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Fire incidents decline in 2024, losses drop by nearly 44%
By The Numbers

Fire incidents decline in 2024, losses drop by nearly 44%

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Bangladesh

Fire guts 61 shops at city's Shewrapara kitchen market

A massive fire gutted 100 shops in Cumilla on 30 December. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Devastating fire burns over 100 shops to ashes in Cumilla

A 7-member committee was formed to investigate the fire at the secretariat on 26 December. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Most damage to 7th, 8th floors; documents reduced to ashes: Firefighters’ accounts

Smoke billowing out from one of the floors during a fire at the secretariats Building No 7 on Thursday, 24 December, 2024. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Road, LGRD, post ministries most damaged by secretariat fire

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Environment

Cyclone Dana causes minimal damage, no threat to Bangladesh

Feni and Chattogram district submerged on 23 August following recent flash floods. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Recent flood damages estimated at Tk14,269cr: Disaster management adviser

Flash flood in Akhaura, Brahmanbaria on 22 August 2024. File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Flood control and how to minimise losses

Feni and Chattogram district submerged on 23 August following recent flash floods. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Crops worth Tk394cr damaged by Ctg floods, 1.61 lakh farmers affected

Houses surrounded by water in Chhagalnaiya in Feni on 23 August 2024. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Agriculture

Flood in Feni: Over 64,000 cattle dead, loss of livestock worth Tk391cr

Cyclone Remal wreaks havoc on fishermen’s houses and shops along the Patenga coast of Chattogram. Tidal waters inundate the fishing villages as nearby dams are damaged. The photo was taken from Jelepara in South Halishahar, Patenga on Monday. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Cyclone Remal kills 16, damages over 173,000 houses, 1.5 lakh hectares of crops: Ministry

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Bangladesh

Ctg flood damages crops, fish, livestock worth Tk135cr: Officials

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