A female student of Rajshahi University (RU) drowned while swimming in the university’s swimming pool on Sunday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Saima Hossain, a 2020-21 session student of the Department of Sociology. She was a resident of Kushtia.
Confirming the incident to UNB, RU Proctor Professor Dr. Md. Mahbubur Rahman said Saima went to the swimming pool in the afternoon to swim but suddenly drowned.
Her classmates rescued her and rushed her to the emergency department of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared her dead.