A high-powered committee formed to probe the Secretariat fire incident will submit its primary report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday.
"The probe body will submit its report on the Secretariat fire to the chief adviser on Monday and he will decide whether the report will be revealed," Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Abul Kamal Azad Majumder told a press conference in front of the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Sunday.
He said the probe into the fire incident continues and the committee is collecting necessary evidences and samples from the spot.
Azad said if necessary, the evidences and samples would be sent abroad for test.
Replying to a question, he said in consultation with Chief Adviser Prof Yunus, the probe body will decide how long time it need to complete its probe into the fire incident.
On December 26, 2024, the government formed the eight-member probe body to investigate into the Secretariat fire and asked it to submit its primary report within three days.
The senior secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs was made the chief of the probe committee.
Other members of the committee are: the Housing and Public Works secretary, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chief of Fire Service and Civil Defense (member secretary), explosive expert from armed forces, and three experts (civil, chemical and electronic engineers) Dr Tanvir Mansur, Dr Yasir Arafat and Yasir Arafat from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).
