4 killed in Feni road crash

At least four people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Mohammad Ali Bazar area of Feni Sadar upazila on Wednesday.

Of the deceased, three were identified as Nazmul, 35, covered van driver of Durgapur area in Cumilla sadar upazila, Forkan, 50 of Nesarabad upazila in Pirojpur and Riaz Uddin of Lakshmipur.

The accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound bus of Unique Paribahan collided head-on with the covered van in the area around 11.45 am, leaving three people dead on the spot and 11 others seriously injured, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mohipal Highway Police Station Mostafa Kamal said. Among the injured, one died on the way to Feni General Hospital and the others are undergoing treatment at the hospital, the OC added. In Gazipur

Two brothers killed after a covered van ran over the motorbike they were on, in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur on Tuesday afternoon.

Al Amin, 32, and his younger brother Anik Hossain, 28, of Harinhati village under Kaliakair upazila.

Atikur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Salna Highway police station, said elder brother Amin had bought the motorcycle after returning from Singapore around six months back.

The accident occurred in the afternoon as the covered van ran over the bike while it was taking a U-turn on Kaliakair-Nabinagar Road in Chandra area.

Amin died on the spot, while Anik was rushed to Kaliakair Upazila Health Complex in a critically injured state. He succumbed to his injuries there.