At least three workers were killed in a landslide at Beltoli Ghona in the Akbar Shah area of Chattogram city on Friday.
One of the deceased was identified as Khoka, 45.
The incident occurred around 5:45pm. Locals rescued and rushed them to hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries while receiving treatment.
Firefighters are still carrying out rescue operations, said Enamul Haque, senior officer at Agrabad station of Chattogram Fire Service and Civil Defence.
"We are working. The number of fatalities is still unknown,” he said.
On February 11, the district administration's mobile court conducted an operation on the claim that hills in the Beltoli Ghona area were being cut down to make space for a new roadway.
A man named Shahjahan, 40, was sentenced to seven-day imprisonment on the charge of cutting hills. An excavator used for hill-cutting was also seized at that time.
