Bangladesh arrests owners of blaze-hit Dhaka tower

Police in Bangladesh said Sunday they had arrested the owners of an office tower in Dhaka that caught fire earlier this week, killing 26 people and renewing the country's debate over lax safety standards. The latest deadly blaze to hit Bangladesh's congested capital tore through the 22-storey FR Tower on Thursday, leaving some of the hundreds trapped inside screaming for help as horrified onlookers massed outside.
Police said they had detained two men, S.M.H.I. Faruque and Tasvir Ul Islam - who is district leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) - in the capital, after filing charges against them for criminal negligence. The arrests came as a senior minister called the fire an act of murder amid growing public clamour for better building safety standards.