A post-graduation student of Eden Mohila College was killed as a rickshaw carrying her overturned near Islambagh in Bangshal area of Old Dhaka early Thursday.
The victim is Umme Salma Akhter, 23, a masters student of Eden Mohila College and daughter of Golam Kibria, a resident of Omarpur village under Charfashion upazila in Bhola district, reports BSS.
The accident took place around 4 am when Salma along with her cousin M Hasan were heading towards her college hostel on the rickshaw from Sadarghat area.
She was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) with critical injury where doctor declared her dead at 5:00am, DMCH Police outpost officer-in-charge Bacchu Mia.