On May 1, a fire completely destroyed 186 shops in Karwan Bazar, causing irrevocable loss to the shopkeepers.

May Day 1: Our most common understanding of May 1 being a holiday is that it represents a movement for the establishment of the rights of workers.

A construction worker and a van driver die in Dhaka's Motijheel area amidst countrywide celebration of the international May Day.