JU student dies of Dengue
A student of Jahangirnagar University died from Dengue on the way of Chattogram from Cox’s Bazar on Saturday afternoon.
Deceased Khein Nu was a first-year undergraduate pharmacy department student of the university. Hailing from Cox’s Bazar, she resided at the Pritilata Hall of the university at Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka.
Her father Mong Ba Ong, an official of the district council, confirmed the matter.
Mong La Tin, cousin of the deceased, said she died while being taken to the Chattogram Medical College Hospital from her home on Anderson Road in the beach city in the afternoon.
Bdnews24.com adds: Pijus Saha, chairman of the university’s pharmacy department, said U Khein was first admitted to the Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar when she fell ill.
As her condition did not improve, her family took her to Cox’s Bazar, Saha said.
Firoz Kabir, a finance department student of the Dhaka University, died from dengue on Friday night.
Bangladesh has recorded 683 Dengue cases in the 24 hours to Saturday morning, highest for a day in past one month.
