This is reported by AFP with reference to local authorities.
#BREAKING Fire kills 41 in Bangladesh capital, says official pic.twitter.com/hVELonYWsF
- AFP news agency (@AFP) February 20, 2019According to the agency, a fire broke out in a residential building in which there was a chemical warehouse.
The source of fire, presumably, was a gas cylinder.
Earlier it was reported that in the Indian capital of New Delhi, a fire in the hotel killed 17 people.