In Gazipur, a police constable was killed after being hit by a covered van on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Maona in Sripur upazila in the afternoon, said Deloar Hossain, officer-in- charge of Maona Police Station.
Constable Nazrul Islam, hailing from Pathaliapara village in Shahjadpur Upazila of Sirajganj district was attached with Naoga District Police, he said.
In Sylhet, three teenage girls were killed in a head-on collision with a bus and an auto-rickshaw at Bodikona area in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway around 3pm.
The deceased were identified college students Lia Begum, 20, daughter of Syed Mojammel Hossain, her cousin Ayesha Siddiqua, 18, daughter of Maulana Abdul Quayum, and their sister-in-law Syeda Taslim Akhter, 19, wife of Zubair Ahmed of Dhakshin Surma area, said Sub-inspector Ripon of Dakkhin Surma Police Station.
Lia was a second year student while Ayesha first years student of Dakkhin Surma Government College.
In Chattogram, a motorcyclist was killed after his vehicle was hit by a bus on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway at Jonarkhil village in Satkania Upazila in the afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Didarul Isalm, 28, a Jubo League activist of Jonarkhil union unit, said Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Dohazari Highway Police.