A  worker was killed and three others injured when construction machinery fell on them due to the landslide near Malibagh Railgate area on Sunday afternoon.

The deceased Nur Nabi Nayem, son of CNG driver Salim Raza of Yakubnagar village of Sitakundu upazila of Chittagong district, was a crane operator. He used to live in Dhaka's Ashulia.

The incident happened around 5pm on Sunday when they were working underground in an under-construction multi-storey market; four workers were injured, said Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost.

On information, firemen from Khilgaon Fire Station rescued a person and brought him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 6:30pm, where doctors on duty declared him dead on arrival, Bachchu Mia added.

Co-workers also brought Ziarul, 20,  excavator operator Ratul Pramanik,18, and Sadekul, 22. They are now undergoing treatment at the hospital, said Bachhu Mia.