National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque today said an investigation should be conducted to find out whether the Chawkbazar fire had been caused due to negligence by those responsible for oversee people’s safety.

Minister of Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman hands over Tk 30 lakh to the victims of Old Dhaka fire as part of the government compensation move.

The bustle and fuss around the chaotic Chawkbazar were dimming down to give way to the silence of street lamps, a few rickshaws clinking by and the bark of stray dogs. It was the usual late-night stroll back home for Dipu, except for that it wasn't.

Fire Service and Civil Defence has formed a three-member committee to investigate the deadly fire in Old Dhaka that left at least 70 people dead and scores injured.

Helicopters have been used to spray water and douse the fire that sparked at Chawkbazar last night that has claimed at least 70 lives so far.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina orders the authorities concerned to provide proper treatment to the injured people and necessary support to the families of those killed in the fire incident at Chawkbazar in Old Dhaka.

The work for relocation of chemical warehouse from old town should start right now, Inspector General of Police Javed Patwary has said while visiting Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka where fire killed at least 70 people.

Hundreds of people are rushing to Dhaka Medical College morgue to identify their near and dear ones as the bodies of at least 67 Chawkbazar chemical warehouse victims have been taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The death toll from the fire at a chemical warehouse in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka jumps to 70, says Fire Service and Civil Defence.

More than eight years after the devastating fire in Old Dhaka's Nimtoli that killed 123 people, chemical warehouses, considered prime fire hazards, are still being run in the old parts of the city, due to lack of proper action by authorities concerned.