The shop owners' association of Bangabazar did not take any action despite notices being served as many as 10 times about the fire risk there, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman told the parliament today

Three people were arrested today in a case filed over Tuesday's attack on the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters during the Bangabazar fire in the capital on Tuesday

Cleaning operations at Bangabazar and its adjacent markets, which were devastated by a massive fire on Tuesday, will begin tomorrow, Prime Minister's Private Industries and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman said today.

"The shops' owners and staffers, who lost their trade licences, bank cheques and credit or debit cards, birth registration certificates and NID cards or any other essential documents in the fire, can file the GD with the help of Shahbagh police at the booth from now"

The Gausia Market in the capital’s New Market area is risky in terms of fire safety, fire service officials said after visiting the market for a survey today.

A fire that broke out at a shoe warehouse inside the compound of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh in Chattogram this morning, has been doused.

A six-year-old city corporation initiative to build a 10-storey shopping mall at Bangabazar never saw the light of day because of disagreements between the shop owners and the corporation.

Three people were killed and two others injured in road accidents in two districts during the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why they should not be directed to give adequate compensation to the families of 19 victims who died in Madaripur road accident on March 19.

A fisherman was killed by a lightning strike in Patuakhali’s Baufal upazila yesterday.

A total of 486 road accidents occurred, resulting in 564 fatalities and 1,094 injuries in March this year, according to a report by Road Safety Foundation.

Fire Service and Civil Defence will start a survey to identify risky market buildings in the capital from today, said its director general Brig Gen Md Main Uddin.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that Bangabazar Market fire has exposed the irresponsibility of the current government and the failure of its different agencies to take prompt steps to douse the blaze

The affected traders of the Bangabazar fire incident have sought interest-free loans to survive in the business and for repayment of their bank liabilities

Five hundred and sixty-four people were killed and 1,097 injured in 486 road accidents throughout the country in March this year, according to a report of Road Safety Foundation.

Traders are now relocating their goods from Annexco Tower, a building that was affected by the fire that burnt the Bangabazar Shopping Complex to the ground yesterday. .They were salvaging the remaining goods, mostly clothes, from the seven-storey building located next to the complex. .

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government will assist the Bangabazar businesspeople as much as possible after estimating the damages caused by Tuesday’s fire

The fire service will conduct surveys of Gausia Market in the capital's New Market area and Rajdhani Super Market in Tikatuli, its director general said today.

Firefighters are still fearing that there is a fire burning inside Annexco Tower, near the capital's Bangabazar shopping complex which was burnt to the ground in a devastating fire yesterday.

Firefighters were seen working to put out the blaze, which is still burning, since morning