After last week’s devastating blaze in Dhaka saw its 119th victim on Monday, authorities began a crackdown on illegal chemical warehouses, which they blame for the fire. One of our Observers who was at the scene tells us why he thinks so many died . . . .
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At least 116 people, mostly women and children, were burned alive and scores more wounded in a blaze in the densely populated Old Dhaka last night.The death toll may rise sharply, as rescuers early today were pulling out bodies from eight houses and 20 shops that had been reduced to ashes by the fire, the biggest in recent years. The government has declared a day of national mourning on Saturday across the country while special prayers will be offered at mosques, temples, churches and pagodas for the departed souls of the fire victims.
A five-story building undergoing construction collapsed onto several tin-shed houses late night on 1 June in Begunbari, Dhaka. Rescue operations by the army, firefighters and Red Crescent are worked jointly. At least 25 people were killed while 21 were rescued when a five-story building collapsed onto tin-roofed shanties in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
Dhaka. June 2010. Musa Ibrahim, first Bangladeshi to climb Mount Everest smiles after arriving in Dhaka. The first Bangladeshi to conquer Mount Everest, Musa Ibrahim, has returned. The special plane flying him home touched down at around 4.30pm in Dhaka international airport. Ibrahim climbed Everest on May 23, 2010
MONIRUL ALAM 