The apex trade body earlier promised giving the donation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has allocated Tk 9 crore as Eid gift for the shop employees, traders and owners at the capital’s Bangabazar, who were affected by a massive fire on April 4.
Affected traders of Bangabazar yesterday started their business by setting up makeshift shops.
The fire at Bangabazar Shopping Complex and adjacent markets burnt down 3,845 shops and caused an estimated loss of Tk 303 crore, said the probe committee of Dhaka South City Corporation.
Shop owners of Bangabazar Shopping Complex, which was burnt to the ground last week, can start their business in makeshift shops from tomorrow, said the authorities.
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.
Four years ago the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence declared the Bangabazar Shopping Complex a fire risk.
The crowd of onlookers was the biggest hindrance to firefighting efforts and caused a delay in bringing the devastating fire at the Bangabazar Shopping Complex under control, said the fire service director general
"I am very disappointed. We work for the people. We sacrifice our lives for the people… but they attacked us"
The devastating fire at the Bangabazar Shopping Complex may have burnt more than Tk 1,000 crore worth of investment into ashes, said the president of the Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity, the apex trade body of shop owners.
"Starting with one shop, we expanded to five shops over the past 10 years. We had a business worth Tk 5 crore. Now we have nothing,"
The massive fire at the Bangabazar Shopping Complex disrupted operations of national emergency service 999, forcing authorities to temporarily suspend the service.
The fire that has been raging for more almost six hours at the capital's Bangabazar originated in a shop at Adarsha Market, a market under the Bangabazar Shopping Complex, witnesses said.
Smoke was seen coming out of the nearby Annexco Tower more than four hours after the fire at Bangabazar Shopping Complex was brought under control
A massive fire broke out at Dhaka’s Bangabazar market. The cause of the fire could not be known immediately. No casualties have been reported so far.
Two of the four firefighters -- Rabiul Islam and Atikur Rahman -- were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Rashed-Bin-Khaled, duty officer of the fire service
