United News of Bangladesh

At least seven people were killed and six others injured after a rice-laden truck plunged into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla district early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Sohrab hossain, son of Alam of Khalibpur village, Afzal Hossain, son of Azad Mia, Salek, son of Fazlur Rahman of Nababganj upazila, Sumon, son of Palash Mia, Bishu, Abul Hossain, son of Mazharul Islam and Abdur Rashid, son of Rakibullah of Birampur upazila in Dinajpur district. Iqbal Bahar, Inspector of Daudkandi Highway Police said the accident occurred around 3 am when the Chattogram-bound rice-laden truck from Dinajpur skidded off the road and fell into a ditch, leaving seven people killed on the spot and six others injured. The injured were taken to local hospital. A total of 13 people travelling on top of the truck were trapped underneath after the accident. Vehicular movement on the highway was disrupted for some time following the accident. Police seized the truck but could not arrest its driver and helper.    

A 41-year-old Chittagong University (CU) teacher riding his bike home was killed after being hit by a speeding car on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Aftab Hossain, an assistant professor of CU's zoology department and son of Imam Hossain. The accident occurred around 11.45pm when a private car hit his bike in front of CU's gate No 1, leaving him injured, said Sadequr Rahman, officer-in-charge of Panchlaish police station. Read: Road accident kills soldier, injuries three others in Bandarban Aftab was taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.    

A youth died after being pushed off a moving bus by its conductor and helper during an altercation over fare in the Shibbari area of Gazipur on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Md Sayem, 20, son of Abu Sayed of the Awlapara area of Nandail upazila in Mymensingh district. He worked at a workshop in Shibbari upazila. Eyewitness claimed that an argument broke out between Abu and the helper and the contractor of the bus belonging to ‘Takoya Paribahan’ over fare in the Shibbari area in the morning. In a fit of rage, the accused pushed Abu off the moving bus that soon ran over him, leaving him dead on the spot, according to the eyewitnesses. Md Saidul Islam, a sub-inspector at Gazipur sadar police station, said that locals caught bus driver Shafiqul Islam and helper Hira Miah and handed them over to police, while the conductor managed to flee. Read: Three bodies fished out of Barishal river The body has been kept in the morgue of a local hospital for an autopsy, he added.

Three people were killed and 15 others injured after a bus overturned in Bogail area of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur on Wednesday.

Three people were killed as a bus collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Nishkanda Bridge area of Nababganj in Keraniganj upazila on Friday afternoon.