At least eight people were killed in several road accidents across the country on Monday.
In Noakhali, four people were killed and two others injured when a bus hit an auto-rickshaw at Mirwarispur in Begumganj upazila on Monday.
Police said all of the dead, two men and two women, were passengers on the auto-rickshaw.
One of the deceased was identified as Noor Nahar Akter Lovely, 28, of Lalpur village, while the identities of the other deceased could not be known immediately.
"The accident took place in the area around 2:30pm, when a Noakhali-bound bus from Dhaka hit the auto-rickshaw, killing four people on the spot and injuring two others," said Firoz Hossain, officer-in-charge of Begumganj police station.
In Magura, an SSC examinee and a child were killed in separate road accidents in the district.
The deceased were identified as Tomal, son of Tonmoy Biswas of Araishoto village in Sadar upazila, and Apon, 8, son of Proshanto Biswas of Tarapur village in Rajbari district.
Sadar police station OC Sirajul Islam said a brick-laden truck hit Tomal’s motorcycle at the Naldaho intersection while he was returning home from a coaching centre, leaving him dead on the spot.
Meanwhile, a passenger bus hit Apon on the Magura-Faridpur road in Lakshmikandor, leaving him dead on the spot. Apon was crossing the road.
In Jhenaidha, the driver of a three-wheeler was killed when the vehicle hit a roadside tree at Baribathan village in Sadar upazila in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Shimul, 20, son of Harun-or-Rashid Khokon of the village, said Jhenaidah police station OC Mizanur Rahman Khan.
In Jamalpur, a motorcyclist was killed when the vehicle hit a tree on the Nandina-Bonrampur road in Khalishakuri village of Sadar upazila in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Masud, son of Zabed Ali of Tengragarh village.