Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today pledged to provide best support to the traders who incurred huge losses in the devastating Bangabazar fire in the capital city.
“It can’t be tolerated the pain and cry of traders during Ramadan. I have already said we will help as we can. We will assess the losses of the traders,” she said.
The premier made the remarks when Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader handed over a cheque of around Tk 316.91 crore to her as the first and second installments of repaying loan taken for building the Padma Bridge at her official Ganabhaban residence here.
She also sounded a note of warning that the people involved in damaging fire fighting vehicles would definitely be brought to the book.
“I have asked to identify those who damaged firefighting vehicles after entering the fire brigade headquarters with sticks. Measures will be taken against them,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said a group of people with sticks attacked the fire office in afternoon despite the fire fighters reached the place of occurrence immediately after starting of inferno.বিস্তারিত