New Super Market fire

This Eid, I pray for an awakening 

So this Eid, I pray for a fresh pair of eyes, and a reason to hope. Or at the very least (once the festivities are over and we return to life as it is) be able to hope for and demand better realities than the ones we’ve been dealt. 

New Super Market fire fully extinguished

"The fire was completely put out. Three units of the fire service worked all night," said Akhtaruzzaman told reporters at the spot

After another fire, we can only point the finger of blame inward

When will the authorities enforce building codes and fire safety regulations?

‘I risked my life but couldn’t save anything from fire’

“I risked my life to enter my shop despite the fire but could not save anything,” said Md Babul, a seller of baby cloth items at the New Super Market.

Traders blame demolition work on footbridge for fire

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

Fire brought under control after 3.5 hours

Thirty firefighting units brought the blaze under control at 9:10am

April 22, 2023
April 22, 2023

This Eid, I pray for an awakening 

So this Eid, I pray for a fresh pair of eyes, and a reason to hope. Or at the very least (once the festivities are over and we return to life as it is) be able to hope for and demand better realities than the ones we’ve been dealt. 

April 16, 2023
April 16, 2023

New Super Market fire fully extinguished

"The fire was completely put out. Three units of the fire service worked all night," said Akhtaruzzaman told reporters at the spot

April 16, 2023
April 16, 2023

After another fire, we can only point the finger of blame inward

When will the authorities enforce building codes and fire safety regulations?

April 15, 2023
April 15, 2023

‘I risked my life but couldn’t save anything from fire’

“I risked my life to enter my shop despite the fire but could not save anything,” said Md Babul, a seller of baby cloth items at the New Super Market.

April 15, 2023
April 15, 2023

Traders blame demolition work on footbridge for fire

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

April 15, 2023
April 15, 2023

Fire brought under control after 3.5 hours

Thirty firefighting units brought the blaze under control at 9:10am