DHAKA, Bangladesh: Police in Bangladesh’s capital have arrested two of the owners of a commercial complex that caught fire last week, killing 26 people and injuring about 70.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Branch Shahjahan SHajju told The Associated Press early Sunday that they arrested F.R. Tower’s owners Tasvir-ul-Islam and S.M.H.I. Faruque in Dhaka after police charged them with negligence and violations of a building code that resulted in casualties.
Authorities say the complex on a busy avenue in Dhaka’s Banani commercial district had no fire-protected staircases and some top floors of the 22-story building were illegally constructed.
The blaze that burned for several hours Thursday trapped people inside the building, some shouting for help from windows on upper floors and the roof.
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Bangladesh police arrest building owners over fatal blaze
Bangladesh police arrest building owners over fatal blaze
- Authorities say the complex on a busy avenue in Dhaka’s Banani commercial district had no fire-protected staircases
- Some top floors of the 22-story building were also illegally constructed
Trump says US will intervene if Iran violently suppresses peaceful protests
- Trump says US will intervene if Iran violently suppresses peaceful protests
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday said that if Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, the United States of America will come to their rescue.
“We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” he said in a Truth Social post.
This follows the deaths of several people as Iran’s biggest protests in three years over economic hardship turned violent across multiple provinces.
The clashes between protesters and security forces mark a significant escalation in the unrest that has spread across the country since shopkeepers began protesting on Sunday over the government’s handling of a sharp currency slide and rapidly rising prices.
Iran’s economy has struggled for years since the US reimposed sanctions in 2018, after Trump withdrew from an international nuclear agreement during his first term.
“We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” he said in a Truth Social post.
This follows the deaths of several people as Iran’s biggest protests in three years over economic hardship turned violent across multiple provinces.
The clashes between protesters and security forces mark a significant escalation in the unrest that has spread across the country since shopkeepers began protesting on Sunday over the government’s handling of a sharp currency slide and rapidly rising prices.
Iran’s economy has struggled for years since the US reimposed sanctions in 2018, after Trump withdrew from an international nuclear agreement during his first term.
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