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DHAKA, Bangladesh – 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 senior police official said.
The blaze began Thursday night at the five-story Hashem Foods Ltd. factory in Rupganj, just outside the capital Dhaka, sending huge clouds of black smoke billowing into the sky. Police discovered piles of bodies Friday afternoon after the fire was extinguished.
Home Minister Asaduzzman Khan said the managing director of Sajeeb Group, which owns the factory, is among those detained.
Transformation and turmoil: Ethiopia under Abiy Ahmed dailytimes.com.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailytimes.com.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A new five-year term for
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as per results Saturday of a landslide victory in a landmark and twice delayed parliamentary vote where the country’s ruling
Prosperity Party won 410 seats out of 436.
The figures showed opposition parties and independent candidates won a small number of seats.
The results were relayed by the
National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) which said there would be a rerun in 10 constituencies.
President of Ethiopia Sahle-Work Zewde addresses the crowd during an event in Addis Ababa following the announcement. Given the turmoil of peace in some areas, the complexity in the politics, the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, and also the situation in the northern part, Tigray region.