A woman was critically injured as a cocktail hits her on the head in Shantipur in the capital today around 3:30pm in the afternoon.

Identified as Anowara Begum, 42, a cocktail thrown from a rally landed squarely on her head, exploding her skull.

Anowara was walking past the rally, on her way home from work.

She is a cook at the Malibagh branch of National Bank, and a resident of Khilgaon.

The victim was brought into Dhaka Medical College Hospital by her nephew Ronny.

DMCH sources termed her state as critical.