Dhaka, May 12 -- A Notre Dame College student has been found dead in Dhaka's Kamalapur.

His classmates said he was found hanging from a ceiling fan.

The deceased has been identified as eleventh-grade student Arafat Rahman, 17.

He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where an on-duty doctor declared him dead.

Arafat, the son of a Chattogram port employee, hails from Kishoreganj's Bhairab.

He used to live with his classmates in a mess on the second floor of an eight-storey building on Jasimuddin Road, Kamalapur and continue his studies from there.

On Monday evening, Arafat's roommate Rimon Chowdhury said: "We are three friends living in a flat. This evening, I saw Arafat's room was locked and there was no response on his...