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Moghbazar blast death toll rises to 11

Two more victims of Dhaka's Moghbazar explosion succumbed to their injuries on Thursday, taking the death toll from the incident to 11.

The deceased were identified as Russel, 20, a shop worker, and Nurannabi, 30. 

Dr Partha Shanker Pal, the Resident Surgeon at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said the duo breathed their last around 2:15pm, and 4:30am respectively while undergoing treatment in the facility.

Earlier on Sunday evening, a massive explosion occurred in Moghbazar Wireless Gate area, leaving seven dead and around injured.