United News of Bangladesh

Physical condition of Gono Odhikar Parishad  president Nurul Haque Nur is gradually improving, said Brigadier General Md Asaduzzaman, director of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday. “Nur is currently under close observation. Although his condition is showing signs of improvement some complications still remain,” he said while talking to reporters at the hospital. Nur sustained four major injuries—fractures in the nasal and jaw bones, injuries in his eyes and brain hemorrhage. The internal bleeding in the brain is gradually subsiding with treatment, he added. Besides, the latest CT scan results are good, said the director. Nur is being treated under the supervision of a six-member medical board and the doctors are closely monitoring his overall condition, he added. A clash broke out between activists of his party and Jatiya Party in front of his party office on Friday night. As tensions escalated, police and army personnel charged batons, leaving Nur and several others injured.      

The condition of the nine-year-old rape survivor from Magura, being treated at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), is critical, said its director Brigadier General Md Asaduzzaman. A medical board comprising physicians from four departments of the hospital has been formed to ensure proper treatment of the victim, said Asaduzzaman while talking to reporters at the hospital on Saturday. Victim’s uncle Yusuf Biswas said she is now on life support at the hospital. Six bodies of July uprising martyrs found in DMCH morgue On Wednesday, the victim went to the in-laws house of her sister at Nijnanduali village in Sadar upazila of Magura district. At night, the victim went to bed with her sister. At the dead of night, her sister saw her nowhere and went outside in search of her. After a frantic search, she was found in an unconscious state a few yards away from the house. Later, she was taken to Magura General Hospital and then shifted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital due to her critical condition. On Thursday, the girl was sent to the DMCH. Injured student dies at DMCH two days after attack in N'ganj Quoting her sister, police said her father-in-law, Hitu Sheikh, violated the little girl after taking her outside the house. He also tried to kill the girl by strangulating but failed and left her in an unconscious state. Officer-in-charge of Magura Sadar police station Md Ayub Ali said three people -- Hitu Sheikh, 59, his son Sajib Sheikh, 20, and Aziz Sheikh, 25, of Nijnanduali village, have been arrested in connection with the incident.    

Covid-19 had rung the alarm bell loud and clear, creating panic among people.