A housewife committed suicide by hanging herself at Boalkhali upazila in Chittagong district on Wednesday night.
The incident happened in West Shakpura area under Shakpura union in the upazila.
The deceased was identified as Liza Aktar, 19, a resident of the area.
Md Yunus, father of the deceased, said that around 9:00am on Thursday, mother-in-law of my daughter called me and said my sister committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling of her room. She took her life any time at night.
On information, police recovered the body, said Golam Sarwar, officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station.
The reason behind the death would be known after getting autopsy report, the OC added.
EK/MB