'The builders don't care': Dhaka reels from another deadly blaze

Questions mount about building safety in Bangladesh capital after inferno kills at least 25 people

People grasped at ropes lowered from helicopters. They tried to slide down the building using its external wiring. Faced with no alternative, as the 22-storey FR Tower burned in Dhaka, at least six people leaped to their deaths.

Those who searched for the skyscraper’s emergency stairwell discovered none had been built.

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