A fire gutted valuables of  ‘Ripon Knitwear Factory Ltd’ at Konabari Jarun in Gazipur city on Tuesday. The fire broke out in a warehouse on the ground floor of the five-story building at noon and spread soon. Read:Mugda fire: 55-yr-old woman dies of burn injuries On information, six firefighting units rushed to the spot. It took two hours to extinguish the blaze. However, the workers, who were working in the building, managed to come out when the factory catches fire. The origin of the fire and the extent of loss caused by the fire will be known after investigation, said Abdul Hamid.

A fire broke out at a garment factory in Bhogra Vasan road area of Gazipur city early Monday. Abdul Hamid Mia, Deputy Assistant Director of Gazipur Fire Service, said the blaze started around 6am in the dyeing and knitting section of Alema Textile Limited. Read: Fire in power substation triggers outage in Naogaon On information, four firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze in a couple of hours.  Machineries and other valuables  inside the one-storey building were gutted in the fire before the fire was brought under control, officials said. Read: Fire breaks out at polybag factory in Cumilla However, the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, he added.

High transaction costs associated with mobile banking and insufficient knowledge regarding Mobile Financial and Banking Services are discouraging most readymade garment (RMG) workers from receiving their payments digitally, a survey has found.

A fire broke out at a garment factory of Islam Knit Composite Ltd in Jorun area of the city on Friday.