Chawkbazar

5 workers burnt beyond recognition in factory fire
Crime

5 workers burnt beyond recognition in factory fire

Police will form a probe committee on Sunday

Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Industry

From toys to imitation jewellery, movement curb hurts Chawkbazar fancy traders

A man loads goods in a van in the capital’s Chawkbazar in the old town of Dhaka. It is a wholesale market where small business owners come to buy products from across the country. The photo was taken on Thursday. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Trade

Chawkbazar business still in pandemic gloom

Pandemic dampens traditional jewellery business of Chawkbazar
Videos

Pandemic dampens traditional jewellery business of Chawkbazar

Fire at Chawkbazar’s polythene factory
Bangladesh

Fire at Chawkbazar’s polythene factory

52 areas under lockdown in Dhaka
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

52 areas under lockdown in Dhaka

Hazi Wahed Mansion was ground zero of the explosion that started the Churihatta fire. Burn marks still scar the building and two other buildings close to it. Photo: Mumit M
Features

Emerging from the ashes

Firefighting equipment to be cheaper
Bangladesh

Probe report on Chawkbazar fire due on October 3