28
Jun
The boom was so powerful that it shattered the windows of nearly a dozen nearby buildings. According to Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam, the blast damaged seven surrounding buildings and two passenger buses, killing seven people and injuring 400 others, 50 of whom were gravely injured. The severly injured were taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka. The Dhaka Community Hospital treated around 300 patients, according to AZM Rahmatullah Shabuj, the hospital's outdoor in charge, who added that the victims had largely cuts on their bodies…