United News of Bangladesh

A fire that raged through a jhut (waste fabric) warehouse in Mipur-11 area of Dhaka was brought under control after around one hour of efforts on Friday morning. According to Shahjahan Hossain, duty officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters control room, the fire originated at around 6:58 am at the warehouse located on Road No. 15/2, Block-C, Avenue-5 of Mirpur-11. 20 slum houses burn down in Ctg fire In response to the emergency call, three firefighting units from nearby Mirpur Fire Station rushed to the spot and managed to bring the blaze under control after around one hour of efforts at 7:50am. No casualties were reported in the incident, he said, adding that the cause of the fire is yet to be determined.

Mirpur-11 and Kazipara stations of Dhaka Metro Rail were opened to the public today. The train can pick up and drop off passengers from the two stations from today, said deputy managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL) Nazmul Ahsan Bhuiya. With this, seven out of nine Metro Rail stations have been opened so far while two stations — Shewrapara and Uttara South — will be opened at the end of this month, he said. The government started the operation of Metro Rail on December 28 last year on a limited scale, and there was no stoppage between Uttara North and Agargaon stations. Later, the government opened Metro Rail’s Pallabi, Uttara Centre and Mirpur-10 stations on January 25, February 18 and March 1, respectively. Meanwhile, the government has decided to run Metro Rail every day from early morning to midnight from July this year. Also read: Metro rail services to be opened in December,2022: Quader MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL), disclosed the information on February 10. Currently, the trains are operating from 8:30 am to 5 pm. According to the DMTCL, the train operation till Motijheel may start by the end of 2024, and till Kamalapur by 2025.