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Old Dhaka chemical warehouse fire claims 4 lives again

Staff Correspondent: Four people died and at least 21 others sustained burn injuries in a devastating fire that broke out at a chemical warehouse in Old Dhaka’s Armanitola area early

Oxygen cylinder crisis hits corona treatment

The price of a cylinder with 1400 liters oxygen was Tk 26,000 around a month ago. Now, it is being sold between Tk 47,000 and Tk 50,000 depending on the

Cry for foods

Low income people especially workers of long distance buses and hawkers are highly sufferers in lockdown STAFF CORRESPONDENT: Low income group of people especially workers of long distance buses and

Substandard cylinders behind rising explosions

Over 1800 fire incidents in two years Staff Correspondent: Fire incidents are increasing day by day across the country due to use of low quality cylinders and lack of their

Surveillance beefed up to resist anti-govt rumors

Staff Correspondent: Over 1000 facebook users, who are involved with the spreading of anti-government rumors, have brought under scanner by the law enforcers. Besides, surveillance has been beefed up across

SSN allowances being sent to beneficiaries’ mobile wallets: PM

FBD Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is sending allowances under social safety net (SSN) programmes directly to the beneficiaries’ mobile wallets to get rid of middlemen.