
Home affairs ministry senior secretary Nasimul Gani on Monday said that they were hoping that the committee, formed on December 26 to probe into the fire incident in the Bangladesh Secretariat on the same day, would submit a preliminary report to Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday.
Nasimul, who headed the eight-member committee, also said that some of the evidence would be sent abroad.
The committee was scheduled for Monday to submit the preliminary report to the chief adviser.
A fire broke out in Building 7 at the secretariat, the administrative headquarters of the government, in Dhaka on early December 26, burning offices and documents of five ministries –– the local government, rural development and co-operatives ministry, the post and telecommunication ministry, the youth and sports ministry, the labour and employment ministry and the road transport and bridges ministry.