A nurse died after falling off the rooftop of a four storeyed building in Sabujbagh area in the capital Saturday. The deceased was Ataul Karim Apu,50, a nursing staff of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), said Firoza Parvin, a senior staff nurse of DMCH. Apu slipped on the wet floor and fell down around 6:30 am when he went to the rooftop of his house for physical exercise . Also read: Falling crane kills BRT project worker in Gazipur He was rescued by neighbours and taken to DMCH in a critical condition where doctors announced him dead around 9 am, said inspector Bacchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost. The body has been sent for an autopsy. Also read: ‘Thief’ dies after falling off building in city

A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking judicial inquiry into the transfer of nurses working in various government hospitals in the country. Supreme Court lawyers Barrister Mohammad Humayun Kabir Pallab, Barrister Mohammad Kawsar and Barrister Mohammad Majeedul Quader, on behalf of ‘Law and Life Foundation’, filed the writ petition. It is likely to be presented before the HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Khizir Hayat in this week, said Barrister Humayun Kabir. Also read: HC orders probe into allegations against E-orange At the same time, the writ petition sought appropriate legal action against the culprits and refund of Tk 100 crore transacted in the transfers by forming a judicial inquiry committee headed by a retired High Court judge. Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Director General of the Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery, the accused in the syndicate concerned Md Jamal Uddin and the Governor of Bangladesh Bank were made respondents in the writ petition. According to the writ, about four thousand nurses were transferred in the three months of September, October and November last year and it has been alleged that a syndicate has embezzled around Tk 100 crore through that transfer business. The writ also included a report published in a daily on February 7 where it is stated that a specific syndicate is conducting the nurse transfer business. Also read: HC questions temporary dismissal of govt employee accused in criminal case A man named Jamal Uddin from Kushtia allegedly formed the syndicate by introducing himself as a relative of a high-ranking official of the Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery, reads the report. Tk 100 crore from the transfer trade was deposited in the accounts of him and his relatives from different districts.

A 22-year-old nurse allegedly ended her life at her home in Dhaka's Mirpur area on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Joliet Mondol, wife of Nixon Talukder of Ramshil village in Gopalganj's Kotalipara upazila. Her family members alleged she was killed by her husband and his family members. Hosne Ara, a sub-inspector at the Mirpur police station, said Joliet hanged herself from the ceiling of her house with a scarf on Wednesday morning. Her husband's family members first rushed her to Heart Foundation hospital in Mirpur. Later, she was taken to Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival, she added. READ: Ctg youth ‘commits suicide’ after ‘killing’ lover Police said the body was initially kept at the morgue of Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital but was later sent to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital morgue for an autopsy in the wake of a complaint from the woman's parents. According to her father Subal Mandal, Joliet tied the knot with Nixon, an IT professional, two years ago and had since been living with her husband’s family in the Paikpara area of Mirpur's Ahmednagar. Subal claimed that her daughter was killed by her husband and his family members. "It was not a suicide but a murder," he claimed. "However, the exact cause of her death will be ascertained only after a probe and the autopsy," SI Hosne said.

Three personnel of the Barishal zone tourist police have been shunted out in connection with the attack on a nurse at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) on Wednesday night. The punitive action was taken against inspector Bulbul Ahmed and constables Zaved and Mehedi after a preliminary probe found them guilty, Rezaul Karim, superintendent of the Barishal region tourist police, told UNB. The three have been attached to the Tourist Police headquarters for now, he added. Aslo read: Sher-e-Bangla nurses go on strike over police attack on colleague On Wednesday night, after being injured in a road accident, inspector Bulbul was rushed to the emergency department of SBMCH. There an altercation started between him and on-duty senior nurse Saiful Islam after the latter asked the name of the patient. At one point, the inspector and the two others allegedly thrashed Saiful. Nurses of SBMCH went on a strike on Thursday morning in protest against the attack on their colleague. They called off the strike only after the authorities assured them of action in the case. Also read: Nurse arrested for selling drugs in Natore private hospital

A nurse of Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital died from coronavirus in Sylhet on Friday night.   Ruhul Amin, a senior staff nurse of the hospital which is dedicated for coronavirus treatment, died around 10:15pm, said Israil Ali Sadek, general secretary of Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hosital Nurses’ Association.   As his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to the  ICU at the hospital in the evening, where he died later.   Meanwhile, in Sylhet division, total coronavirus cases reached 884 till Friday.   Besides, so fat 16 people died from coronavirus in the division.