Two workers were killed as a chunk of cement collapsed on them at a cement factory at Paschim Muktarpur in the Munshiganj district town on Monday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Md Shahin, 31, son of Shahadat Khandaker of Mandatola village in Matlab upazila of Chandpur district and Md Rashidul, 25, news agency UNB reports.
Alamgir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Munshiganj Sadar Police station, said a chunk of cement fell on a group of workers at 'Crown Cement Factory' around 7:00am when they entered a room to clean it, leaving Shahin and Rashidul dead on the spot and another worker Hafizur critically injured.
The injured is now undergoing treatment at Munshiganj General Hospital.