Bangladesh shopping centre that caught fire killing 46 ‘had no emergency exits’

Firefighters the blaze that broke out at a commercial complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing at least 46 people (Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP)

A six-story shopping centre that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital had no fire exits, the country’s prime minister said on Friday, as the death toll climbed to at least 46 and rescuers searched for more victims.

The fire started late on Thursday in a restaurant on the first floor of the Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall in Dhaka. More than a dozen firefighting units were deployed.