Police constable's body found hanging in Chuadanga
A police constable reportedly died by suicide at Joynagar International Checkpost in Darshana upazila of Chuadanga district early Friday.
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Teenage girl found dead in Sylhet
A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide after being resisted from using mobile phone by her mother in Sylhet on Sunday...
27 Nigerian soldiers killed in suicide attack
At least 27 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a jihadist suicide attack in the northeast, two army sources said on Sunday....
Addressing suicide
EVERY 40 seconds, someone dies by suicide. According to the World Health Organisation, over 700,000 people take their own lives every year. While suicide is often the result of untreated mental health conditions such as depression, schizophrenia, or addiction, it is not inevitable. It is preventable. Yet, for many, suicide appears to be the only escape from...
Deplorable nonchalance towards student suicide
A LACK of initiatives to arrest student suicide is deplorable. When a few hundred students commit suicides and many more attempt it every year, it is worrying that authorities and educational institutions fail to take programmes that could contain such incidents. A report by the Aachol Foundation says that at least 310 students committed suicide...
STUDENT SUICIDE IN 2024: Nearly 58pc schoolchildren: Aachol Foundation 聽
Nearly 58 per cent were schoolchildren among those who allegedly committed suicide in the past year, according to a report of volunteer organisation Aachol Foundation.
JU female student found dead
A female student found dead at Jahangirnagar University鈥檚 Bir Pratik Taramon Bibi Hall early Sunday...
Afghan refugees minister killed by suicide blast
The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in a suicide bombing at the ministry鈥檚 offices in the capital Kabul, government sources said, blaming the Islamic State group for the attack which has not been claimed...
Iran activist sews lips in protest after fellow campaigner鈥檚 suicide
A prominent Iranian activist has sewn his lips together and is holding daily protests in Tehran following the apparent suicide last week of a fellow campaigner, he posted on social media on Thursday...
Man kills two sons, attempts to commit suicide in Dhaka
A 38-year-old man killed his two sons by slitting their throats before attempting to commit suicide at Baigartek in the capital鈥檚 Pallabi area on Saturday.
Jail policeman suspended after prisoner commits suicide
A prisoner reportedly committed suicide in Brahmanbaria Jail on Thursday night.
Students and suicide
THE escalating suicide rates among students in Bangladesh present a grave and complex issue, influenced by a host of socio-economic and psychological factors. Media reported that 513 students took their own lives in 2023, of which 227 are school students.聽Contributing factors include family discord, mental health struggles, academic stress, high expectations from parents and educators, sexual harassment, substance abuse, romantic disappointments, hormonal imbalances in teenagers, and internet addiction...
IS suspect arrested over suicide attack at Taylor Swift concert
A 19-year-old Islamic State sympathiser planned a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna designed to kill many people, the country鈥檚 intelligence agency said on Thursday...
Youth 鈥榗ommits suicide鈥� at Chandgaon Police Station in Ctg
An accused in a robbery case was found hanging at Chandgaon Police Station in Chattogram port on city early Wednesday...
String of Nigeria suicide attacks kill 18
At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in suicide attacks targeting a wedding, a hospital and a funeral in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, authorities...
Three teenage girls of Sylhet rehab centre attempt suicide
Three teenage girls tried to commit suicide by jumping from the third floor of Sheikh Rasel Children鈥檚 Training and Rehabilitation Centre in Sylhet on Tuesday night to get relief from the alleged torture by the officials....
Female doctor commits suicide by setting herself on fire in M鈥檚ingh
A female physician committed suicide by setting herself on fire after posting a Facebook post on Tuesday...
Female doctor commits suicide in Bogura
A doctor of the surgery department of the 250-bed Bogura Government Muhammad Ali Hospital committed suicide by consuming sleeping pills in...
RUET student commits suicide
The police recovered the hanging body of Souvick Mallick, a student at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, from his rented accommodation in...
Self-inflicted death in system of male dominance
FAIRUZ Abantika, a student from the 13th batch of law in Jagannath University committed suicide, sending out a poignant message on Facebook. In her note, she implied that her death was not suicide but murder, pointing the finger at a classmate and the university鈥檚 assistant proctor...
Mother, child die after jumping under train in Chandpur
A mother along with her one-and-a-half-year-old child allegedly committed suicide by jumping under Chattogram-bound Sagarika Express train on Wednesday afternoon.
Japanese nationals targeted in Pakistan suicide attack
Five Japanese nationals escaped a suicide attack on their vehicle in Pakistan鈥檚 financial capital Karachi on Friday as police shot down a gunman...
Man, son found killed, daughter injured in city
Police recovered the bodies of a sub-assistant engineer of a private company and his son and rescued his daughter in an unconscious state at their home in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area of the capital on Sunday afternoon...