Suicide
RU student commits 'suicide'
A Rajshahi University student on Thursday night reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his village home at Jashore.
The deceased was identified as Imrul Kayes, a 3rd-year honor's student of Mass Communication and Journalism department of Rajshahi University.
Imrul Kayes was a residential student of Sher-E-Bangla hall of the university and hailed from Ganganandapur village of Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore.
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He was the eldest son of 3 siblings. His parents are employees of a private institution.
According to his classmates' statements, Imrul was mentally depressed. He was not satisfied with his life. Earlier, he was taken to a rehabilitation center for his unnatural behavior. He demanded a DSLR camera from his parents but they didn't give it. Late at night, he hanged himself from a fan. The dead body was recovered by breaking the door.
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Mass Communication and Journalism department chairman professor Mustak Ahmed said, "We are expressing condolences to his family on behalf of the department."
Imrul had been posting depressed messages on his Facebook wall for a few days.
He also mentioned 'suicide' in some of his posts.
Hopelessness the key to suicidal tendency: Speakers
Professor of Dhaka University Clinical Psychology Department Kamal Chowdhury said suicide is a symptom of depression, not a disorder, and identified "hopelessness" as a major cause of suicide.
"This hopelessness, which leads to suicide, is the beginning of depression. Therefore, professional counselling is necessary to overcome this depression," he said.
The psychologist said when the family breaks up, the support structure declines steadily. "Slowly, people are isolated, that is, depression is caused."
He said they need to concentrate on Upazila-level suicide prevention, establish the national suicide prevention aid, hold trainings and workshops in schools, and familiarize the dimension of mental health more.
He was addressing a webinar josted by ACTIONISTS on Friday night titled "Bangladeshi People Suicidal tendencies and suicidal behavior."
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ASM Amanullah, Professor, Department of Sociology, Dhaka University and Sharin Shahjahan Naomi, Assistant Professor, Asian University for Women were present.
The programme was conducted by Dr. Fatima Zohra, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, BSMMU and coordinated by A.N.M Fakhrul Amin Forhad, founder of ACTIONISTS.
Professor ASM Amanullah said during this Corona outbreak many students have dropped out, and there is a strong possibility that they may never return.
"Alternative livelihoods must be arranged in order to bring them back. They must be given income so that they can look for your family and study. There must be more workplaces. With women, we need to work more. It is only then that suicide can be prevented," he said.
Sharin Shahjahan Naomi said in all cases of the Corona epidemic, isolation has been imposed and people's direct contact with others has decreased, which has a significant impact on their mental health.
"People may commit suicide as a result of these factors. Also, when family and friends frequently mention, 'You're not good enough'- it leads someone easily to commit suicide," she added.
Finally, she is concerned that depression will worsen in the post-Corona world."
World Suicide Prevention Awareness Month is celebrated in September every year.
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The theme of this year's Suicide Prevention Day is 'Creating Hope Through Action'
Unable to afford treatment, Chuadanga man ends life
Unable to afford treatment for his broken legs, a 45-year-old man allegedly ended his life at his home in Sumirdia village of Chuadanga on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, a driver by profession.
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According to his relatives, Saiful broke both his legs in an accident a fortnight ago. He slipped into depression after being unable to arrange money for treatment.
Saiful allegedly hanged himself to death on Monday. His neighbours spotted him hanging from the ceiling and rushed him to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital.
At the hospital, Jannatul Ferdous, the on-duty doctor at the emergency department declared him dead on arrival.
The doctor told UNB that there were marks on his neck.
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Police officer Fakrul Alam Khan said that an unnatural death case has been filed in connection with the death.
"The body of the deceased has been handed over to the family members without any autopsy," he added.
Female college student found dead in Thakurgaon
The hanging body of a female college student was recovered at Pashcimtora village in Thakurgaon.
The deceased was identified as Shahanara alias Shathi, 17, a first- year student of Government Moslemuddin College.
Shathi’s father, Ainul Haque, said his daughter went to her bedroom after having dinner on Thursday night as usual.
As she did not wake up in the morning, they broke open the door and found her body hanging from the ceiling, Ainul said.
Officer-in-charge of Haripur police station Aurangzeb said they recovered body once they were informed.
The body was buried without autopsy as the family had not filed any complaint, he said.
Cop commits suicide in Rangamati
A police constable apparently committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Maniknagar in Sadar upazila on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Joy Dey, son of Ranjit Dey of Chattogram district.
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Quoting other police members, Mir Modasser Hossain, superintendent of Rangmati police, said Joy was attracted to a girl and used to quarrel with her over phone.
Joy took his own life by hanging himself from a tree at the Arshinagar Police camp as the girl refused his proposal, Modasser said.
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An unnatural death case will be filed in this connection.
