
Two teachers died possibly of ‘heat stroke’ in Chattogram and Jashore districts on Sunday morning as sever heatwave is scorching the country.
In Chattogram, madrassah teacher Maulana Md Mostak Ahmed Kutubi Alkaderi, 55, fell unconscious while going to his workplace from his home in the Mohra area of Chandgaon.
Kutubi Alkaderi, son of late Khalilur Rahman of Kutubdia Lemshikhali in Cox’s Bazar district and father of two sons and one daughter, used to work at Khitapchar Azizia Mabudia Alim Madrassah in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram.
Witnesses said that when the madrassah teacher boarded the ferry at Kalurghat at about 9:00am, suddenly he collapsed.
Later, he was taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
In Jashore, Ahsan Habib, an assistant teacher of Ahmedabad High School, died from apparent heat stroke on Sunday in sadar upazila.
AZM Parvez Masud, headmaster of the school, said Habib fell sick at about 9:00am when he went to school after working in a field.
Later, he was taken to Jashore General Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
The body was kept at Jashore General Hospital morgue for post-mortem examinations, said Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Jashore Kotwali Police Station.
The reason behind the death will be known after post-mortem examinations, he said.