<i>The saviour </i>

One man's quick thinking, courage and care for others saved many from the Tazreen Fashions fire that left 111 dead and around 100 injured.
It was Khairul Hasan, 38, without whose prompt action the death toll from the worst garment factory fire in the country's history would have been higher by at least 200.
"We were enveloped by intense heat and smoke. We ran from one floor to another, looking desperately for an escape route,” said Khairul, who worked on the second floor of the garment factory as a quality inspector.
"While on the second floor, I suddenly noticed a window towards the south and saw a flicker of hope. I could see the roof of a three-storeyed building adjacent to ours."
He tried to remove the steel grille, which was not that easy. He asked several others to give him a hand. After about 10 minutes, they managed to pull off the grille.
"I have no idea how I leapt across,” he said. “Later when I checked the space between the buildings, the thought of the leap made me scared.”
As soon as Khairul was on the other side, he found a few bamboo poles on the roof. He placed the bamboo poles across and made a bridge between the roof and the window. The others got out of the building using the bamboo bridge.
Garment workers Ilias, Javed, Russel, Rozina, Shahida and Sohel told The Daily Star that they were among the 200 or more people who were led to safety by Khairul and a few others.
Khairul comes from Piruzali in Joydevpur. He lives in a rented house close to the factory in Nishchintapur village with his wife and their nine-year-old daughter.
“Now the only thing that worries me,” he said, “is the future of my family. Because of the fire I lost my colleagues and I lost my job too.”