At least nine people have been killed and several others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a tempo at Ashura under Madhupur upazila in Tangail.
Of the deceased, four are Habibur Rahman, 50, his wife Jahanara Begum, 42, their daughter Heena, 30, and granddaughter Aisha, 12, of Gagair village.
Madhupur police station Officer-in-Charge Mujibur Rahman said: “The accident took place around 12:30pm on Wednesday. Three people died on the spot while five others succumed to their injuries at the uapzila health complex. One of them died while being shifted to Mymensingh.”