Dozens killed in fire at shopping centre in Bangladesh capital

Firefighters work to contain a fire (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

A fire at a six-storey shopping centre in the Bangladeshi capital has killed at least 43 people and injured dozens of others, the health minister said.

Samanta Lal Sen said the fire broke out late on Thursday in the building in Dhaka’s Bailey Road area.