Dhaka, March 1 -- The multi-storey Green Cozy Cottage building on Bailey Road was bustling with life and light just a day ago. Now, the structure stands as a charred husk, compelling passersby to pause and reflect on the nightmarish ordeal that unfolded the night before.

Pieces of shattered glass, embers of burnt furniture from various shops and restaurants, and even the scorched leaves of a nearby mango tree litter the scene.

On Friday morning, a crowd of onlookers, including many locals, gathered around the burnt edifice, recounting the previous night's horrors.

Investigation units of the Police Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Investigation Department, and the Dhaka Metropolitan Police have been combing the site since the morni...