SNIPPETS

2 housewives take own lives

Our Correspondent, Nilphamari
Two housewives allegedly committed suicide over family feud in Domar upazila on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Bulbuli Begum, 24, daughter of Kohinal Rahman of Paschim Boragari village and Bely Begum Renu, 18, of Ketkibari Pramanikpara village, said police. Of the duo, Bulbuli took poison following an altercation with her husband and mother-in-law over a family matter on Thursday night. She was rushed to the upazila health complex in critical condition where she died after sometime. Renu married one Akhtarul Islam, son of Mojibur Rahman of Sonarai Chagdapara village two months ago. After the marriage, Mojibur demanded dowry from her father, a day labourer. Being frustrated, she hanged herself with scarf from the roof of her father's home on Thursday night.