TV reporter dies after falling ill while covering DUCSU election

A television journalist has died after falling ill while reporting on the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election. During the vote on Tuesday, Tariqul Islam Shibli, 40, a senior reporter for Channel S, collapsed inside Curzon Hall around midday while gathering news on the polls. He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where doctors declared him dead on arrival. “He was brought dead to the emergency department around noon,” said Inspector Md Faruk of the DMCH police outpost. Channel S announced Tariqul's...