Ntv, Rtv shut broadcast temporarily

Ntv and Rtv have shut their transmission temporarily amid fire at a multi-storied building at Karwan Bazar housing the private TV channels.

Fire at BSEC Bhaban

The televisions show ‘no signal’.

“We came out of the building amid smoke,” Ntv Chief News Editor Zahirul Alam told bdnews24.com’s Senior Correspondent Nurul Islam Hasib.

A newsman at the Rtv newsroom, Saifuddin Mohammad Minhaj, also confirmed the temporary closure.

Ntv is housed at the sixth floor while Rtv is on the fifth floor.

The earth-stations of the two TV channels are placed on the building rooftop.

The fire broke out at the top floor of the eleven-storied building of the Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC).

No report of any casualty has come in so far.

Primary reports say the fire started at the Amar Desh newspaper, which only runs an online version after it lost its printing permission.

A reporter of the newspaper said their office was being shifted.