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This fire disaster is one of the most costly non-fatal incidents ever recorded in Bangladesh's history. It took a team of 600 firefighters from across the Dhaka city, along with a record 48 units of the fire service, six hours to bring the fire under control, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and approximately 75 hours to fully extinguish it.
After the tragic incident Mohammad Tanvirul Islam, executive director of Amin Mohammad Group, left Bangladesh to avoid any possible legal proceedings. [17] A Rajuk source revealed that the building was approved for commercial offices up to the fifth floor, with the sixth and seventh floors designated for residential use.
In Bangladesh's ongoing 2023 dengue epidemic season, the country has been witnessing the deadliest outbreak of dengue fever ever since the first outbreak in Bangladesh in 2000. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As of 31 December 2023, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has reported 321,179 hospitalizations and 1,705 deaths due to the Aedes ...
Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for the spread of waterborne diseases and racing to get drinking water to people after devastating floods last week that left at least 54 people dead and ...
Students in Bangladesh began a quota reform movement in early June 2024 after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector. The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as July massacre , by the ...
The massacre was a significant event in the political spectrum of Bangladesh, and part of the ongoing unrest that began in mid-2024. [30] The Supreme Court's decision to reinstate a 30% job quota for descendants of freedom fighters sparked initial protests as the decision reversed reforms from 2018 made in response to the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. [31]
BM Container Depot, a private Dutch–Bangladesh joint venture, is an inland container depot (ICD) that has been dealing with goods for import and export since 2011. [1] [4] [6] Mujibur Rahman, the director of the depot, stated that about 600 people were employed there. [11] The depot is one of 19 ICDs in the country. [10]
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Bangladesh in March 2020.