On November 3, 1971, while the nation was fighting for independence, another battle took place at the Guptakhali canal in Chattogram. A nearby fire station was informed that a fire had broken out on an oil tanker carrying 1,000 tonnes of kerosene and 30 tonnes of gasoline.
Firefighters and locals have pulled a cow free from quicksand on the bank of Padma river yesterday.
A fire breaks out at Khulna City Corporation (KCC) building early Monday.