<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The death toll from the massive explosion that ripped through a 5-storey building in Gulistan's Siddique Bazar area has risen to 23, with one more victim succumbing to his injuries today.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was identified as Mirza Azam, 36, son of Shahjahan Mirza from Baufal upazila of Patuakhali district.</div><div><br></div><div>Azam had been undergoing treatment at the ICU of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.</div><div><br></div><div>Azam breathed his last at around 9:30 am today, said SM Ayub Hossain, resident surgeon of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.</div><div><br></div><div>He was admitted to the hospital with 80% burn injuries.</div><div><br></div><div>Azam worked at a sanitary shop in the five-storey building where the deadly blast occurred.</div><div><br></div><div>On March 7, at least 17 people were killed and over 100 were injured in a massive explosion in the 5-storey building near a BRTC bus counter in the capital’s Gulistan area.</div><div><br></div><div>A sanitary materials shop on the ground floor of the building, BRAC Bank office on one of the floors and an adjacent 7-storey building were damaged but no buildings collapsed.</div><div><br></div><div>Three people, including the owner of the building at Siddique Bazar, were shown arrested in a case over the blast on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>A Dhaka court on Thursday put the three arrested people on a three-day remand. According to UNB reports </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>