Schoolgirl commits suicide

A schoolgirl committed suicide by taking poison at Kaminidanga village under Manirampur upazila of Jessore district yesterday morning. Police said Mita Biswas, 15, a student of class IX of a local high school, took poison as her mother scolded her in the morning for not going to the school. She was rushed to the upazila health complex where the doctor declared her dead.