Savar, Oct. 17 -- Nasrin Akter Mukta, 29, a teacher at an English-medium school in Savar, was among the 10 people killed in a devastating fire at Tuptup Restaurant & Resort in the Patuertek area near Inani Beach in Cox's Bazar on Saturday morning.

The death of Nasrin, who dreamed of becoming an exemplary teacher and helping her students grow into good human beings, cast a pall of gloom over her family, colleagues and students.

The daughter of Mostafa Kamal, a retired Army warrant officer, Nasrin lived with her family in the Jalalabad area near the National Martyrs' Memorial in Savar. She was the elder of two siblings.

Nasrin began her teaching career at Shopnobilash United School, an English-medium institution in Ashulia, Savar, after ...