Hit by disasters, Bangladesh's long wait for a safe chemical industrial park gets longer bdnews24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bdnews24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Old Dhaka residents and authorities ignore risk of devastation, fire and building collapse bdnews24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bdnews24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Several devastating blazes triggered by chemical warehouses and factories in Old Dhaka shocked Bangladesh in the past one and a half decades. The tragedies forced the government to take steps to remove the chemical warehouses and factories from the congested area.
Historians are divided when it comes to the age of Dhaka. While some believe the city is around 400 or so years old and did not come to be before the Mughal era, others say there is substantial evidence for the city to be of almost 1,500 years.