engines are engaged in extinguishing the fire. However, the […]
Project director Muhammad Hafizur Rahman said the project was extended for another two years as it could not be completed within the June 2022 deadline. On 14 February, the Bangladesh Planning Commission extended the project till June 2024. Hafeezur blamed the company responsible for the landfilling for the delay. Narayanganj Dockyard was given the work […]
The Fire Service DG said, “We are working on various methods to deal with such disasters with well-trained manpower and modern equipment.” “We may have trained manpower, and equipment can be bought, but will we be able to reach places like Old Dhaka?” “Another thing we must keep in mind is that we have overhead […]
The second channel of a Buriganga stream that flows by a southwestern partial of a collateral is roughly passed due to intrusion by open as good as in isolation organisations as good as additionally transfer of waste. Also good known as Buriganga Morarkhari, a channel was creatively some-more than 6 kilometres long. But it has […]
Jangannath University is one of the oldest educational institutes of Dhaka. But it became a university only in 2005. At that time the Jagannath University act was passed in the parliament, which said the government will fund the new university only for five years. After that time the university must run on its own income. […]
