The deadly fire at the Green Cozy Cottage shopping mall on the capital’s Bailey Road, which claimed 46 lives on February 29, originated from an electric short circuit at a kettle on the ground floor café named “Cha Chumuk”.
They face setbacks for Ramadan and fallout from Bailey Road fire
Restaurant owners yesterday alleged that the government agencies concerned were extorting them in the name of raids following the recent fire at a building on Bailey Road in Dhaka.
If the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha is not held accountable for how it functions, fires will continue to happen, like the one that claimed 46 lives in Dhaka on February 29, eminent architect Tanwir Nawaz said in an interview with The Daily Star.
The Mughal Empire restaurant in Mohammadpur of Dhaka wore a quiet look at 7:30pm Monday, normally a peak time. With only four people at one corner eating biryani, it is a stark contrast to the usual gathering of 25-30 people.
Restaurant owners yesterday protested the sudden drive by government agencies, citing that the raids are affecting their business.
Government agencies yesterday sealed off six restaurants, a building, and fined nine eateries and a building in the capital.
Fines another eatery and the owner of a shopping mall during drive
Rajuk yesterday conducted a raid in the Gawsia Twin Peak building on Dhanmondi’s Satmasjid Road and sealed off 12 restaurants there, four days after a deadly fire in a Bailey Road building killed at least 46 people.
A mobile court of Dhaka South City Corporation today sealed off a 12-storey building, named Keari Crescent, on the capital’s Satmasjid Road due to its lack of fire safety measures
