Tale of woe

7 June 2010, 18:00 PM

Photo:PID and Anisur Rahman

1. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina consoles Runa and Ratna, the two sisters who lost their mother and close relatives in the Nimtoli fire, when they called on her at Gonobhaban in the city yesterday. 2. Local people put up a list of fire victims on a wall at Nimtoli. 3. A man sits on the debris of his tin-roofed house. 4. Afsana and her sister Parul have lost six of their family members in the fire. 5. Two sisters mourn the death of their family members in the fire at their home. 6. A new electrical transformer has been set up on the road at Nimtoli on a temporary basis to ensure supply of electricity to the area following the June 3 devastating fire. 7. A factory of light bulbs at Ali Nekir Deuri, a residential area in old Dhaka. A mobile court sealed off the factory yesterday as it did not have adequate firefighting equipment. 8. A woman mourns the death of her family members in the fire.