Dhaka, Oct. 18 -- DNA identification has begun for the victims of a resort fire in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya, with family members providing samples at the Criminal Investigation Department's office in Dhaka.

"Some family members of those killed in the Cox's Bazar incident have come to provide DNA samples. Our forensic department is working on it," CID Special Superintendent of Police Md Sufi Ullah said on Sunday.

Abu Taleb, an uncle of Israt Jahan Maliha and Layla Jahan Nabila, who were among those killed and lived in Dhaka's Banasree, said the victims' parents went to the CID office in Malibagh on Sunday morning to provide samples.

He said the CID was trying to collect samples from the remains of the victims in Cox's Bazar, adding that sev...