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Fires in Gaza are fires in LA

EARLIER on January 8, I saw a prominent Zionist commentator and X (formerly Twitter) user post, ‘Has Greta Thunberg taken her keffiyeh off to address the fires in LA yet or are there too many Jews living here for her to be concerned?’ The weird implications about a mythical anti-Semitic malice that climate activist Greta Thunberg has to supposedly fuel...

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Strong winds threaten to spread LA inferno

Firefighters battled on Sunday to get on top of massive wildfires around Los Angeles as winds ramped up, pushing the blazes toward previously untouched neighbourhoods.

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LOS ANGELES FIRE: National Guard deployed as 10 killed

Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighbourhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people, authorities said, as California’s National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder.

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LA residents assess fire damage, brace for more

Shell-shocked Los Angeles residents on Thursday surveyed the devastation from wind-whipped fires that have engulfed entire neighborhoods and claimed at least five lives, as forecasters warned of further dangerous conditions...

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Foreign firms begin auditing 6 banks

Two foreign audit firms have begun evaluating the asset quality of six banks currently mired in financial irregularities and corruption...

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Thousands flee as LA wildfires burn out of control

Tens of thousands of people fled their homes near Los Angeles on Wednesday as three out-of-control wildfires fuelled by hurricane-force winds tore through the city’s suburbs, destroying dozens of houses...

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Damaged secretariat building opens partially

Ten days after a devastating fire at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital  Dhaka, the first five floors of the damaged Building 7 were opened for offices on Sunday.

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Santal houses set on fire by UP chairman in Gaibandha

Two Santal families’ houses were attacked and set on fire by a local Union Parishad chairman on Friday night, at a Santal village in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha. Senior police officers visited the area on Saturday...

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CJ forms 9-member taskforce to enhance fire safety on SC premises

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has constituted a nine-member taskforce to strengthen fire safety measures in the Supreme Court compound, including the International Crimes Tribunal, the Office of the Attorney General, the Supreme Court Bar Association building. The initiative comes in response to a devastating fire at the Secretariat on December 26, 2024...

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China market fire kills eight

A fire at a vegetable market in north China killed eight people and injured 15 on Saturday, local authorities reported.

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Shohojia announces first solo concert

Popular musical band Shohojia will perform their first solo concert titled Dhyan on January 10 at the Bangladesh Shishu Academy auditorium...

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Authorities need to be stringent about firework ban

THE failure of the authorities to enforce the ban that they imposed on fireworks, crackers and sky lanterns in New Year celebrations is unacceptable. The city police on December 31 issued 10 instructions to keep law and order and ensure public safety in Dhaka on New Year’s Eve and in New Year’s celebrations. The instructions included a prohibition on the use...

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Fire-hit secretariat building repairable

The fire-affected building 7 at the Bangladesh Secretariat is repairable according to a primary assessment of the Public Works Department while the committee formed to investigate the fire on...

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Preliminary report on Bangladesh Secretariat fire due Monday

The high-powered committee, formed to probe the fire incident in Bangladesh Secretariat, will submit a preliminary report to Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday, said chief adviser’s deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said on Sunday.

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Fire at Mohakhali house doused

The fire that broke out at a house behind Sattola slum in the capital’s Mohakhali area on Saturday afternoon has been extinguished.

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Secretariat fire: Probe begins, no clues yet

A high-powered Cabinet Division committee on Friday started its investigation into the fire incident at the Bangladesh Secretariat that gutted one of its buildings housing offices of five ministries, destroying and damaging numerous documents.

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