4 girls attempt suicide at Social Services Dept-run rehab centre
Four young women aged 16-22 tried to take their own lives Thursday in the face of the torture and abuse they face in Sylhet Training and Rehabilitation Centre run by the Social Service Department.
Koli Begum, 21, Popy Aktar, 22, Suhada Aktar Tonny, 16, and Sultana Aktar Liza, 22, all come from socially handicapped backgrounds.
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They tried to commit suicide by slitting their wrists at the rehabilitation center in Khadimnagar area around 2 pm.
The authorities rushed them to Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital immediately after rescuing them in injured condition. All four of them are being treated at the hospital currently.
According to the girls' own testimony, they could no longer bear the torture they faced from trainer and storekeeper Delwar Hossain and office assistant Anwara Begum.
Koli said they were being physically and mentally tortured by those two staffers at the center, with Anwara even hitting them with shoes.
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On Thursday morning, Delwar Hossain scolded and bathmouthed them once again over some food issue. "Unable to tolerate that anymore, we decided to attempt suicide,” Koli said.
Incredibly, they informed how a few days ago another girl had actually succeeded in killing herself. Delwar had scolded them over the food arrangements for the funeral of the dead girl, that will be held Friday.
The callous Delwar said those trainees had cut their wrists on several occasions before too. "It has become a habit for them," he told UNB.
“Five days back I was appointed in-charge of the store before that Anwara Begum had the responsibility. I told the trainees only that there is no extra budget for the funeral ceremony and they have to do with what’s there in the store,” he said on the incident from Thursday morning.
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Meanwhile, Assistant Manager of the Center Lutfor Rahman and accused staff Anwara couldn’t be contacted.
Earlier on July 22, a nanny killed a two-month old infant at another Social Services Dept facility, an orphanage named 'Chhotomoni Nibas'. in Bagbari of Sylhet city.
Youth found dead in Thakurgaon
Police have recovered the body of a young man from an orchard in Ranisankail upazila of the district.
The deceased was identified as Kawsar, 32, son of Anisur Rahman of Jabarhat Karnai village in Pirganj upazila.
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Police said that some local farmers spotted the body while grazing livestock on Tuesday and alerted them. Cops also found a bottle of pesticide and a cell phone near the body.
Though cops feel that Kawsar committed suicide, his family suspects foul play. The family members have accused Kawsar's former parents-in-law of killing him over a feud. He had divorced his wife 11 days ago.
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SM Zahid Iqbal, officer-in-charge of the Ranisankail police station, said a case has been filed in connection with the death.
Woman poisons daughter, commits suicide in Jashore
A 30-year-old woman allegedly poisoned her daughter before ending her own life in Jashore's Sharsha upazila on Tuesday night.
The deceased were identified as Sumi Khatun, 30, daughter of Sirajul Islam, and her six-year-old daughter Akhi Moni.
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According to local residents, Sumi had been living in her parents' house in Shurarghop village of Laxmanpur union in Sharsha upazila since her divorce three years ago.
On Tuesday night, Sumi took the extreme step following an altercation with her mother in the evening. She first poisoned her daughter and then poisoned herself.
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Sumi's family rushed the mother-daughter duo to Sharsha Upazila Health Complex and subsequently to Jashore General Hospital for better treatment. But Akhi was declared dead on arrival at the Jashore hospital, while Sumi died during treatment at 10 pm.
Badrul Alam Khan, officer-in-charge of the Sharsha police station, said the bodies were kept in the hospital morgue for autopsies.
Covid patient in Chandpur ‘attempts suicide’
A Covid-19 patient, undergoing treatment at Chandpur General Government Hospital, reportedly attempted suicide by jumping off the second floor of the hospital on Saturday.
Witnesses said Beauty Begum, 35, wife of Khokon Mia of Algi village in Haimchar upazila, has been undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of the hospital for the past 11 days.
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When Beauty’s mother-in-law who was attending her went to the toilet around 6 PM, she jumped off the second floor of the hospital, injuring her right leg and backbone, said its medical officer, Omar Faruk.
Though she is still Corona positive, Beauty was doing well, Faruk said, adding that she is now being treated for her bone injuries.
Medical student’s hanging body found in Dhaka
The hanging body of a medical student was recovered from her house in Niketan area of the city on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Faria Haider, 21, daughter of Alam Haider. She was a 1st year student of a Malaysian medical college.
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Father of the deceased Alam Haider said Faria went to sleep after having dinner and around 8 am they found her body hanging from the ceiling at her room.
She was immediately rushed to a local hospital around 9:30 am and then to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors pronounced her dead.
Faria was continuing her medical studies online.
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Inspector of DMCH police camp Bacchu Mia said the body was sent to morgue for an autopsy.