In the wake of the devastating fire on Bailey Road that claimed 46 lives, Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen yesterday called for stringent action from Rajuk and the public works ministry to avert future catastrophes.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted police two days to interrogate on remand four people arrested over Thursday night’s deadly fire at the Green Cozy Cottage shopping mall on Bailey Road in Dhaka that claimed 46 lives.

Just like on Bailey Road, a prominent feature of Banani road-11, Kamal Ataturk Avenue, Satmasjid Road, Khilagon Taltola and Mirpur-11 traffic circle are tall buildings that house restaurants, cafes and commercial kitchens on every floor.

At least 71 people were killed in a tragic fire at Wahed Mansion in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta area in Old Dhaka on February 20, 2019.

Two people were killed and 10 others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Police have filed a case against Amin Mohammad Group and three persons for the deadly fire at the Green Cozy Cottage shopping mall on Bailey Road in Dhaka that claimed 46 lives

A fire that broke out at Gausul Azam Super Market in Dhaka's Nilkhet area this evening has been brought under control.

In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi expressed his heartfelt condolences on the loss of lives in the fire at the Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall in Dhaka on February 29

“Rajuk and the Public Works Ministry must adopt a proactive stance to ensure such a tragedy is never repeated," said Samanta Lal Sen

Two persons were killed after being hit by train in separate incidents in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur this morning

They -- Md Nayan, 19, and Emdadul Haque, 24 -- are two names among the 46 killed in the Bailey road inferno

A man died this morning after being hit by a train in Konabari area of ​​Gazipur

Two people were killed and three others injured after a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Brahmanbaria's Suhilpur union on Cumilla-Sylhet highway this morning

Police are yet to file a case in connection with Thursday's fire at a seven-storey building on Bailey Road that left 46 people dead so far

Two victims of the fire at a building on the capital's Bailey Road were laid to rest yesterday

Three more bodies of victims of Thursday night's deadly fire at a building on Bailey Road were identified by a family member last night

A check-up with the dentist. This is why Lutfun Nahar Lucky, a 47-year-old senior teacher at Viqarunnisa Noon School & College left home on Thursday night. She was accompanied by her daughter Jannatin Tazri, 23, a student of BRAC University.

Only 18 days separated Syed Mobarak Hossain from his dream of taking his family to Italy, where he worked. After years of struggle as a Bangladeshi expatriate, everything was finally falling into place:

Around 11:30pm, there were murmurs of one death. By then, the fire had been burning for over an hour.

An electric short circuit or a leaky gas pipe at a ground floor cafe was most likely the cause of the fire at the Bailey Road building late at night on Thursday, said investigators.