fire safety

Lack of fire safety equipment has become a matter of concern for Chandpur residents. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Concern mounts as Chandpur lacks proper fire equipment amid violation of building code

The residents stressed the need for immediate measures to arrange modern and technology-based equipment to douse fire to save lives and properties

The meeting of FBCCI Standing Committee on Fire Safety and Security, Disaster and Explosion was held at Motijheel office of the FBCCI on Sunday (2 June). Photo: UNB.
Economy

FBCCI calls on businesses to prevent supply of substandard fire safety equipment

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Infrastructure

Repeated fires at Sylhet power plant raise safety concerns

Fire service exchanges views with restaurant and shop owners on fire safety
Corporates

Fire service exchanges views with restaurant and shop owners on fire safety

Players and spectators at MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram are exposed to serious fire accidents because of 24 restaurants flouting the original stadium design. There are no fire extinguishing systems in the restaurants. The photo was taken on 7 March. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Restaurants at MA Aziz Stadium: A catastrophe in the making?

Restaurant management barricades stairway top to prevent rooftop access for unsocial activities at 25/3 Tajmahal Road in Mohammadpur, housing Indian Spicy and The Munch Station. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Bangladesh

Fire risk: How safe Mohammadpur eateries are?

Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

Fire safety in Uttara restaurant hub: A deadly combination of risky structures and apathetic staff

TBS Illustration
Bangladesh

Restaurant crackdown on, many close fearing harassment

Dhaka south seals off building in Khilgaon housing Shawarma King, Pasta Club
Bangladesh

Dhaka south seals off building in Khilgaon housing Shawarma King, Pasta Club

Photo Collage: TBS
Bangladesh

Rajuk seals off Sultan's Dine and Nawabi Bhoj on Bailey Road

The death traps lurking behind the fancy facade of Gulshan-Banani eateries 
Panorama

The death traps lurking behind the fancy facade of Gulshan-Banani eateries 

Green Cozy Cottage had no fire exit with a fire door, fire hydrant system, or kitchen fire suppression system in any of the restaurants. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Thoughts

'Bailey Road fire is not an accident, it is the result of our actions'

Before and after images of the Bailey Road building that caught on fire last night, claiming 46 lives. Fire service says the building did not have a system to extinguish the fire. Collage: TBS
Bangladesh

Bailey Road fire: How stairways turned into a furnace