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A woman was killed after being struck by a motorbike at Boro Bhangha Mahakash Bypass road in Dhaka’s Demra area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Dolimun Nessa,78, of Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur district. Victim’s son Mohammad Sorhab said his mother was crossing the road when the motorbike hit her from behind, leaving her seriously injured. She was rescued her in critical condition and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared her dead. Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police camp, said the body was handed over to the family without an autopsy as no complaint was lodged.

A 60-year-old woman was killed and two children were injured after a wall collapsed due to heavy rainfall in Karnaphuli upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Delowara Begum, wife of late Fazal Ahmed, a resident of Shikalbaha Masterhat area. Family members said a roadside wall collapsed following heavy rain around 4 pm , trapping Delowara underneath. Mohammad Shamiur Rahman, in-charge of Shikalbaha police outpost, said Delowara was rushed to Chattogram Medical College Hospital in critical condition where she later died. Officer-in-Charge of Karnaphuli Police Station Md Shahinur Alam said police have been sent to both the scene and the hospital after receiving information about the incident. Necessary legal steps will be taken in this regard, he added.

A 35-year-old woman was killed and her son injured in an attack by some miscreants at Shibpur in Sadar upazila of Bhola district early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Nasima Begum, second wife of Al Amin, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Dubai while the injured was Abir, 8. Md Ibrahim, additional superintendent of Bhola Police, said a group of miscreants entered the house of Al Amin through the ventilator of the washroom at the dead of night. Later they hit Nasima and Abir with sharp weapons, leaving Nasima dead on the spot and Abir wounded. Hearing screams from Abir, local people rushed in and rescued Abir. He was taken to Bhola Sadar Hospital. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to local hospital morgue for autopsy. Police arrested a suspect, Md Zihad, from the area.              

A 65-year-old woman was killed when a truck knocked down her in Jatrabari area of the capital early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Amena Begum, a resident of Jatrabari area in Dhaka. She hailed from Sadar upazila of Chandpur district. The accident occurred around 2:30 am when the truck hit the woman when she was crossing the road in front of Jatrabari fish market, leaving her critically injured. Later, she was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared her dead, said Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp. Police seized the truck and arrest its driver.

A 34-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a bus at the Saydabad Railgate area in the capital's Jatrabari on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Taslima Akter Shahinur, wife of Rashid Bappi and a resident of 73/1 South Jatrabari. She is survived by a son and a daughter. The accident occurred around 7:15 pm when Taslima was travelling in a battery-run auto-rickshaw from her father-in-law’s house in Bangshal, Old Dhaka, towards her home. Youth killed in Dhaka road crash The auto-rickshaw collided with a Tisha Paribahan bus near the Saydabad railway line, leaving her critically injured, her husband Rashid Bappi said. She was rushed to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where the on-duty doctor declared her dead on arrival, Bappi added. Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police camp, said the body has been kept at the hospital morgue and the matter has been informed to the concerned police station.

A 23-year-old woman was killed and three other people — including her 2-year-old son — also were shot Wednesday on Chicago's South Side, police said. The toddler was hospitalized in good condition after being shot in a foot, as were his 29-year-old father, who also was shot in a foot, and a 62-year-old man, who was shot in the back, Chicago Police Department Chief of Patrol Brian McDermott said in a news conference near the scene in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. The victims were standing on a sidewalk around 3 p.m. when assailants got out of a vehicle and opened fire before fleeing the scene, McDermott said. U.S. records over 400 mass shootings so far in 2023 The woman was shot multiple times and died later at a hospital, authorities said. 3 soldiers, 2 insurgents killed in shootout in southwest Pakistan, officials say The woman and the 29-year-old man were the parents of the toddler, McDermott said. No one was in custody.

The body of an elderly woman was found in her son's house in Parnurulabad village of Naogaon's Manda upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Aklima Begum (60). Police suspect she was killed and have detained her daughter-in-law for questioning. However, Laili Begum, the daughter-in-law of the deceased, said, "My husband is a microbus driver in Dhaka. My mother-in-law used to live with my brother-in-law. I brought her to our house on Thursday." Read: Fire in power substation triggers outage in Naogaon "She was alone in the house for few days as I had gone to visit my parents. When I returned home on Monday, I found the door locked from the outside. Later with the help of neighbours, I broke open the door only to find the body lying in a pool of blood," she said. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Manda Police Station Shahinur Rahman said the daughter-in-law of the deceased has been detained for questioning in connection with the death.

A 20-year-old woman has been killed allegedly by her husband for dowry in Raipur village of Mohammadpur upazila.

A woman was killed when a speedy bus hit her in front of Matuail Mother and Child Hospital at Jatrabari in the city on Wednesday.

A tribal woman died and her four-year-old child was injured after Jana Samhati Samity (JSS) members opened fire reportedly on an Army patrol at Angaipara in Bandarban's Rowangchhari upazila on Friday.