Among the family members and friends waiting in front of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s emergency room a father was wailing on Wednesday. He lost his only son to an explosion that ripped through a commercial building in the capital’s Gulistan area on Tuesday. “Where is my son? I have only one son. Where did my son go?” the father was heard crying in front of the DMCH emergency room. Later, he was taken away by his family members from there before the child's body could be taken out of the emergency room. Meanwhile, a short description was hung on the right wall inside the emergency room, along with a list of patients injured in the Siddique Bazar explosion. According to the list, injured patients have been kept in ward numbers 100, 102, 103, 204, and the ICU, as well as in some other departments of the hospital. Read more: Siddique Bazar blast: 2 bodies retrieved from debris, death toll now 19 Multiple injured people were seen inside ward number 100.  Speaking to the Ansar members on duty and the relatives of the injured, it was learned that they were rescued from the rubble of the building that was damaged largely due to the explosion in Siddique Bazar. While speaking to UNB’s Dhaka University Correspondent, Rubel, a victim of the explosion who was an employee of a shop in Siddique Bazar said the shop had four employees apart from him. Among them, Mainuddin was killed on the spot during the explosion. Raju, one of the employees, was kept in the ICU of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Arman Hossain, the manager of the shop, was taken from DMCH to Azghar Ali Hospital. Meanwhile, Sunny, one of Rubel’s coworkers, was kept in ward no. 101 of the hospital. At the entrance of the ward, UNB correspondent talked to another person named Sumon Ali. He was staying with his brother at the hospital. Sumon said his brother was working as a driver of a goods delivery van at one of the shops that collapsed. Read more: Blast in Sidddique Bazar not from gas leakage: Titas Gas His brother was there when the explosion occurred. He was rescued last night and brought to the hospital. Although his brother's physical condition is out of danger, he said that the backbone has moved quite a lot from the specified position. A man named Ratan Mia was seen standing with a photo of his missing son, Abdul Malek (17), who used to work at a brick kiln in Savar’s Hemayetpur. He always used this route to travel to and from Hemayetpur. Malek has remained missing since the explosion occurred yesterday. “Everyone asked me to look for him at the DMCH. But I couldn’t find him yet,” Ratan told UNB. “He doesn’t have any mobile phones. I’ve tried calling my relatives. No one knows his whereabouts,” he said, bursting into tears. Mohammad Rifat, a young boy, was standing next to Ratan Mia. He just passed Alim (HSC) from Tamirul Millat Madrasa in the capital. Rifat came to the hospital after burying his father a while ago to receive financial assistance for the victims announced by the government. Read more: Reason behind Gulistan blast to be known after examining samples: Rab director His father was rescued from the rubble and taken home last night. But after some time, he was asked to bring his father's body to DMCH. The body was brought to DMCH and handed over to them within a short time. His father was then taken home and buried there. Rifat said: "My father was the only earning member of my family. I have my mother and a younger brother at home.” “I always wanted to study. But now I don’t know what to do next! I don't know what will happen to my younger brother!" he told UNB. Earlier, at least 19 people were killed and over 100 others injured in a massive explosion in a 5-storey building near a BRTC bus counter at Siddique Bazar in Gulistan area of the capital. Among the injured, 11 people have been undergoing treatment at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Read more: Sidddique Bazar blast: Shop owner ‘picked up by DB police’ Meanwhile, the government has announced financial assistance of Tk 50,000 each to the families of those killed in the explosion. Relatives are receiving financial assistance from a  temporary tent set out by the district administration in front of the emergency gate of Dhaka Medical College Hospital by showing the death certificate of the deceased.

A 3-month pregnant woman who reportedly tried to commit suicide by setting herself on fire in the city's Gulbagh area died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the early hours of Wednesday. Meem Akhter, 18, breathed her last at the Burn Unit of the hospital  around 5.45am, said Bachchhu Mia, in charge of the DMCH police outpost. Also read:Pregnant housewife tries to commit suicide Meem's husband Rummon said that he had an altercation with Meem on Friday night and she tried to commit suicide by setting herself on fire by pouring kerosene on her body Saturday morning. Later, she was admitted to the Sheikh Hasina Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute with 95 percent burn injuries. Police detained Rummon from the hospital after her death.

