Dhaka: She was supposed to be there in her mother’s lap either at home or hospital, but the ill-fated one-day old baby girl was found in a Dhaka city dustbin on Saturday.

Police rescued the baby from the dustbin at Nababerbagh Beribadh of Shah Ali in capital Dhaka’s Mirpur area in the afternoon.

Contacted, sub-inspector (SI) Bachchu Miah, also in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Police Camp, said locals spotted he newborn screaming in the bin and informed Shah Ali Police Station.

Later, Shah Ali Police Station sub-inspector Zahirul Islam rushed in and rescued the infant, and got her admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital at about 5:40pm. She is now undergoing treatment at the DMCH’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, said Zahir.

The baby is believed to have been dumped into the bin a few hours after she was born for reasons unknown.