Nor'wester kills 3 in city

Staff Correspondent: At least three people were killed and several others injured as a nor'wester coupled with hailstorm and rain swept the capital on Sunday evening.

The victims were identified as Md Hanif, 50, a tea vendor of Paltan crossing, Mili de-Costa, 62, a resident of Monipuripara, and Md Dulal Mia, 35, a driver by profession.

The women died after a tree fell on her at Lake Road around 6:30pm.

The tea vendor died after several pieces of brick fell on him from a nearby multi-storey building around 6:15 pm.

He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.

Meanwhile, driver Dulal Mia died on the spot around 6:45 pm when a portion of an extended structure of a multi-storied building fell on him while he along with another driver were staying inside a tin-shed makeshift in West Shewrapara.


risingbd/Dhaka/Mar 31, 2019/Maksud/AI