At least 10 students of Eden College were injured in a stampede that broke out on Saturday night at the 11-storey Fazilatunnessa Hostel.
According to witnesses, the stampede took place at 10:35pm when the students rushed to downstairs from their dormitories after a smoke was seen in the kitchen. The cause of the sudden stampede could not be known immediately.
Of the injured students, Keya, Fatema, Aunika, Tafsia Taznin, Sadia Chodhury, Sumaya and Kamrunnahar have been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
In another incident, Kazi Quamrul Abid, 24, was critically injured after muggers attacked him on Dhanmondi 6/A, near the Eidgah ground. He is a BBA student of East West University.
Police said the muggers had knifed Abid around 8:30pm when he was returning his home in Rayerbazar with his brother from a coaching centre.