Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- After a sleepless night, Nazma Begum came to her damaged house in the morning, leaving her daughter with her sister.

Amidst the piles of burnt and collapsed tin sheets and ash, she tries to scavenge the remnants of 14 years of domestic life. Around 8am on Wednesday, her house was surrounded by a large crowd, mostly curious onlookers.

Nazma, unable to do her chores due to the crowd, scolded them and tried to chase them away. "Everyone has come to see the show. And we can't sleep at night. Our kids haven't eaten anything since morning. And they just come and take videos."

A young man, Ashraf, who introduced himself with a single name, aggressively said: "They set a fire here, why don't you write about this? Check Facebo...