The body of an unidentified man was recovered from a pavement of the capital's Jatrabari Thursday, police said.
The identity of the deceased could not immediately be confirmed.
The man was found lying on the pavement on Kutubkhali Bridge around 7:30am.
On information, police went to the spot and took the man to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where he was declared dead around 12:30pm, Mehbah Uddin, sub-inspector of Jatrabari Police Station, said.
Police assumed that the man had been living on the streets and suffering from a long illness. However, the exact cause of his death is pending autopsy and has not been confirmed.
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