2 labourers die in Old Dhaka

Two construction workers have died from electrocution in Old Dhaka's Islamabag. The victims were identified as Md Asadul, 18, and Kora Mia, 45. The incident took place while they were working at a building construction site near Islamabag’s Ershad Colony around 6:30am Sunday. They were rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a critical condition but doctors declared them dead, the hospital outpost Police Inspector Mozammel Haque said, according to a news agency.