Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- Of the 88 madrasa students taken to the National Institute of Burn & Plastic Surgery after a fire at the institution in Narayanganj's Faullah, 53 have been discharged after treatment.

The remaining 35 are being treated in the hospital, said Sultan Mahmud Shikder, resident physician at the institute.

At 6:15pm on Tuesday, he said that the condition of four of the admitted students is critical. They are in the intensive care unit (ICU).

"The physical condition of one of them is very serious. He has been put on a mechanical ventilator to provide artificial respiration," Shikder said.

The four students in the ICU are Azizul Islam Siam, 14, Yusuf, 20, Khairul, 22, and Jobayer, 18.

Shikder said that the physical condition...