Dhaka: A woman was killed as a bus knocked her down in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Friday morning.

The deceased was identified as Samiran Akhter Selina, 50, wife of late Abdul Barik, hailing from Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj. She used to live in Subadda Jinjira area of Keraniganj, reports the UNB.

Sub-inspector Bachchu Miah, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost, said the speeding ‘Midline Paribahan’ bus hit Samiran while she was getting down from another bus, leaving her critically injured.

Later, she was taken to the DMCH where doctors declared her dead around 10:35am.