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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday (1 March) bemoaned that there was no fire exit in the multi-storied building that caught fire on Bailey Road leaving dozens of people dead. “The fire that broke out in Bailey Road, that is a multi-storied building, but there was no fire exit,” she said. The prime minister said this while addressing a programme marking `National Insurance Day-2024` at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital on Friday jointly organised by Ministry of Finance and the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) jointly at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) aiming to promote the idea of

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The government on Friday issued a “Fuel Pricing Guidelines” through a gazette notification to set an automated price for the petroleum fuels across the country. The system will be effective from March. Under the guidelines, prices of all the petroleum fuels including petrol, diesel, octane, kerosene, furnace oil, jet fuel, marine fuels will be set automatically on the basis of the international market price. The local prices will go up and down in line with the international price and every month such price will be announced by the government for one-month tenure. But the automated pricing is not coming into effect from today (March 1) although State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid had said on Thursday that it would be effective from March

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BNP has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the fire incident at a six-storey commercial building on Bailey Road in Dhaka that claimed 46 lives and injured many. In a statement on Friday, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed his condolences. About 45 people died in the Baily Road multi building blaze on Thursday night. And for those who are fighting for life in hospital beds, their tears and sorrow are very heartbreaking and touching, he said. Fakhrul said the relevant doctors and officials informed them that the death toll may increase. “I am deeply saddened and bereaved, along with the family and friends

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Two students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) died in the fire at Bailey Road in the capital on Thursday (29 February) night. They were Nahian Amin, 22 batch student of EEE department and Lamisha Islam, of Mechanical department of the same batch, Dhaka Medical College Hospital Police Outpost In-Charge Inspector Bachchu Mia confirmed on Friday (1 March). Their bodies were handed over to the family members, he said. Prof Mizanur Rahman of BUET, janaza of both the students were also completed early in the morning

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A fire that broke out in an under-construction cold storage in the Bakolia area of the port city of Chattogram on Friday (1 March) morning was brought under control. Abdullah Harun Pasha, deputy assistant director of Chattogram Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the fire erupted at the under-construction Taja Multipurpose Cold Storage of ‘S Alam Group’ on Bakolia Express Road in Bakolia around 10:30 am.

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Humanity is crying in Gaza; can’t you hear it! Please you feel you also are crying!! I am sorry for humanity that this man - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would decide to kill so many people on his way out in Gaza Strip. Truly disturbed. There has been an exponential rise of mass-killings, Brobdingnagian destructions of human habitats, hospitals along with patients, drone attacks and many more in my lifetime except in 1971 when we were battling for life or death against the brutal Pakistani soldiers and their local dreaded daemons and we seem to be numb to them. To me, it seems there is an existential crisis. More than four months after the last October 7 attacks, the death toll in Gaza exceeded 30,000

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A judge in the US state of Illinois on Wednesday (28 February) ordered former President Donald Trump stricken off the state`s primary ballot over his role in the January 6 Capitol riot. The decision by Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter comes as similar anti-Trump ballot measures have cropped up in several states, including a Colorado ruling now before the US Supreme Court. The question before the nine US justices is whether Trump, the presumed Republican presidential candidate, is ineligible to appear on the Republican presidential primary ballot in Colorado because he engaged in an insurrection -- the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol by his supporters.

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The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Thursday (29 February) that the number of people killed in the Palestinian territory during the war between militants and Israel has surpassed 30,000.

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The United States on Wednesday (29 February) urged Israel to allow Muslims to worship at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during Ramadan, after a far-right minister proposed barring Palestinians from the occupied West Bank from praying there. As it pertains to Al-Aqsa, we continue to urge Israel to facilitate access to Temple Mount for peaceful worshippers during Ramadan consistent with past practice, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny`s funeral will be held on Friday (1 March) in a Moscow church, two weeks after his sudden death in an Arctic prison, his allies announced Wednesday (28 February). Authorities resisted handing Navalny`s body to his family for eight days, in what his team said was an attempt to "cover up" official involvement in his death and prevent a public burial. His widow Yulia Navalnaya said she feared her husband`s funeral could be disrupted by arrests.

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All train services between Dhaka and Tangail were suspended after the engine of a commuter train broke down on the rail tracks in Basail Upazila of Tangail on Thursday (29 February). This incident happened Thursday morning in the Sonalia village of the upazila. Ali Akbar, the in-charge of Tangail`s Gharinda Railway Police, confirmed the matter. The train left Gharinda Railway Station for Dhaka at 7:08 am. When it reached Sonalia village, the engine failed. As a result, all types of train services to Dhaka were

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The government, bypassing the regulatory procedure, issued executive orders on Thursday to increase the power price by 8.44 percent per unit just before the onset of Ramadan. This move has drawn criticism from experts who express deep disappointment over the decision. They argue that the populace is already grappling with inflation and the escalating cost of daily necessities like naseberries. The hike in power prices will only exacerbate the burden on the people, particularly those belonging to middle- and lower-income brackets. Under the new rate, the price of electricity per unit has seen an average increase of Tk 0.70. This revised pricing structure will take effect from the current February billing cycle

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At least 44 people were killed in a fire that broke out at a six-storey commercial building on Baily Road in Dhaka last night. Of the deceased, 33 died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and 10 in Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen while talking to reporters today.

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Self-service petrol pumps across New Zealand were shuttered Thursday (29 February) as several companies reported a leap year "software glitch" that left motorists stranded. In the capital Wellington, some stations closed completely, leaving forecourts empty and customers confronted with signs reading "Nationwide Payment Outage - Site Unavailable. It is a nationwide issue affecting all fuel brands and it does appear to be a software glitch with the payment provider because it is Feb 29 -- a leap year, said spokesperson Julien Leys of petrol chain Gull.

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Power tariff will be increased from February 1 instead of March 1, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nazrul Hamid on Thursday (29 March). Gazette notification will be issued today regarding the power tariff adjustment, he said while briefing the reporters at his ministry.

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