bangabazar fire

PM inaugurates construction of new Bangabazar Wholesale Market

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated construction of the 10-storey Bangabazar Nagar Wholesale Market in the capital

One year since Bangabazar fire: Now a shadow of its former self

Even little over a year ago, Bangabazar market used to be crowded with shoppers and traders from dawn till midnight ahead of Eid. But now, it’s a shadow of its former self.

Bangabazar a shell of its old self this winter

Traders struggle to bounce back from last April’s fire

Bangabazar missing typical rush ahead of Eid

Traders at the Bangabazar Shopping Complex, one of the largest clothing retail and wholesale hubs in Bangladesh, are typically busy buying and selling products ahead of Eid-ul-Azha each year.

Have a safe and joyous Eid

Eid comes at trying times but together we can forge ahead

MCCI donates Tk 1.42 crore to Bangabazar fire victims

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) today gave Tk 1.42 crore as financial assistance to 142 affected small traders of Bangabazar fire incident.

New Super Market Fire: Short circuit might have caused it

An electric short circuit might have caused the fire at Dhaka New Super Market on Saturday, say investigators.

Traders of Bangabazar: Rehabilitation needed, not donations

Defying scorching heat and leaving past the fire disaster, traders of Bangabazar, who are fighting against odds, have opened their temporary stalls. Selling clothes bought with loaned money, they are trying to bounce back in a time which was supposed to be the most profit-making time of the year ahead of Eid.