A woman has died after being struck and then dragged along the road underneath a private car in the Dhaka University campus area. The victim was identified as Rubina Akter(45). She was a housewife whose husband passed away two years ago and she left behind a son. The incident took place around 3pm when a private car struck a motorcycle in front of the National Museum at Shahabag. READ: Jashore: Father, son among 5 killed as covered van ploughs into restaurant The woman who was a passenger on the bike fell off it, and got entangled between the tires as she slipped underneath the car, which dragged her in that state till the Nilkhet intersection.  People stopped the car from going further on noticing what was happening. The woman was brought out from underneath the vehicle in critical condition, while an agitated mob resorted to thrashing the driver and vandalising his car.  Later, police came and took both the badly-injured woman and the driver to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.  The woman died while undergoing treatment, confirmed DMCH police camp In-charge Bacchu Mia. Rubina Akter's brother-in-law Nurul Amin told UNB that she was going with him to her sister's house in Hazaribagh from Tejgaon on motorcycle. READ:  Patuakhali HSC examinee stabbed in front of test centre "When we reached in front of Shahbagh museum, a private car hit us from behind and dragged her till Nilkhet intersection from Shahabag," he said. "I was shouting from behind to stop the car but the driver didn’t hear me," he added. Zafor Shah, the driver of the private car, is a former associate professor of Dhaka University's International Relations(IR) department.  Contacted, OC of Shahabag police station Noor Mohammad said, "We have seized the private car but no case has been filed yet."  

A 65-year old woman died and two other people suffered injuries as a branch of a roadside tree fell on them in  Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Rahima Begum, a resident of Bholachang village in Nabinagar municipality area. A branch of a dead tree of Roads and Highways Department fell on the three people around 11 am on Companyganj road, leaving them injured, said  witnesses. Read: 4 Banglalink officials get bail in case filed by James The critically injured woman was rushed to Nabinagar Sadar Hospital where doctors announced her dead. Nabinagar municipality mayor Shib Sankar Das said there are many risky dead trees like that beside Companyganj road which were not felled due to negligence of the Roads and Highway Department. “The accident could have been avoided if steps were taken to fell those trees in  time,” he said. Shib Sankar Das said immediate steps will be taken to remove all the dead trees in the area.    

A woman died falling off a rickshaw as hijackers tried to snatch her bag from a private car in Kamlapur area of Dhaka. The deceased was identified as Sunita Rani Das, 50. "I was going for a job interview with my aunt.  When someone tried to snatch her vanity bag from a private car she fell down and sustained injures, said Sujit, the nephew of the victim. She was rushed to the emergency unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital  where she died, added Sujit. Md Bacchu Mia, Inspector of the DMCH Police Camp, said  the body has been kept at the morgue of DMCH for autopsy.

A woman who had been suffering from fever and cold related problem died at Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital in Sylhet city on Sunday night.   The woman, hailing from Sunamganj, died at night, said Sushanto Kumar, resident medical officer of the hospital.   Samples from her body were collected for coronavirus test, he added.

A woman was burnt to death as a fire broke out at a multi-storey building on Bashbari Mandir road in the city’s Mohammadpur area on Friday.

A woman allegedly died at Mohammadpur Police Station in the city early Tuesday, hours after her arrest by police from Mohammdpur BRTC bus stand area.

A woman died of dengue at Enam Medical College Hospital on early Thursday.

Khulna, Oct 7 (UNB)- A woman died of mosquito-borne disease dengue at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on Sunday night.