Sun News Desk: Two workers died after falling from an under-construction 14-storey building in Dhaka's Agargaon this afternoon (August 26).

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The deceased are Md Rokon (32) and Shahadat (22) of Kazipur upazila in Sirajganj, both were living in the building.

The incident occurred at the 14-storey building at West Agargaon on Friday around 2:45 pm.

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Kabir Hossain, a co-worker of the deceased, told the duo was working standing on a scaffold on the second floor of the building.

They fell to the ground after the rope of the scaffold snapped, leaving them critically injured.

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After the incident, they were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where they died, Kabir said.

The bodies were kept in the DMCH morgue for autopsies, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost said.

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