Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- A resort can be flagged for unauthorised construction, denied environmental clearance and warned over fire safety. But what happens when those warnings do not shut it down?

At TUPTUP Resto & Resort in Cox's Bazar's Inani, that question has become urgent. A fire on Saturday killed at least 10 people, while authorities struggled to establish the full toll and identify the dead.

Records show that multiple agencies had raised concerns about the property before the blaze. Their notices and proceedings now face a harder test: whether they did anything to protect the people staying there.

To understand why the resort remained open despite those warnings, bdnews24.com visited the site on Sunday and spoke with officials from t...