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Non-fatal injuries. 18. Property damage. $27.7 million USD [2] On the morning of April 4, 2023, a massive fire erupted in the clothing market of Bangabazar, located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. This fire resulted in the utter devastation of the market, leaving thousands of stores destroyed and numerous structures damaged.
Bangabazar ( Bengali: বঙ্গবাজার) is a bazaar Located in Fulbaria, Dhaka. [ 1] It is mainly known as the market for the ready-made garment industry. Until the mid-1950s, the Old Dhaka railway station was at Fulbaria. [ 2] This market is mainly built around this station. Currently, it is managed by Dhaka South City Corporation.
Also known as. Bailey Road Fire. Type. Structure fire. Deaths. 46 [ 1] Non-fatal injuries. 75. On the night of 29 February 2024, a fire broke out in a seven-storey shopping mall located in the New Bailey Road of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 46 people.
The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, also known as July Revolution, [ 73][ 74][ 75] was a series of anti-government [ d] and pro- democracy [ e] protests in Bangladesh, spearheaded primarily by university students. Initially focused on restructuring quota-based systems for government job recruitment, the movement expanded against what ...
March 1, 2024 at 8:15 AM. By Ruma Paul. DHAKA (Reuters) -A massive fire in Bangladesh that raged through a six-storey building home to restaurants where many families with children were dining has ...
117–124 dead [ 1][ 2] 200+ injured. The 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire broke out on 24 November 2012, in the Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. [ 3] At least 117 people were confirmed dead in the fire, and over 200 were injured, [ 1] making it the deadliest factory fire in the nation's ...
Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh took place during a period of turbulence in Bangladesh between 2013 and 2016 when a number of secularist and atheist writers, bloggers, and publishers in Bangladesh; foreigners; homosexuals; and religious minorities such as Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and Ahmadis who were seen as having offended Islam and Muhammad were attacked in retaliation, with ...
Agora is a Bangladeshi retail superstore that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the company was founded by Rahimafrooz Superstores Ltd. in 2001, [2] and it was the pioneer and largest retail-superstore in Bangladesh. [3] [4]