Gulshan fire
The myriad gaps in our fire safety measures
Now, who’s to be held responsible for the oversight in not preventing the Bangabazar fire? The designated city corporation? Or the market authorities?
The role of bystanders during a crisis: An impediment or asset to rescue efforts?
Just one bystander can cause enough distraction to move the focus from the real situation on hand—which is to stabilise the emergency situation and save lives. So, who is responsible?
Building fire hazards: A city strewn with ticking time bombs
The recent incidents are similar to other cases seen over the years. The causes were electric short circuit, accumulation of gas in a confined space, and poorly maintained air conditioning units
Buildings without fire safety: Crackdown begins next week
The decision comes after a fire at a high-rise building in Gulshan on Sunday killed at least two people and injured many others.
Gulshan Fire / Why we need proper fire safety plan for each building
Grenfel Tower in London was entrapped in the myth that a single staircase under mechanically-induced positive air pressure was safe for a 24-storey block of apartments.
No fire station in Gulshan, Banani
Even though the fire service managed to reach quickly this time, the need for a station around the neighbourhood is imminent as unfavourable conditions could delay the response time in future.
Gulshan fire: 18-member medical board for 3 injured
They are being treated at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery
Gulshan fire / She jumped off after saving kids, mother-in-law
Then she somehow got out of the elevator and got onto the balcony of the seventh floor. As the flames started growing, she jumped into the swimming pool next to the building
Panic as fire engulfs Gulshan high-rise
A massive fire ripped through seven top floors of a 13-storey residential building in the capital’s Gulshan last night, leaving at least one man dead and dozens injured.
Gulshan Shopping Centre fire doused, no casualty reported
A fire that broke out at a shopping centre in Dhaka's Gulshan area, is doused.
Planning goes haywire
Rajuk is approving commercial buildings in the residential areas of Gulshan and Banani with virtually no height limits and experts are calling it illegal and a recipe for disaster.
Gulshan Police Plaza fire doused
Fire breaks out at Police Plaza in Dhaka’s Gulshan area. It has been doused by locals.
Nothing is right
The Rajuk came to know about 12 years ago that the Faruque-Rupayan Tower was built in violation of the approved plan, but it remained silent for all these years.
Traders in for bleaker days
Another devastating fire at the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market early yesterday thrashed the efforts of 248 shop owners who were already struggling to revive their businesses from a similar disaster just two years ago.
Ravaged by FIRE AGAIN
Amid outcries over the death of 26 people in Thursday's Banani inferno, a massive fire swept through the Gulshan-1 DNCC kitchen market burning down over 200 shops yesterday.
None of fire service’s recommendations implemented by DNCC market authorities
None of the recommendations made by the Fire Service and Civil Defence after the 2017 DNCC market fire were implemented by the market authorities, a fire service official says.
211 tin-shed shops of DNCC market completely razed in fire
Around 211 tin-shed business establishments are completely razed in the fire that ripped through the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market in Gulshan-1.
Fire at Gulshan Plaza doused
The fire at Gulshan has been doused after an hour's effort.
Gulshan warehouse fire brought under control
A fire that broke out at a warehouse of a company in Gulshan-1 of Dhaka has been brought under control.