A pedestrian was killed when a boundary wall of a building collapsed on him at Boro Moghbazar in the city yesterday.
The dead was identified as Mohammad Selim, 35, a labourer and resident of Payrabagh.
Ramna police told The Daily Star that Selim was returning home at Moghbazar at around 6:30pm. When he was passing the building, the dilapidated boundary wall collapsed on him.
He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital at around 7:30pm where the doctors declared him dead.