Dhaka, Aug. 2 -- A construction worker died after falling from the under-construction library building at Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Friday.

The deceased was identified as Md Ariful Islam, 40, hailing from Shailkupa upazila in Jhenaidah district, reports UNB.

Ariful fell from the fourth floor of the lecture theatre section of the library building around 8:30 am in the Bot Tola area of the campus, said witnesses.

Ariful was initially taken to the university medical centre and then to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar, where he succumbed to his injuries around 4:30 pm.

Dr Ningtom, duty physician at the JU medical centre, said, "A group of workers brought him in around 11:00 am. They said he had fallen from a height. He had fa...