A 48-year-old woman was killed and her 16-year-old son injured after a truck hit them in Dhaka's Turag early Sunday, police said. The deceased Ambia Begum was from Matlab Uttar, Chandpur. Also read: Perilous roads: 4 including 3 of family killed in Rajshahi The accident occurred around 6:30am at Kamarpara when Ambia, her husband, and sons Shamsudding and Mohiuddin (16) were walking to a nearby bus stoppage to go to their village home. "A truck hit my mother and Mohiuddin from behind, leaving them critically injured, as we were crossing the road to catch a bus," Shamsuddin said. Also read: 9 killed in Gopalganj road crash The mother and son were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where Ambia was declared dead at 9am, said Inspector Bachhu Miah, in-charge of DMCH Police Camp. "The body was kept in the hospital morgue for an autopsy." Mohiuddin is out of danger now and receiving treatment at DMCH, Bachhu added.

Firefighters on Sunday recovered the body of a female student of Dhaka University from a bathroom of a building at Azimpur Government Staff Quarters in the capital. The deceased was identified as Ishrat Jahan Tusti, 21. Read: Woman doctor found dead at Kalabagan flat, police suspect murder A second-year student of the English department, Tusti hailed from Netrakona district. Tusti, a resident student of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall, had been living in a sublet arrangement at Azimpur since the university dormitories remained closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, said Taposhi, one of Tusti's friends. Read:Woman, her two children found dead in Bandarban Md Saiful Islam, station officer of Palashi Barack Fire Station, said, "Tusti's roommate called 999 when she realised that their bathroom door got locked from inside for a long time. Later, a fire service team broke into the bathroom on the ground floor of No 19 building of Azimpur Government Staff Quarters around 7:30am and rescued the student." Read:Newly wed woman found dead in Pabna, husband held She was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared her dead, he added. "Our initial suspicion is that she collapsed on the bathroom floor and died of an unknown illness. The girl reportedly had cold-related problems," Saiful added.  

Dhaka University students are in shock as the dead body of their fellowman, who went missing over a week ago, was found at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue on Sunday. Hafizur Rahman, 24, a student of Information Science and Library Management Department (2015-16) of the university, went missing on May 15, a day after Eid-ul-Fitr. Habibur Rahman, elder brother of the victim, identified the body at the morgue on Sunday evening. Read:University student stabbed in Bagura Officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station, Mamun ur Rashid said, "Around 8:30 pm on Saturday, we received information that a young man had stabbed himself repeatedly in the neck near Shaheed Minar." "Later, police went to the spot and took him to DMCH where doctors declared him dead. There was nothing to identify him. Police later registered a case. If his family accuses anyone now, we’ll launch an investigation," the OC said. The body of Hafizur, also the general secretary of DU Mime Action, a cultural organisation, was handed over to the family on Sunday as they identified it, the OC added. According to his family members, Hafizur came to Dhaka from his village home in Brahmanbaria a day after the Eid. He informed his family about his arrival over the phone but his phone was found switched off since then, the OC said. As his family failed to trace him after their hectic search, they filed a general diary (GD) with Kasba police station in Brahmanbaria. Later, the news of his disappearance was reported to the Shahbagh Police Station. Read:SUST student killed in Sylhet road crash On information, Shahbagh police contacted the family after suspecting that the body kept in the morgue could be of Hafizur. Hafizur's elder brother Habibur Rahman then went to Shahbagh Police Station and identified the body at the DMCH morgue. Meanwhile, many of Hafizur’s friends and DU students expressed their deep shock in social media like Facebook at the sudden death of their fellowman and demanded a proper investigation into the matter.  

Shaheed Asad Day will be observed in the country on Wednesday, commemorating the supreme sacrifice of student leader Asaduzzaman Asad during the mass upsurge of 1969 that led to Bangladesh’s independence.

Two pedestrians were killed and a motorcyclist was injured after a bus  hit them in the city’s Bangla Motor area on Thursday.

A Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee who suffered burns after coming in contact with a high-voltage electric wire in Ashulia succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday.

A student of Dhaka University (DU) died of cardiac arrest at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday morning.

A man was killed in a mass beating after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death over family feud in Nagarmahal road area near Hakkani Mosque in Dakkhin Keraniganj early Friday.