Khalidi gets permanent
bail in ACC case
bdnews24.com's Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi secures a permanent bail from a Dhaka court in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission
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Bangladesh
- Infection: 451,990
- Recovery: 366,877
- Death: 6,448
Source: IEDCR
World
- Infection: 59,658,035
- Recovery: 38,181,927
- Death: 1,406,697
Source: Johns Hopkins University
Khalidi gets permanent
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Robi committed to standing by the community
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The entirety of the Mohakhali’s Saat Tola slum was burned down in a devastating fire on Monday night. The shanties and shops were reduced to ashes as the dwellers helplessly sifted through the rubble in search of their belongings on Tuesday, Nov 24, 2020. Photo: Joyanta Saha
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World Health Organization workers began distributing relief materials among the slum dwellers on Tuesday morning, Nov 24, 2020. Photo: Joyanta Saha
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The fire at Saat Tola slum brought misery to rickshaw puller Md Motaleb, who now has nowhere to go in Dhaka with his wife Morsheda Begum - a person with disability. Photo: Joyanta Saha
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Little Sanjamul has no idea what has befallen his parents due to the fire at Mohakhali’s Saat Tola slum. Photo was taken on Nov 24, 2020. Photo: Joyanta Saha
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After her house was left in ruins by the fire at Mohakhali’s Saat Tola slum, ‘Shahnaz’, an apparel factory worker, struggled to find an answer aa to whether to return to her hometown in Damudya or search for a new home in Dhaka. Photo was taken on Nov 24, 2020. Photo: Joyanta Saha
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A storekeeper from Saat Tola slum bazar showed that all his money was reduced to ashes in the fire on Nov 24, 2020. Photo: Joyanta Saha
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A fire gutted a number of tin-roofed homes at Biharipotti of Mohammadpur’s Johuri Moholla in Dhaka on Tuesday, Nov 24, 2020.
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A fire gutted a number of tin-roofed homes at Biharipotti of Mohammadpur’s Johuri Moholla in Dhaka on Tuesday, Nov 24, 2020.
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Locals join Fire Service and Civil Defence workers in efforts to douse a fire at Biharipotti of Mohammadpur’s Johuri Moholla in Dhaka on Tuesday, Nov 24, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Fire Service and Civil Defence workers try to douse a fire at Biharipotti of Mohammadpur’s Johuri Moholla in Dhaka on Tuesday, Nov 24, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Fire Service and Civil Defence workers try to douse a fire at Biharipotti of Mohammadpur’s Johuri Moholla in Dhaka on Tuesday, Nov 24, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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A recent spike in COVID-19 cases has driven up the demand for masks. A large crowd gathers at the wholesale market for masks under the Babubazar bridge in Old Dhaka, Nov 23, 2020. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Firefighters are hard at work after a fire broke out at the Saat Tola slum in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Nov 23, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Firefighters are hard at work after a fire broke out at the Saat Tola slum in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Nov 23, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Locals help firefighters douse the flames after a fire broke out at the Saat Tola slum in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Nov 23, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Locals help firefighters douse the flames after a fire broke out at the Saat Tola slum in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Nov 23, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Firefighters managed to tame a fire in Mohakhali's Saat Tola slum after more than an hour's efforts but hundreds of shanties at the settlement were gutted by then, Nov 23, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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BIWTA workers bulldozed illegal structures on the banks of the Buriganga river from the Mitford Hospital to Swarighat in Old Dhaka on Monday, Nov 23, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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BIWTA workers demolished 150 illegal structures on the banks of the Buriganga river from Babubazar to Swarighat in Old Dhaka on Monday, Nov 23, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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BIWTA Executive Magistrate Mahbub Jamil said as many as 15 two-storey buildings, 20 one-storey, 25 tin-roofed, 85 shanties and five walls were demolished in a drive against illegal structures on the banks of the Buriganga river in Old Dhaka on Monday, Nov 23, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Madina Group workers removed a warehouse made of metal sheets from the bank of the Buriganga river during a demolition drive by the BITWA in Old Dhaka on Monday, Nov 23, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Madina Group workers removed a warehouse made of metal sheets from the bank of the Buriganga river during a demolition drive by the BITWA in Old Dhaka on Monday, Nov 23, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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