Bangladesh building collapse death toll rises to 10

By Xinhua

Dhaka : The death toll in the Dec 8 building collapse here has increased to 10 as five more bodies have been found under the rubble.

---

Support TwoCircles

---

The fire service and civil defence officials found the bodies on the fourth floor of the partially collapsed 22-storeyed Rangs building, The Independent daily reported Tuesday.

Search for more bodies at the site was going on until Monday night, the report said.

The partly demolished building collapsed Dec 8 night, when the 14th floor caved in on to the 13th floor.

The demolition work of the upper storeys of the $100 million (7 billion taka) building started Aug 3 after the Supreme Court of Bangladesh declared the construction beyond the sixth floor illegal.