United News of Bangladesh

Three people, including a woman, were killed and another was injured as a private car carrying them veered off Mawa Expressway in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj district early Thursday.  The identities of the victims are yet to be known.  Shafiqul Islam, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Munshiganj, said the Dhaka-bound private car overturned after hitting the railing of a road divider on the Expressway around 6am.  4 killed as bus hits truck on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway   The accident left two dead on the spot and two more injured, he said, adding that the injured were rushed to Sreenagar Upazila Health Complex where physicians declared another dead.  Abdul Quader, officer-in-charge of Hasarda Highway Police Station, said traffic on the Dhaka-bound lane, which was disrupted following the accident, become normal around 7am after the accident-hit vehicle was removed. The bodies of the victims were handed over to police, he added.  

Highway police have seized four buses and a motorbike for lacking valid documents and filed cases against 50 vehicles during an overnight drive on the Mawa Expressway. The drive, conducted from midnight Friday to 4 am Saturday, was led by Additional Deputy Inspector General of Highway Police, AKM Akteruzzaman Basunia, and included eight patrol teams of Highway Police, three from Munshiganj Police, and one from Rab-10. The vehicles were seized at Dhaleshwari Toll Plaza, with passengers of the buses being provided alternative transport to Dhaka, according to DIG Basunia. Four killed, scores injured on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway accidents The operation was prompted by a series of fatal accidents on the expressway in recent days, including one on December 27, which claimed six lives and left four others injured at Dhaleshwari Toll Plaza. Authorities say the crackdown aims to ensure safety and prevent further tragedies on the busy expressway.