A High Court division bench on Monday ordered to form a committee headed by the home secretary to submit a probe report regarding the devastating fire incident that took place in the capital's Bailey Road on Thursday night.
The court also issued a ruling asking why it would not be declared illegal not to keep fire extinguishing system in the buildings of the capital including schools, colleges and shopping malls as per the law.
A High Court Division Bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Qazi Zeenat Haque passed the order on Monday following a hearing on two separate writs.
Experts from Police, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), Fire Service, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), representatives of Dhaka South and North City Corporation have been asked to be kept in the committee.
The committee has been asked to investigate the cause of the fire within four months, and to submit a report recommending the effective fire extinguishing systems to prevent occurrence of fire mishaps.
Supreme Court lawyer Israt Jahan Santbana and Yunus Ali Akand filed separate writs asking inquiry by experts and seeking directions to close restaurants in all residential areas in the capital.
Around 9:50PM on 29 February, a deadly fire broke out at a commercial building at the city's Bailey Road that killed 46 people including women and children and injured several others.
A case was lodged with Ramna police station on Friday in this regard.
Meanwhile, the HC issued a rule, asking authorities concerned to explain as to why it shall not pass order to give compensation to families of the victims of recent devastating fire on a building in the capital's Bailey Road area.
A High Court division bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Atabullah passed the order after holding hearing on a writ petition filed by rights bodies Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) and Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK).
The court also asked why order shall not be passed to establish anti-fire room and stairs in all the establishments including factories and why order shall not be passed to declare conducting commercial operations at residential areas.
The High Court also asked Rajuk and Fire Service to submit reports on the loss of lives and properties in the fire incidents in high-rise buildings in 2023-24.
Moreover, a Dhaka court on Monday sent four people to jail in a case lodged over deadly blaze that engulfed a building named Green Cozy Cottage in the capital's Bailey Road area on February 29, killing 46 people and injuring several others.
The four accused are- Green Cozy Cottage building manager Hamidul Haq Bipul, Kacchi Bhai Bailey Road branch manager Jain Uddin Jisan and two owners of Cha Chumuk, Anwarul Haque and SHafikur Rahman Rimon.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tahmina Haque passed the order as police produced them before the court after the end of their two-day remand in the case.
Forty-six people including eight children were killed and several others got injured in the deadly inferno. Bodies of 40 have so far been handed over to their families.