At least 10 persons were injured, including two sustaining bullet wounds, in the post polls violence between two factions of Awami League in Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila last night.
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New details about the horrific working conditions that created Bangladesh fire tragedy
More information has emerged about the brutal and unsafe conditions at the Shezan Juice factory where a fire on the night of July 8 killed at least 52 young workers in Narayanganj’s Bhulta area, just outside Dhaka.
A firefighter communicates with his colleagues on a walkie talkie inside the burnt food and beverage factory in Rupganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Forty-nine workers died after being trapped on the third floor of the six-storey building with its only exit locked. Three others were killed after jumping from the burning building. The juice factory is a subsidiary of Sajeeb Group and is owned by Hashem Foods Ltd.
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Police arrest Bangladesh factory owners after fire kills 52
JULHAS ALAM, Associated Press
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1of5A firefighter communicates with his colleagues on a walkie talkie inside the burnt food and beverage factory in Rupganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 9, 2021. At least 52 people died in a huge blaze that engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh s capital, fire officials said Friday, in the latest industrial disaster to hit the South Asian nation.Mahmud Hossain Opu/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Two unidentified men, in center, are escorted by Bangladesh police officials to the court in Narayanganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, July 10, 2021. Police in Bangladesh arrested eight people Saturday on murder charges in connection with a factory fire that killed at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door, a police official said.Abdul Goni/APShow MoreShow Less