Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- A graphic designer working for the online news portal 'Dhaka Stream' was found dead at her residence in the capital's Sobhanbagh area on Saturday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Sornomoye Biswas.

Emaul Hoque, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, said Sornomoye had been inside her room when family members knocked on her door around 6 pm on Saturday. As there was no response, they unlocked the door with a spare key and found her hanging from the ceiling fan.

She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival.

Police later recovered the body and sent it to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital for an autopsy. Following the post-mortem, the body...