Dhaka, Feb. 19 -- Masuma Akter, a journalist of Ekhon TV in Rajshahi, has passed away after suffering injuries in a road accident in Cumilla.
She breathed her last at 4:15 am on Tuesday after being on life support for four days, reports UNB. Rakibul Hasan Rajib, senior reporter at Ekhon TV's Rajshahi bureau, said Masuma was traveling to her in-laws' house in Cumilla with her husband last Friday when the accident occurred.
After getting off a bus in Cumilla, they were negotiating fares with CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers and at that moment, a speeding bus hit them, leaving both severely injured on the road.
Locals rushed them to a nearby hospital. Masuma suffered a severe head injury and was taken to the ICU at Dhaka Medical College Hospit...