Dhaka: Owners of a Bangladesh garment factory were denied bail on Sunday after surrendering to a court which sought their arrest over the country’s worst industrial fire that killed 111 workers.

Jail time: If convicted, Delwar Hossain, the owner of the garment factory, will face a maximum sentence of life in prison. Hossain is probably the first owner who has been charged over a fire in the factory. The blaze was considered the country’s deadliest, killing over 100 people. File Pics/AFP

Delwar Hossain and his wife Mahmuda Akter handed themselves in to the magistrates court almost six weeks after it issued warrants for their arrest over the 2012 blaze that gutted the Tazreen factory.