Published :
Updated :
For all latest news, follow The Financial Express Google News channel.
Emergency workers have recovered another body from the rubble of the blast-torn Café Queen building near a BRTC bus counter in the capital's Gulistan. It brings the death toll from the disaster to 21.
The body was found around 12:15 pm on Thursday, the third day of rescue efforts. It was then sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, according to Anwarul Haque, vice principal of the Fire Service Training Complex.
The family has identified the body as that of 38-year-old Mehedi Hasan Swapan, the manager of Bangladesh Sanitary situated in the building's basement, reports bdmews24.com.
An explosion ripped through the building on North South Road on Tuesday afternoon. Smoke filled the air and the loud noise caused a panic nearby.
Power connections to the area were cut off afterwards. On Wednesday night, workers were preparing to restore power lines.
Firefighters retrieved 20 bodies in the first two days of the rescue mission in the building, which was declared risky in the wake of the explosion. The operation continued into a third day as at least one more victim, Swapan, remained missing.
Swapan hailed from Enayetpur village in Noakhali.
He lived with his family near the Rampura TV Station in Dhaka. He leaves behind a son and a daughter.
Swapan’s older brother Tanvir Hassan Shohag said he had gone missing immediately after the blast.
Currently, 27 other victims of the explosion are hospitalised with injuries.