Chawkbazar building fire

Time to equip fire service properly

Increasing fire risks mean the fire service too must increase its capability

Drastic action is a must to reduce fire risks

Bangabazar fire serves as a reminder that many markets and buildings remain at risk

‘Wahed Mansion owner threatens neighbour with life’

The owner of Haji Wahed Mansion, from where the devasting Chawkbazar fire originated on the night of February 20, has allegedly threatened a neighbour for “giving the CCTV footage of the incident to journalists”.

Fire started on first floor

A home ministry probe body formed after the Chawkbazar fire concluded that the flames originated from the first floor of Wahed Mansion.

Fire incidents and our negligence

On 10 June, 2010, the High Court Division(HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ordered the government formed probe

Nimtoli to Chawkbazar: Monument built, no lessons learnt

After an inferno claimed 124 lives in Old Dhaka's Nimtoli in 2010, a monument was built at that place. The structure, named “Nimtoli Tragedy”, bears many inscriptions. One of them says it was built to raise awareness on fire and the dangers of storing chemicals in residential buildings.

Old towners say enough is enough

The grief for the loss of at least 67 lives in the chemical-fuelled Chawkbazar blaze is giving way to the fury against chemical factories and warehouses in Old Dhaka with the demand for their removal from the area getting louder.

April 30, 2023
April 30, 2023

Time to equip fire service properly

Increasing fire risks mean the fire service too must increase its capability

April 6, 2023
April 6, 2023

Drastic action is a must to reduce fire risks

Bangabazar fire serves as a reminder that many markets and buildings remain at risk

March 27, 2019
March 27, 2019

‘Wahed Mansion owner threatens neighbour with life’

The owner of Haji Wahed Mansion, from where the devasting Chawkbazar fire originated on the night of February 20, has allegedly threatened a neighbour for “giving the CCTV footage of the incident to journalists”.

March 10, 2019
March 10, 2019

Fire started on first floor

A home ministry probe body formed after the Chawkbazar fire concluded that the flames originated from the first floor of Wahed Mansion.

February 26, 2019
February 26, 2019

Fire incidents and our negligence

On 10 June, 2010, the High Court Division(HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ordered the government formed probe

February 24, 2019
February 24, 2019

Old towners say enough is enough

The grief for the loss of at least 67 lives in the chemical-fuelled Chawkbazar blaze is giving way to the fury against chemical factories and warehouses in Old Dhaka with the demand for their removal from the area getting louder.

February 24, 2019
February 24, 2019

Nimtoli to Chawkbazar: Monument built, no lessons learnt

After an inferno claimed 124 lives in Old Dhaka's Nimtoli in 2010, a monument was built at that place. The structure, named “Nimtoli Tragedy”, bears many inscriptions. One of them says it was built to raise awareness on fire and the dangers of storing chemicals in residential buildings.

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