Police recovered the body of a newborn from a sidewalk near the emergency gate of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday.
A passerby noticed a dog tugging at a bag on the sidewalk and alerted the police via the national emergency hotline number, 999.
Sub-inspector Mohammad Selim of Shahbagh Police Station confirmed the matter.
He said that, upon receiving the call through the hotline, they discovered the body of the newborn girl inside a bag lying on the trash-covered sidewalk opposite the emergency gate around 11:00am.
The body was subsequently sent to the morgue of the emergency department. The identity of those who left the body there remains unknown, he added.
