Thursday, December 19, 2024

Humiliated, girl commits suicide

Village arbitrator held A teenaged girl killed herself on Friday, failing to stand the humiliation of being flogged at a village arbitration in Madaripur Sadar upazila. Police yesterday arrested Mohsin Akand, a former union parishad member, who led the arbitration. Shirin Akhtar, 15, a class-10 student of Barail Bari Dakhil Madrasa in Aoj village, had ... Read more

Girl commits suicide

A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at Pallabi in the city on Tuesday night. Afrin Afroze Anika, 18, an HSC student of Mirpur Commerce College was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her bedroom at about 11:00pm