A student of Dhaka University (DU) died of cardiac arrest at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday morning.
The deceased was identified as Shaikot Mahmud, an Accounting and Information System department student of 2014-15 sessions.
Shaikot, hailing from Lakshmipur, was a resident student of Bijoy Ekattor Hall of the university.
Hall provost Professor Abdul Bashir said Shaikot felt chest pain and informed his roommates around 10 am. Then he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead.
Doctors at the hospital said he died of cardiac arrest, he said.
After a namaz-e-janaza on Dhaka University campus the body was sent to his village home.