Explosives Department to provide 18 types of services online

Bangladesh's Department of Explosives will provide a total of 18 types of services online.

The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, with which the department is attached, announced this in a handout on Saturday.

To provide the services online, the department organised a virtual workshop on the same day.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid attended the event as the chief guest. The explosives department will provide online services for issuance of no objection certificates for importing flammable chemicals related to petroleum, licences for importing cylinder and cylinder valves, permits for importing flammable and hazardous substances and gas tanks, and licences and permits for importing flammable chemicals of explosives used in the exploration of mineral resources, according to the handout.

The Department of Explosives is the administrative authorities for questions relating to commercial explosives, flammables and unfired pressure vessels.

Dhaka's Segunbagicha office houses a laboratory which provides testing facilities for explosives and different materials which fall under the purview of the acts and the rules administered by the Department of Explosives.

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