A 8-year-old child in Faridpur has reportedly taken her own life on Thursday after her poor parents failed to buy her bangles and ribbons ahead of the Eid. Bithi’s body was recovered around noon from Gohailpara of Bagat union in the district’s Madhukhali upazila. Her father Samir Sheikh works as a household labourer and her mother is a jute mill worker. Also read: For an Eid dress only Bithi has been demanding red bangles and hair ribbons for Eid but her mother told her to wait until the mill pays her wage. The girl, apparently upset with the refusal, chose to take her life, said her family. “I promised to get her everything by Eid day. But who knew she wouldn’t wait!” said her mother Asma Begum. Madhukhali Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Rathindranath Tarafdar said the body was handed over to the family without an autopsy.

Police recovered the body of a child from her home in Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia. The girl supposedly took her own life as she didn't get a desired Eid dress. The deceased was identified as Rehena Khatun (10), a student of class 3 in Chapra Government Primary School. According to police and locals, deceased Rehena’s father Rashidul Sheikh is a poor day labourer in Chapra, who works in other people’s fields to maintain his family. Also read: Why is suicide on the rise among Dhaka University students Rehena, like any other children, demanded a new dress for the upcoming Eid, but her poor family was forced to deny her. Hurt by the denial, Rehena supposedly hanged herself from the ceiling on Friday night. Also read: Former Bangladesh U-19 batsman commits suicide Kumarkhali police station’s Officer-in-Charge Mojibur Rahman said the child’s body was recovered on Saturday and sent for an autopsy. A case of unnatural death has been filed in this connection, the OC said.