"My friend Momin Uddin Sumon's shop was on the ground floor of this building. After hearing the news of the explosion, I kept calling him. The call went through but Momin did not receive the call," Arif said.

Dismayed at the delay in the rescue operation, grief-stricken Abdul Mannan who came from Chattogram in search of his niece's husband, urged the government to deploy army to speed up rescue operations.

The committee will submit a probe report within five working days

The team has received specialised training to handle crisis situations and perform under time constraint. Once a month, they receive training, and frequent meetings are held to discuss how to improve services

At the spot, an on-duty Rab official was heard speaking on his mobile and requesting a top official of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to send an engineer for clearance

Rescue operations at the building in Gulistan, where an explosion yesterday claimed the lives of at least 17 people, will resume shortly

All hell broke loose at the Dhaka Medical Collage Hospital around 5:15pm yesterday, about half an hour after an explosion at a building in Gulistan

Mansur Hossain, 42, and his cousin Al Amin, 20, had gone to Siddikbazar of Gulistan to buy sanitary ware for Mansur’s new flat

Primarily it is suspected that accumulated gas may have caused the explosion at the building in Gulistan, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq today

Qatar expatriate Suman's body was forcibly taken away from the DMCH mortuary by his relatives and friends

Sixteen of the deceased victims of the Gulistan blast today have been identified

Health Minister Zahid Maleque said leaves of all doctors and nurses at Dhaka Medical College Hospital have been cancelled following the Gulistan explosion

At least 15 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the explosion at a building in Dhaka's Gulistan area this evening

Rony Ahmed was desperately looking for his brother near the emergency section of Dhaka Medical College Hospital

A total of 12 patients, who were injured in today's Gulistan blast, are undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute

The fire service halted their rescue operations at the affected building in Gulistan around 8:00pm after it was marked as risky due to the damaged columns in the basement

Just 10 days ago Md Suman, 21, a migrant worker, returned home from Qatar for a four-month holiday.

Police resorted to charging batons to disperse an overenthusiastic crowd at the site of an explosion in the Gulistan area

Two employees of Brac Bank’s Gulistan branch sustained minor injuries after a blast that shook the area today, said a top official of the private bank

The explosion was so powerful that it felt like the earth was trembling, Safayet Hossain, a local shopkeeper, told The Daily Star, after a blast ripped through a commercial building in Gulistan killing at least 16 people