, April 7 -- year-old man was killed as a bamboo roof of a shop collapsed on him during a nor'wester that wreaked havoc in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district early Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Sirajul Islam of Nagarpur upazila in Tangail district.

Sanchay Saha, officer-in-charge of Sreepur Police Station, said that Sirajul had been staying at a shop in the Chhatir Bazar area of Tepirbari village for work purposes, as he, along with his son Shahin, used to make bamboo ceilings.

On Monday night, Sirajul was sleeping inside the shop under the bamboo-made structure when it collapsed during the storm, leaving him dead.

His body was recovered on Tuesday morning and sent to his village home.

Legal action will be taken upon recei...