Dhaka, May 27 -- Five people have been hospitalised after a lift malfunction at the Bangladesh Development Bank Ltd (BDBL) building in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar.

The incident occurred just before office hours around 9:00am on Tuesday due to a mechanical failure in one of the lifts in the 18-storey building, according to Inspector Nazmul Jannat Shah from Tejgaon Police Station.

"While the lift was ascending from the ground floor, it suddenly jolted and dropped from the second floor. It then continued moving upward with repeated jerks and eventually stopped on the 15th floor," Nazmul said.

"Several people inside the lift were injured. We've learnt that five of them have been admitted to BRB Hospital in Panthapath."

He could not immediately p...