A Dhaka court today relieved Mukul Liakat Ali Khan alias Mukul, chairman of Rupayan Group, from the charges of a case filed over a devastating fire that ripped through the 22-storey FR Tower in the capital's Banani in 2019
The High Court grants bail to former chief engineer of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) Saidur Rahman in a case filed over forgery in the design of Banani’s FR Tower that was ravaged by a deadly fire in March this year.
Rajuk Assistant Director Shah Md Sadrul Alam, who was arrested in a case filed over design manipulation of Banani’s FR Tower, has secured bail from a Dhaka court.
A Dhaka court grants bail to land owner of FR Tower SMHI Faruque considering his illness and old age in two separate cases filed for illegal extension of the high rise building in the capital’s Banani.
A Dhaka court grants ad-interim bail to Tasvir Ul Islam, one of the owners of Banani FR Tower, in connection with a case filed over his alleged involvement in illegally extending the building.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Tasvirul Islam, one of the owners of Banani’s FR Tower, in a case filed for his alleged involvement in illegally extending the high-rise building that caught fire in March.
A Dhaka court sends Assistant Director of Rajuk Shah Md Sadrul Alam to jail after rejecting his bail petition in connection with a case filed over design forgery of FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani.
The Supreme Court clears way for the Anti-Corruption Commission to arrest two officials of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha in a case filed for forgery over the design of FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani.
The controversial 23-storey FR Tower in the capital’s Banani had no approval for floors above 18, said Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim yesterday, citing findings of a ministerial probe committee.
It was lunchtime on Thursday and Polly Begum's phone was ringing. It was her husband Atiqur Rahman.
On Thursday, when fire fighters were struggling to douse the fire at FR Tower in Banani due to a scarcity of water, they often had to pause their efforts. One of the onlookers, a boy, noticed that a hose being used by the fire fighters was leaking, wasting water when each drop mattered.
The emergency exit doors on several floors of FR Tower were locked, making the escape difficult for many after the fire broke out at the high rise on Thursday, said fire officials.
The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) forms an eight-member committee to investigate the Banani FR Tower fire incident.
Public Works and Housing Minister SM Rezaul Karim terms the deaths of Banani FR Tower fire victims as “murders”.
Exhausted and terrified, Saifur Rahman, employee of Amraa network office on the 17th floor of the 22-storey Faruk Rupayan Tower in the capital's Kamal Ataturk Avenue, sat on the pavement near the building.
The transmission of a private television channel Duronto TV and a radio channel Radio Today has been offline since a fire broke out at FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani area.
Expressing deep shock at the loss of lives and property in a devastating fire at FR Tower in Dhaka's Banani area, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to ensure the proper treatment of the injured.
Six of the 19 victims who died in the devastating fire at the 22-storey FR Tower have been identified.
Badsha Faisal, a survivor of the Banani high-rise building fire, narrates his three-hour-long battle for survival.
