Worker rights: Bangladesh fire survivors fear destitution after depot explosion
MD TAHMID ZAMI and IFTEKHAR UDDIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the aftermath of the container depot fire near Chittagong in Bangladesh…
Bangladesh police open investigation into deadly container depot fire
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters Police in Bangladesh on Wednesday opened an investigation into eight officials from a shipping container depot after a blaze killed at least 44 people, including 10 firefighters, and injured around 200 others, officials said. Firefighters put out the blaze at the depot in Sitakunda, 40 kilometres from the south-eastern port city of Chittagong, on […]
Two days after deadly blasts, Bangladesh container depot still burns
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters Firefighters battled for a third day on Monday to control a huge fire that killed dozens when it triggered explosions at a Bangladesh container depot, as officials warned of the risk of further blasts if the flames spread to chemicals stored nearby. Drone footage from the BM Container Depot at Sitakunda, 40 […]