Investigators of Dhaka South City Corporation suspect a burning cigarette or a mosquito repellent coil caused the devastating fire at Bangabazar Shopping Complex in the capital.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said that the shops at Bangabazar Shopping Complex may start makeshift operations from Wednesday as the cleaning work at the charred premises will be completed tomorrow..The mayor said this following a meeting with th

Hijra communities today donated Tk 20 lakh, raised from their members across the country, to the traders of Bangabazar Shopping Complex which was burnt to ashes in a massive fire last week.

Hijra leader Aleya donates Tk 2 lakh to Bangabazar traders

Bangabazar shop owners are looking forward to today’s meeting between their association and the city corporation in which decisions will be made about how the shop owners will run their businesses in a makeshift arrangement before Eid.

Smoke rises from burnt market on fifth day

The shop owners' association of Bangabazar did not take any action despite notices being served as many as 10 times about the fire risk there, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman told the parliament today

Three people were arrested today in a case filed over Tuesday's attack on the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters during the Bangabazar fire in the capital on Tuesday

Cleaning operations at Bangabazar and its adjacent markets, which were devastated by a massive fire on Tuesday, will begin tomorrow, Prime Minister's Private Industries and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman said today.

"The shops' owners and staffers, who lost their trade licences, bank cheques and credit or debit cards, birth registration certificates and NID cards or any other essential documents in the fire, can file the GD with the help of Shahbagh police at the booth from now"

A six-year-old city corporation initiative to build a 10-storey shopping mall at Bangabazar never saw the light of day because of disagreements between the shop owners and the corporation.

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

Says Mohammad Moinuddin, Tk 3 lakh worth of goods of whom were stolen when he was saving others

After six and a half hours of efforts, the terrible fire in Bangabazar of Dhaka is now under control, but it has not been completely extinguished yet

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 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.