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A young man was killed in a motorcycle accident on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in the Ompara area of Munshiganj early Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Md Siam, 25, son of Md Ali Akbar of Hatupara village in Madaripur district. He worked at a garage in the Bangshal area of Dhaka. Dewan Azad Hossain, station officer of Srinagar Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the man had gone to Mawa for a visit. While returning to Dhaka on his motorcycle, the accident occurred. 2 Jamaat leaders killed in road accident on way to Dhaka rally “We received information around 7am and rushed to the spot. We found his body and motorcycle lying in the middle of the road. However, no eyewitnesses were found, so the exact cause of the accident remains unclear,” the official said. No one else was injured in the incident, he added.

Four people were killed and 14 others injured when a bus rammed into a truck on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Zillur Rahman, 65, son of Bazlur Rahman; Dr Jalal, 65, son of Insan Ali; Abdul Halim, 55; and Hasib, 32, son of Md Bappi. The accident occurred near the midpoint between Singpara-Nauapara and Hasara Bridge-2 when a Dhaka-bound ‘Hamdan Express’ bus from Jashore hit the truck from behind, said Shafiqul Islam, deputy assistant director of Munshiganj Fire Service and Civil Defence. One killed, three injured in Dhaka-Mawa Expressway accident Following the collision, both vehicles lost control and crashed into the railing of the expressway’s median strip. The injured were taken to Srinagar Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared two more people dead. One killed, another injured in Lalmonirhat road accident

Five people, including three members of the same family, were killed and three others injured when a bus rammed into a stationary ambulance on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Nimtoli area of Munshiganj early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Abdus Samad Fakir, his son Billah Fakir, and daughter Afsana, residents of Mithapukur in Kishoreganj district. The identities of the two other victims could not be confirmed immediately. 2 kids raped in Munshiganj;  ‘rapist’ held According to Abdul Kader Jilani, officer-in-charge of Hashra Highway Police Station, the family was travelling to Dhaka in an ambulance as Billah’s pregnant wife, Rozina Begum, required medical attention. The vehicle was carrying 10 family members. The tragedy unfolded when a tyre of the ambulance burst, prompting the driver to pull over for repairs while some passengers got down and others remained inside. Man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in Munshiganj Around 12:30am, a speeding bus operated by ‘Golden Line Paribahan’ crashed into the parked ambulance, killing one person on the spot and injuring seven others. The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where four more succumbed to their injuries.  

At least 12 people were injured in an accident involving three vehicles on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway near Nimtali bus station in Sirajdikhan upazila in  Munshiganj on Saturday. Abdul Kader Zilani, officer-in-charge of Hasara highway police, said a speeding bus of Survi Paribahan hit a Green Dhaka Transport bus from behind that crashed into a road safety patrol vehicle stationed ahead, leaving 12 passengers of Survi Paribahan bus injured. All three vehicles were damaged with the front of Survi Paribahan bus sustaining the most severe damage, he said. Later fire service personnel arrived at the scene and rescued the injured passengers. Ten of the injured were sent to various hospitals. Wedding party bus plunges into Faridpur ditch; 30 hurt Traffic was diverted to the  another lane after the accident. Normal traffic resumed after the damaged vehicles were removed from the scene. Police seized the three vehicles.

Multiple-vehicle collisions, caused by dense fog, on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway, on Sunday morning left one person dead and 11 injured. Police said the accidents occurred around 7:00 am at three separate locations in Srinagar, Munshiganj. Ferry services resume on Aricha, Paturia routes after 3 hours They said one bus collided with another bus from behind in Chalitpara area of Srinagar. Just 100 metres away, a private car crashed into the back of another bus.

The South Korean firm Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) will collect the toll from Dhaka-Mawa Expressway which was named "Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Highway". The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in a meeting on Wednesday appointed the KEC for a five-year term as its service provider at a cost of Tk 717.04 crore. Also read:Govt selects South Korean company for toll collection system on Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the meeting which was attended by the committee members. Additional secretary to the Cabinet Division Zillur Rahman while briefing reporters about the decision of the committee said this toll collection from the expressway will be in addition to the toll of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge. The toll for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge has already been fixed by the Bridges Division. But the toll of the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway will be fixed by the Roads and Highways Department (RHD), he added. He, however, did not give any detail of the toll structure of the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway. The additional secretary also said that the KEC was selected through direct procurement method, which means it did not have to go through any competitive process to qualify for the contract. He said the KEC will install the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) and also run the operation and maintenance (O&M) service for the next five years. The committee also approved 14 more proposals of which nine were for raising costs of its different construction and procurement projects of different departments and divisions including the Public Works Department (PWD), Roads and Highways Department (RHD) and Local Government Division. The CCGP approved a proposal of the Public Works Department to award a Tk 120.38 crore contract to The Engineers & Architects Ltd., to construct 430 flats at Asad Avenue in Mohammadpur Housing Estate (Grihayan Kanakchapa) and Satmasjid Road (Grihayan Dolonchapa). Four residential buildings will be built under the project for the 430 flats. Also read:Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway to open up new era of road connectivity Meanwhile, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a proposal in principle to procure three kinds of First line Anti-TB Drugs (FLDs) from ACI HealthCare Ltd, the lone local producer of the drugs. These drugs will be distributed all over the country except Cox's Bazar district at free of cost to continue uninterrupted the health service to contain TB diseases  under the Directorate General of Health Services' TBL and ASP Operational Plan. But the committee rejected a proposal of the Directorate General of Health Services to procure "Cold Chain Equipment" through UN-body Unicef under "Covid-19 Emergency Response and Pandemic Preparedness" project.