Fire on garments factory
Surma garment factory was set fire on 25 May 2009 in the morning at 9:30 a.m. It was 9 storied building. There are about 500 workers working here. At the time of setting fire, 478 workers were working there. It is known that the short circuit is the cause of sudden out break of fire. The factory faced huge losses due to sudden fire. The fire gutted 600 ton yarn and cloth, 66 knitting machine, 41 sharing machine, 38 brushing machine, 876 sewing machine and two standard machines. Though the cause of fire is short circuit, there was flammable chemical in side the factory. The negligence of the factory owner is another reason of sudden fire. There were 345 workers were burnt to death as there was not sufficient corridor for the workers to get out quickly. A case was filed in Gulsan police station against the factory owner. The factory owner was arrested. A three member investigation committee was formed to investigate the incident.
A vote center
The 19th national election of Bangladesh parliament was held yesterday. It was a government holiday. The head teacher of the Zila School was the presiding officer. There were 8 booths.For each booth, there was an assistant presiding officer. There were three polling officers for each booth. There were eight columns for the voters. Three columns were for the male voters and five columns were for the female voters. The vote center was encircled with bamboo. it was fully secured for the voters. There was Answer and police security around the vote center. The vote was started in the morning at 8.00 am. And it was finished in the afternoon at 5.00 pm. The votes were started counting at 5.30 p.m. The agents of all candidates were present at the time of vote counting. There were five candidates of different political parties. The candidate of the Mohajot got the highest vote. And his nearest competitor was four party alliances. it was a fair and neutral election center.
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