"The fire was completely put out. Three units of the fire service worked all night," said Akhtaruzzaman told reporters at the spot
Sarees, worth about Tk 85 lakh, were completely damaged at Razzak's shops on the second floor of the market. He, however, could save around 15 percent of his stock after throwing sacks filled with sarees to the ground from the second floor
While a fire gutted many shops in the capital's New Super Market in Dhaka this morning, some traders said the fire was caused by pre-dawn electrical works on a footbridge adjoining the market
New Market will remain closed until further instructions as a fire ripped through the adjoining Dhaka New Super Market early this morning, a few days ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Thirty firefighting units brought the blaze under control at 9:10am
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
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
"Fire has spread to at least six markets"
The cause of the fire could not be known immediately
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.
At least nineteen persons are killed and many others are injured in a fire that broke out at Banani FR Tower in Dhaka.
The owner of Haji Wahed Mansion, from where the devasting Chawkbazar fire originated on the night of February 20, has allegedly threatened a neighbour for “giving the CCTV footage of the incident to journalists”.
A fire breaks out at tin-shed houses in Nakhalpara area of Dhaka’s Tejgaon Industrial area.
Wife of a rickshaw puller gets her husband's body, 21 days after the devastating Chawkbazar fire.
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has identified the bodies of five more victims of Chawkbazar fire tragedy through DNA tests.
A home ministry probe body formed after the Chawkbazar fire concluded that the flames originated from the first floor of Wahed Mansion.