Dhaka/Internet/Hyderabad, Mar 1 (Maxim News): At least 43 people were killed in a deadly fire that broke out at a six-storey commercial building on Baily Road in Dhaka late on Thursday night.
At least four people, including a woman, were killed and 23 others injured after a fire broke out at a chemical warehouse here in the Dhaka early on Friday, according to media reports.
Bangladesh on Monday clamped a week-long nationwide lockdown, suspending public transport and shutting markets to combat the surge in coronavirus cases in the country, amidst demonstrations by small business owners against the move.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bangladesh on Friday to take part in the country's 50th Independence Day celebrations, his first foreign visit since the COVID-19 outbreak.