gulistan blast death toll

Don’t normalise risky living

Dhaka’s unsafe buildings pose too great a risk to be left unaddressed

Gulistan blast / Another victim dies, death toll now 23

Mirza Azam, who was undergoing treatment at the institute with 80 percent burns, died around 9:30am, Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of the hospital, told The Daily Star

When justice becomes a cruel joke

Stop treating human lives so callously

Gulistan blast / Another body recovered, death toll now 21

The body was brought out from the severely damaged building around 12:15pm

Gulistan blast: Family members in grim wait as search for Swapan continues

Swapan, a manager of a shop in the basement of the building, has been missing since the explosion on Tuesday, which has so far claimed 20 lives.

Rescue efforts resume on 3rd day after deadly Gulistan blast

"We started working at 8:00am. As there was a lot of water under the building at that time, the water was irrigated and the rescue work started around 8:45am"

'I survived only because I was able to free my hand’

"Around 4:30 or 4:45pm, the ceiling and the walls began to collapse following a big blast. I cannot remember much of what happened afterwards."

March 11, 2023
March 11, 2023

Don’t normalise risky living

Dhaka’s unsafe buildings pose too great a risk to be left unaddressed

March 11, 2023
March 11, 2023

Another victim dies, death toll now 23

Mirza Azam, who was undergoing treatment at the institute with 80 percent burns, died around 9:30am, Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of the hospital, told The Daily Star

March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023

When justice becomes a cruel joke

Stop treating human lives so callously

March 9, 2023
March 9, 2023

Another body recovered, death toll now 21

The body was brought out from the severely damaged building around 12:15pm

March 9, 2023
March 9, 2023

Gulistan blast: Family members in grim wait as search for Swapan continues

Swapan, a manager of a shop in the basement of the building, has been missing since the explosion on Tuesday, which has so far claimed 20 lives.

March 9, 2023
March 9, 2023

Rescue efforts resume on 3rd day after deadly Gulistan blast

"We started working at 8:00am. As there was a lot of water under the building at that time, the water was irrigated and the rescue work started around 8:45am"

March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023

'I survived only because I was able to free my hand’

"Around 4:30 or 4:45pm, the ceiling and the walls began to collapse following a big blast. I cannot remember much of what happened afterwards."

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