Panel : A couple of days after the November 24 fire , Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also called it a `` planned arson . '' Further investigation is needed to pin down who started a clothing factory fire . 112 people , mostly women , died in the fire on the outskirts of Dhaka . The owner of the factory should be prosecuted for the lack of safety measures , the panel says . Comment: Bangladesh has been hit by several natural disasters over the years and this one was particularly bad because it happened during harvest season when many farmers were out working their fields.
Panel : Further investigation is needed to pin down who started a clothing factory fire . 112 people , mostly women , died in the fire on the outskirts of Dhaka . The owner of the factory should be prosecuted for the lack of safety measures , the panel says . Comment: Bangladesh has been hit by several natural disasters over the years and this one was particularly bad because it happened during harvest season when many farmers were out working their fields.