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Garment worker who jumped off moving bus to escape rape attempt dies

A 38-year-old garment worker who jumped off a moving bus to save herself from rape on Friday, died at Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shamsunnahar, a worker of Bidisha Garment in Gazipur’s Sripur upazila and mother of two children. Shamsunnahar, daughter of Abdur Razzak of Kishoreganj district, used to live with her children in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh. Deputy Director of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital, Dr Zakiul Islam said Shamsunnahar was undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital and died here in the afternoon. Youth arrested in Madaripur over rape of 5th grader Kamal Hossain, a physician of the neurosurgery department of the hospital said Shamsunnahar got a severe injury in her head and she was taken to the ICU of the hospital on Saturday. She might have died due to a brain hemorrhage. MD Kamal, officer-in-charge of Bhaluka Model Police Station, said Shamsunnahar boarded the minibus from Mawna Bus stand in Sripur around 10 pm on Friday after finishing her work. When the bus reached the Masterbari bus Stand in Bhaluka upazila, the other passengers of the bus got down. She was alone on the bus at that time. At one stage, bus driver Rakib Mia took the steering of the bus from his helper. Later, he along with the bus supervisor tried to violate the woman. To save herself Shamsunnahar jumped off the bus at Jamirdia Mayer Mosque area and got injured. 5 arrested over 'gang-rape' of woman in Sylhet: Police Later she was taken to Bhaluka Upazila Health Complex and then Shifted to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital in critical condition. Police seized the bus and arrested the bus driver Rakib, his helper Arif Mia and Supervisor Ananda Das. An attempt to rape case was filed against them. Gopalganj gang rape: Prime suspect arrested

1 year ago

Garment worker’s throat-slit body found in Gazipur house

The throat-slit body of a garment worker was recovered from her house at Bymile of Konabari area in Gazipur city on Sunday morning. The body of Aliach Liza, wife of Masud Rana and hailed from Gopalganj thana of Tangail, was sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital morgue. Masud used to fight with Liza over family issues and he attacked her with a sharp knife at one stage of altercation on Saturday night, said Officer-in-Charge of Konabari police station M Ashrafuddin. Also read: Man's throat-slit body found in Gaibandha Locals found her lying in a pool of blood and informed police. Masud went into hiding after incident, he said. PIB and CID members recovered a knife from the spot.

1 year ago

Garment workers are concerned about their safety during Covid-19:Survey

Some 84 per cent of the country’s garment workers had worries about Covid-19 pandemic during the first week of last month when they were called back to work amid a strict nationwide lockdown with the virus still surging.This was revealed in a recent survey jointly conducted by South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM) and Microfinance Opportunities (MFO) under a project titled “Garment Worker Diaries” to collect data on the working conditions, income, expenditure, food security, wage digitization, and health of garment workers of Bangladesh. The report mentioned that during the first week of August, garment workers were recalled to work amid the unexpected easing of the national lockdown. Also read: Garment workers have little access to Covid-19 vaccine information, says a study On August 6, garment workers were asked about how they felt about being recalled to work with the lockdown still in place.

3 years ago