Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- A female headteacher of a government primary school in Bogura died following fall from a rickshaw during stanching bid near the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in the city on Saturday morning.

The deceased was identified as Ranjina Parvin, headteacher of Bagbari Balika Government Primary School in Bogura.

Police said Ranjina had travelled to Dhaka from Bogura to see a doctor at Islamia Eye Hospital in Farmgate area.

She got off at Gabtoli Bus Terminal in the early morning and was travelling by rickshaw to the hospital around 6:30 am. When she reached near South Plaza of Sangsad Bhaban a motorcycle came from behind and its occupants pulled her bag.

She fell onto the road and sustained a severe head injury, sa...