Police recovered the body of a one-day-old baby boy from inside a cardboard box at Jurain graveyard in the capital.
Members of Shyampur Police Station recovered the body on Thursday afternoon after receiving information, said Sub-Inspector Selim Reza.
Police said the infant was found inside a paper carton abandoned within the graveyard premises.
Authorities have not yet been able to identify who left the newborn there.
Police are reviewing footage from nearby CCTV cameras to trace those involved.
The body has been sent to the morgue at Dhaka Medical College for an autopsy.
Legal proceedings are underway.
