Police recovered the bodies of two newborns from a drain at Chattogram Medical College Hospital(CMCH) on Tuesday. Sub-inspector Nurul Islam Ashique, in-charge of CMCH, said the authorities concerned spotted the bodies on the slab of the drain while cleaning it around 10 am. Read:Abandoned newborn rescued by police after man calls 999 One of the bodies was decomposed while another was found wrapped in a polythene bag, he said. Panchlaish police station was informed about the recovery of the bodies.

Algeirs,SEP 24 (AP/UNB) — Eight newborns were killed Tuesday in a fire in the maternity wing of an Algerian hospital near the border with Tunisia, authorities said.