Dhaka, Sept. 25 -- Two women, including a female construction worker, died in separate incidents in the capital's Kadamtali and Shahbagh areas on Friday.

In Kadamtali, a woman working as a cleaning worker died after falling through a 5th-floor elevator shaft opening at an under-construction building in the Shanir Akhra area around 1pm.

The deceased was identified as Josna Begum, 35, wife of Modhu Miah. The family hails from Shantipur village under Mithamoin upazila of Kishoreganj district and currently resides in the area of Shanir Akhra.

According to her co-worker Md. Yunus, Josna was working at 'Safa Tower,' an under-construction building on Road No. 8 in Shanir Akhra. Around 12:30pm, other workers went downstairs for Friday prayers ...