The couple arrived at the Gabtoli bus terminal at dawn and hired a rickshaw to take them to the hospital. Between 5:30 AM and 6:30 AM, as they reached Manik Mia Avenue near the South Plaza of the Parliament Complex, two muggers on a motorcycle approached them from behind.
Staff Reporter : Ranjina Parveen, a 55-year-old primary school headteacher from Bogura, tragically died on August 29, 2026, after falling from a moving rickshaw during a violent bag-snatching attempt near the National Parliament building (Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban) in Dhaka.
She had travelled to Dhaka early Saturday with her husband to visit Islamia Eye Institute & Hospital in Farmgate.
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police chief Monirul Islam said the couple arrived in Gabtali by bus at dawn and took a rickshaw towards Farmgate.
Between 5:30am and 6am, as they were passing Khejur Bagan, two men on a motorbike attempted to snatch Parveen’s handbag. “They pulled at the bag while the rickshaw was moving. She fell and suffered a severe head injury,” the officer said.
Parveen was taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared her dead.
Police are working to identify the motorbike and those involved. “A case is being processed. We are trying to track down the culprits,” Monirul added.
