Dhaka, March 21 -- A schoolboy has been knifed to death in Hatirjheel's Madhubagh in the capital while hanging out with friends on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr.

The victim, 17-year-old Md Rabbi, was a 10th grader at Anjuman High School in Moghbazar.

Sub-Inspector (SI) Partha Sarathi Das of Hatirjheel Police Station said the incident occurred around 8pm at the Madhubagh ground.

Rabbi was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

According to Kazi Siam, one of the individuals who took Rabbi to the hospital, said the teenager had been chatting with friends in the field after Iftar.

"A group of local youths approached and surrounded him," he said. "Following a heated argument,...