A sexagenarian British tourist has been found dead at a hotel in the capital’s Uttara area, said police.
The deceased is identified as Finlayson Dugald, 60, who had been staying in ‘Marino Hotel’ in Sector No 4 on Road No 11 since September 20.
His friend Dong Hao Peng first noticed the matter on Thursday and immediately informed the hotel authorities, said Md Mamunur Rahman, sub-inspector of Uttara East Police Station.
The foreigner might have died of sickness but the exact reason will be known after the postmortem, he said.
The body to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy.