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.

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

They invested the money they had and the money they could borrow in the hope of good business ahead of Eid but within a few hours yesterday, they lost everything.

A massive fire ripped through the capital’s Bangabazar Shopping Complex yesterday, burning down at least 2,931 shops full of clothes and ruining the livelihood of several thousand traders just weeks before Eid.

Four years ago, the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence declared that the Bangabazar Shopping Complex, one of the biggest clothing markets in the country, was at risk of fire.

Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence has formed a five-member committee to investigate the devastating fire at the Bangabazar Shopping Complex in Dhaka today.

The 999 emergency service, which was suspended following the massive fire at Bangabazar, has resumed after nine hours..Anwar Sattar, inspector (media) of 999, told The Daily Star that the service resumed around 7:15pm..Around 10:15am, the authorities were forced to suspend the servic

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said he can understand the loss of businesses in the Bangabazar fire as he often went there for shopping..“This is a huge loss before the Eid. I know this because I often come here for shopping. We can buy products at a cheap price from here; it is five time

The fire at the Bangabazar Shopping Complex this morning started at the Adarsha market inside the complex, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

Just six months ago, 29-year-old Tarek opened a shop in the capital’s Bangabazar Shopping Complex by taking a loan.

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman said they would take steps after investigation to rehabilitate traders of Bangabazar shops that burnt to ashes in a devastating fire today.

Moments after the catastrophic fire at the Bangabazar Shopping Complex was brought under control at 12:36pm today, shop owners and employees were seen desperately going through the smouldering ruins to salvage whatever they could.