<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Traders of Bangabazar, whose businesses burned down in the recent fire at the market, set up temporary shops on the streets and footpaths at the site of the incident today.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Around 800 traders displayed their stocks since this morning. They set up their makeshift shops under the flyover, on the south side of Bangabazar Market.</div><div><br></div><div>Many traders are sitting with the clothes they were able to save from the devastating fire last Tuesday. Even though there is a crowd around the shops, sales are yet to pick up.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The traders setting up the temporary shops said they were displaying whatever goods they could save from the Bangabazar Market fire.</div><div><br></div><div>Aynal Hossain was sitting at his shop under the flyover. He told UNB that he had two shops in Bangabazar Market. Both shops were burnt to ashes.</div><div><br></div><div>“I was able to move some stuff. So I brought it here. No sale yet, because our regular customers do not know the address of the shop. Only Allah knows how we will celebrate this Eid,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Trader Shahidul Islam had a shop in Bangabazar, selling jeans and shirts. The shop burnt to ashes and now he has also set up shop on the footpath.</div><div><br></div><div>“Everything is over. There is no money for food at home. So, I was forced to set up shop on the footpath,” he lamented.</div><div><br></div><div>Last Tuesday, (April 4) at 6:10 am, a terrible fire broke out in Bangabazar&nbsp; complex in the capital. Bongo Market, Gulistan Market, Mahanagar Shopping Complex, Adarsha Market and Annex Tower were burnt down.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Businessmen claim that they have lost around Tk 2000 crore in the fire. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>