<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>At least 17 people, including two women, were killed and over 100 others injured in a massive explosion in a 5-storey building near a BRTC bus counter in the capital's Gulistan area on Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The identities of the deceased could not be confirmed immediately,said Inspector Bachhu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp.</div><div><br></div><div>The injured are now receiving treatment at DMCH, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The explosion occurred around 4:50pm with a big bang, said Shahjahan Sikder, deputy assistant director (media cell) of the Fire Service and Civil Defence.</div><div><br></div><div>On information, eleven units of fire service and five ambulances rushed to spot and are conducting rescue operations, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>A sanitary materials shop on the ground floor of the building, Brac bank office on the other floors and 7- storied building adjacent to it were damaged but no building collapsed, said&nbsp; Shahjahan Sikder, deputy assistant director of fire service and civil defense headquarters media cell.</div><div><br></div><div>The huge blast occurred within two days of another blast in a building in Science lab area in the capital that killed three people&nbsp; and injured more than 50 on Sunday. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div><div><br></div>