Bangladesh Navy ship BNS Bijoy, which was anchored at the Beirut port, was damaged and at least 19 Navy sailors on board were injured in two massive explosions that rocked the Lebanese capital port, according to Bangladesh Embassy in Beirut.
Several Bangladeshi expatriates were also injured in the double blasts, confirmed the embassy.
One of the injured crew members was in critical condition, five were moderately injured and 13 were released after primary treatment, said the embassy’s head of chancery Abdullah Al Mamun.
A total of 110 soldiers were in the Navy ship, but most of them were not there at the time of the blast as they got off the ship early evening, Mamun added.
The deadly explosions left at least 78 people dead and nearly 4,000 and sent shockwaves that shattered windows, smashed masonry and shook the ground across the Lebanese capital.
Officials said they expected the death toll to rise further after Tuesday's blast as emergency workers dug through rubble to rescue people and remove the dead.
The blasts were so massive they shook the entire city and could be heard throughout the small country, and as far away as Nicosia on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, 240 kilometres (150 miles) away.
Lebanese General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim earlier said the "highly explosive material" had been confiscated years earlier and stored in the warehouse, just minutes walk from Beirut's shopping and nightlife districts.
Later, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said 2,750 tonnes of the agricultural fertiliser ammonium nitrate that had been stored for years in a portside warehouse had blown up, sparking "a disaster in every sense of the word".
