Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- The Rural Development and Cooperatives Division under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives has formed a 7-member committee to investigate the fire incident at a building of the Bangladesh Secretariat.

The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives issued a notification in this regard on Thursday.

The seven-member committee, headed by Additional Secretary (Administration-2) Mohammad Shafiul Arif, has been tasked with identifying the cause of the fire and assessing the damages.

The other committee members are Zahidul Islam, joint secretary (law and administration); ASM Hasan Al Amin, joint secretary (administration); Subrata Kumar Sikder, joint secretary (planning); ...