Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed's remark that "two goats" lived in MP Nusrat Tabassum's house sparked uproar in parliament, as National Citizen Party lawmakers protested his account of a fire at her family home in Kushtia district.

Replying to Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam, Salahuddin said neither Nusrat nor her parents lived there. Her parents, he said, lived in a three-storey building 20m away.

"This house had two goats," he said. Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal asked NCP MP Hannan Masud to sit down and urged opposition lawmakers to let the minister finish.

Nahid had challenged the minister's account, saying a video circulating on social media showed an object thrown from outside before the house burst into flames. ...