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MNA Business Desk: Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC) is going to build a chemical warehouse in Gazipur City Corporation area for relocating risky chemicals from Old Dhaka. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved the “Chemical Warehouse Construction” project involving Tk 917.4 million. The construction work will be completed in June 2020. Chairman of the BSEC Mizanur Rahman said a total of 53 chemical storages will be built and all necessary safety measures in order to fight any fire hazards will be ensured. After implementation of the project, he said, the process of relocating ...

MNA Editorial Desk: The government has decided to relocate the chemical warehouses from Old Dhaka to the capital’s Kadamtali and Gazipur’s Tongi area. In the aftermath of the devastating fire in Chawkbazar that claimed 69 lives, the decision was taken on Wednesday with an aim to prevent such fatal accidents in future. Earlier, a meeting between business leaders and government was held at the industries ministry on the day. Industries Secretary Md Abdul Halim presided over the meeting, reports bdnews24.com. Abdul Halim said the chemical storages will be relocated to a six-acre land under Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation beside ...

MNA Business Desk: The combined import of chemicals has been on the rise for the last couple of years, with the annual average import posting a double-digit growth. During the past fiscal year, 2017-18 (FY18), the import of chemicals crossed a record $2.0 billion level, according to the central bank statistics. The data showed import of chemicals stood at $1.26 billion during the first half of the current fiscal year (FY19), registering 10.66 per cent growth over the same period last year. Chemicals are considered intermediate goods as these are used in different industries as inputs for the production of ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the removal of chemical establishments from Old Dhaka, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said. She gave a directive to remove the chemical establishments from Chawkbazar at first, he told reporters on Saturday after visiting the scene of the chemical-fuelled fire that broke out on Wednesday night claiming at least 67 lives. Obaidul Quader said, “Our first and foremost duty is to hand over the bodies of those killed in the fire to their families, arrange for proper treatment of those injured and find out those missing. To that ...

MNA International Desk: At least 70 people have died in a suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, rescuers and medics say. Volunteer rescue force the White Helmets tweeted graphic images showing several bodies in basements. It said the deaths were likely to rise. There has been no independent verification of the reports. Syria has called the allegations of a chemical attack a “fabrication” – as has its main ally, Russia. The US state department said Russia – with its “unwavering support” for Syria’s government – “ultimately bears responsibility” for the alleged attacks. Several ...

MNA International Desk: The death toll from a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Syrian town has risen to 72, including 20 children, sources said on Wednesday. “There were also 17 women among the dead and the death toll could rise further because there are people missing,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Insurgent groups led by former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front vowed revenge for Tuesday’s strike in the town of Khan Sheikhun in Idlib province in the northwest. The attack caused many people to choke or faint, and some had foam coming out of their mouths. ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Adulteration in cosmetics can be defined as – addition of foreign substances, being contaminated by chemicals, or a poisonous or deleterious substance with beauty products. Several  environmental  factors  relating  to  storage  e.g. light,  humidity,  oxygen,  temperature  etc.  can  produce detrimental  effects on  stored products, but more deterioration usually results from a combination of these factors, which leads to the development of living organism including molds, mites, bacteria etc. Flying in the face of all rules and regulations, fake and substandard beauty products have flooded in many cities of Bangladesh. Rural markets in almost every district in our ...