At least nine people were killed in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Manikganj yesterday.
In Sirajganj, five people have been killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Boalia area under Ullapara upazila. The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained yet.
Ullapara OC AZM Tajul Huda said: “Five of the died on the spot in the accident that took place around 8:30am.
In Manikganj, four people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident at Jagir area on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Sadar upazila earlymorning.
The deceased were Tagdir Mollah, 70, son of late Nasir Mollah of Kalagasi village under Lohagara upazila in Narail district, Rasel Mollah, 35, son of Zakir Mollah of Ratulgolpara village under Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj, Taslim Mollah, 35, son of Anu Mollah of Gopinathpur village under Harirampur upazila and Rabbi, 17, son of Akkas resident of Joynagar village under Sadar upazila in Manikganj district.