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No trade license for buildings without fire safety
United News of Bangladesh | Updated at 09:11pm on April 18, 2021
The Dhaka North City Corporation will not provide trade license or holding numbers to the buildings which will not install separate fire safety system from...
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Dhaka’s Old Town residents in vicious cycle of fire
Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 12:37pm on December 11, 2020
Dhaka’s Old Town is caught in a vicious cycle of fire-related disasters as once again a fire accident gutted over 50 shops, a number of...
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13 cases filed against 500 BNP people
Iqbal Mahmud | Updated at 12:26pm on November 13, 2020
Police filed 13 cases naming around 500 leaders and activists of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its associate organisations and several unidentified people...
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Foam factory gutted in Gazipur fire
United News of Bangladesh. Gazipur | Updated at 09:58am on September 15, 2020
A fire broke out in a foam factory at Pubail in Gazipur on Monday night. Deputy assistant director of Jaydevpur Fire Service Abdul Hamid Miah...
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Titas suspends eight employees, toll hits 27
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 06:53pm on September 07, 2020
The Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company has suspended eight of their officials and staff on Monday amid allegations of mismanagement in gas supply line...
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United Hospital asked to pay each of fire victims Tk 30 lakh
M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 12:50pm on July 15, 2020
The High Court on Wednesday asked the United Hospital authorities to initially pay Tk 30 lakh to each of the families of four victims of...
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United Hospital COVID-19 unit had no fire safety measure: Atiqul
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 06:17pm on May 28, 2020
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam on Thursday said that United Hospital did not have any fire safety arrangement including fire fighters at its...
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Forming National Fire Council emphasised
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:18am on February 17, 2020
Speakers at a roundtable on Saturday emphasised forming a National Fire Council led by the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence. The department organised...
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Fires that leave slum people in distress, call for housing
| Updated at 12:00am on December 29, 2019
FIRE safety in urban areas has largely been a neglected issue. Risks and vulnerability are especially higher for the poor people. A fire early Friday...
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United Commercial Bank provides fire safety cushion
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:51am on November 25, 2019
United Commercial Bank Limited handed over fire safety cushion to prime minister Sheikh Hasina for enhancing the capacity of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence...