Chattogram Bureau :
Like the “No helmet, no fuel” move by Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Chittagong Metropolitan Police has imposed a ban on motorcyclists, including policemen, entering or exiting the CMP headquarters without helmets on.
Apart from that, the CMP has asked its employees riding motorbikes to wear helmets during their travel on the road, said police. And to implement the order strictly, a banner “Motorcycle riders without helmets are forbidden to enter or exit” — has been hung at the entrance to the CMP headquarters in Chittagong city’s Dampara Police Lines.
Police officials have said though there is a traffic law to wear helmet during riding, many of the riders don’t care about it. The CMP has taken the initiative to ensure implementation of traffic law and build awareness among people.Talking to Kusum Dewan, CMP’s additional commissioner (traffic), said, “The CMP put the banner in front of its main entrance a week ago, asking everybody, including the policemen, to abide by the traffic law.
Valuables of 10 shops gutted: Fire gutted valuables of 10 shops, worth Tk 15 lakh, at Dohazari Bazar of Chandanaish upazila in Chittagong on Friday.
Originating from an oven of an eatery, the fire spread to adjacent shops around 12:10pm, said Jasim Uddin, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence, Chittagong. Three firefighting units doused the blaze around 1:20pm.
No casualty was reported.
Like the “No helmet, no fuel” move by Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Chittagong Metropolitan Police has imposed a ban on motorcyclists, including policemen, entering or exiting the CMP headquarters without helmets on.
Apart from that, the CMP has asked its employees riding motorbikes to wear helmets during their travel on the road, said police. And to implement the order strictly, a banner “Motorcycle riders without helmets are forbidden to enter or exit” — has been hung at the entrance to the CMP headquarters in Chittagong city’s Dampara Police Lines.
Police officials have said though there is a traffic law to wear helmet during riding, many of the riders don’t care about it. The CMP has taken the initiative to ensure implementation of traffic law and build awareness among people.Talking to Kusum Dewan, CMP’s additional commissioner (traffic), said, “The CMP put the banner in front of its main entrance a week ago, asking everybody, including the policemen, to abide by the traffic law.
Valuables of 10 shops gutted: Fire gutted valuables of 10 shops, worth Tk 15 lakh, at Dohazari Bazar of Chandanaish upazila in Chittagong on Friday.
Originating from an oven of an eatery, the fire spread to adjacent shops around 12:10pm, said Jasim Uddin, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence, Chittagong. Three firefighting units doused the blaze around 1:20pm.
No casualty was reported.
