Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam 2013 results

 Ideal School & College, Dhaka

 Viqarunnessa School & college, Dhaka

Rajuk School & College Dhaka

 Happy faces!

12,97,034 students from 27,072 institutions took this year’s SSC and equivalent exams that began on February 1 and ended on March 15. Of them, 11,54,778 have become successful. The pass rate hit a record high of 89.72 percent.

Reshma- Miraculous save after 17 days buried under rubble!

Reshma, a garment worker rescued alive unscathed on Friday from a dark pocket under mountain of rubble of a collapsed 9-storey building Rana Plaza, Savar on the 17th day.

Taken in CMH Savar Cantt.for treatment

Pulled out fresh unscathed. Dog squad and electronic sensors failed to detect life. Lived in dark corner for 17 days, survived on dried food and dirty water. Walked inside in decomposed stench, carbon and poison gas. How not yet known. A volunteer noticed movement of a conduit piece through a cleavage and saw her.

Death toll rises to 1118 till today. Decomposed bodies are in pieces and mixed up beyond identification.

Tung Hai sweater ltd. at Darussalam, Mirpur on Wednesday caught fire resulting in huge loss of asset and 7 persons dead.

Jurain graveyard, Dhaka


(all pics from national dailies)

Face of Humanity: Ejazul Kaikobab of Hatiya in Noakhali district, a construction worker, sacrificed life to save trapped garment lady Shaheena Akhter deep inside tunnel. He was lowered into the tunnel and inched towards Shaheena to get her out through a hole he had drilled for hours. But her body would not slip through the tiny opening. Just then a fire broke out from a spark and it engulfed the tunnel. Kaikobad received serious burn injuries and succumbed. Shaheena could not be saved either.
Kaikobad had rescued alive at least 26 people, said rescuers. Kaikobad was buried at Banani graveyard in the capital with full state honours.

Tornado in Bangladesh and political storm

Deadly tornado strikes B.Baria on 22 mar 2013 killing 20 persons with enormous destruction of property. Tornado season appears in Bangladesh once in a decade. Dhaka-Demra was struck severely in late 1960's.

village devastated by tornado

Hefazat e Islam meet at Dhaka on 05 May and police action.

Allama shah ahmad shafi, chief hefazat e islam based in Hat-hazari, Chittagong.

Baitul Mukarram, Dhaka

meyhem

Which org they belong?

looks like a victory sign

Gayebana Janaza.

(all pictures from national print media)

May Day Savar: 2013

Over 400 dead, thousands maimed/ injured and missing in the five garment factories disaster housed in the 9-storey Rana Plaza, Savar on Wednesday 24 Apr 2013.
The Armed forces, Fire Brigade, Red Cresant volunteers and the civil defense authority have launched massive rescue operation.

Cracks in Rana Plaza were noticed on the previous day and the inspection team declared the bldg risky to use. Shops and a Bank in Ist and 2nd floor removed their assets. Top 5 floors housed 5 garment factories where 5 thousand workers mostly women worked. There was a countrywide strike next day given by opposition parties.

Next day, the garment workers refused to enter the building. They were forced, and threatened to be sacked by the factory owners and the local don owner of the bldg Shohel Rana to counter national strike call of the opposition parties. Once they entered and all generators started the bldg suddenly collapsed at about 9:00 am.

Local people and volunteers with bare hand, hand tools- shovel and cutters rushed to rescue the victims. More than 40 Foxholes and serpentine tunnels were made by them, they worked nonstop on the first two days risking own life without anyone to command on them.

To save victims they cut trapped limbs crushed under heavy girders/ columns using shovel and hacksaw to bring them out. Hundreds were rescued alive.
Govt organizations joined the rescue later, bit by bit. Army took over charge, but heavy machines could not operate properly due to lack of space.

Local hospitals (Enam hospital) and clinics, charitable and social organization, communities gave commendable service and support free of cost.

 People take it as 'man made disaster'. 

(All pics from daily newspapers)

Finally succumbed!

Grief: Two army personnel, a fire fighter, a doctor and a volunteer entered the tunnel. to pull Shaheena out were complete, a fire broke out around 10:00pm from the sparks that originated from rod-cutting.

Clinging to life for more than 100 agonising hours trapped in the third floor, she had given the nation something to hold on to. Tunnel was made to reach her. But all efforts to bring her out went in vain when a fire broke out with blast and inside gone silent. The rescue team immediately had to retreat, leaving Shaheena behind. She died while waiting to be rescued. Sorry Shaheena!

Left arm severed to rescue

relentless wail for mom

missing faces