A fire that quickly tore through a branch of Eastern Bank in the port city's Halishahar area on Friday afternoon was brought under control after nearly two hours, the authorities said. Anisur Rahman, deputy director at the fire service and civil defence department Chattogram, said the blaze began at the bank near the Halishahar Excess Road at 12pm. Read more: Fire at Eastern Refinery in Ctg: 4 burnt On information, seven firefighting units responded to the fire and the responders could tame the flames at 1.45pm, he said. The reasons for the fire mishap and the extent of damage could not immediately be confirmed, Anisur added.

A fire that quickly tore through a 14-storey private general and dental medical college hospital building in the Nikunja area of Khilkhet in Dhaka Thursday was brought under control after almost two hours, the authorities said. The blaze began on the eighth floor of the building, which houses the female hostel of City Dental College and Hospital, at around 7pm.  "On information, nine firefighting units of the fire service responded to the fire within 10 minutes. However, they could tame the flames around 8:45pm," Shahjahan Shikder, deputy assistant director (media cell) of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters, said. Read more: Dhaka: Fire breaks out at packaging factory  No news of casualties was reported till the filing this report.  However, the reasons for the mishap and the exact extent of damage could not immediately be confirmed, Shahjahan said.