Staff Reporter :
Reshma Nahar Ratna, a teacher who was also a mountaineer, has died after being run over by a microbus while cycling in Dhaka. The incident took place on Lake Road behind the Parliament building in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar around 9 am Friday, according to police.
Reshma, 34, was heading towards Gonobhaban when a black microbus ploughed into the bicycle from behind, flinging her into the air, said
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Inspector Abul Kalam Azad, citing witnesses.
She was subsequently rushed to Suhrawardy Hospital where doctors declared her dead.
Reshma, a resident of the government staff quarters in Mirpur, used to teach in Ayub Ali Government Primary School in Dhanmondi. She was also a mountaineer, her family said.
Police are looking for the driver, who fled the scene after the crash, said Azad.
Reshma Nahar Ratna, a teacher who was also a mountaineer, has died after being run over by a microbus while cycling in Dhaka. The incident took place on Lake Road behind the Parliament building in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar around 9 am Friday, according to police.
Reshma, 34, was heading towards Gonobhaban when a black microbus ploughed into the bicycle from behind, flinging her into the air, said
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Inspector Abul Kalam Azad, citing witnesses.
She was subsequently rushed to Suhrawardy Hospital where doctors declared her dead.
Reshma, a resident of the government staff quarters in Mirpur, used to teach in Ayub Ali Government Primary School in Dhanmondi. She was also a mountaineer, her family said.
Police are looking for the driver, who fled the scene after the crash, said Azad.
