At least nine people were killed and several others injured in separate road accidents in five districts of the country on Saturday.
The accidents took place in Bogra, Narail, Bandarban, Barisal and Dinajpur.
Bogra
Three people were killed and five others injured when car collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw in the Murail Bazar area under Adamdighi upazila.
The deceased were identified as Shamol Saha, 55, CNG driver Afzal Hossain, 45, and Shahidul Islam, 65.
Officer-in-Charge of Adamdighi police station Monirul Islam said the accident took place when a private car travelling from Naogaon collided head-on with the CNG, leaving Afzal dead on the spot and seven other injured.
Shamol and Shahidul died after being taken to the upazila health complex.
Barisal
A woman was killed and three others injured when a bus crashed into a human-hauler on the Barisal-Patuakhali highway in Rupatoli in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Renu Begum, 50.
Sub-Inspector Mostafizur Rahman of Kotwali Model police station said the accident took place around 9am, when a Patuakhali-bound bus collided head on with the human hauler, leaving four of its passenger injured.
The injured were taken to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared Renu dead.
Dinajpur
A college teacher was killed after being run over by a truck in the Kolabari area of Ghoraghat upazila.
The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain Ujjal, 32. He was a lecturer at Raniganj Mohila College.
According to police sources, agitated locals seized the truck and handed it over to police.
Narail
Two people were killed and another injured when a truck collided head on with the motorcycle carrying them on Kalia-Chapail road, in the Bagudanga Bottala area of Kalia upazila.
The deceased were identified as Biplob Ghosh and Shanto Biswash. Both were 15 years old.
Officer-in-Charge of Noragoti police station Md Alamgir Kabir confirmed the matter.
Bandarban
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Thanchi and Alikadam upazilas.
The deceased were identified as Sakib Al Hasan, 5, and Renchu Mro ,40.
According to locals, Sakib was playing on the side of the Alikadam-Fashiakhali road in the afternoon when a pickup van hit him, leaving him critically injured.
He succumbed his injuries after being taken to Alikadam Upazila Health Complex, said Alikadam police station OC Azmir Hossain.
Meanwhile, Renchu Mro died when a wood laden truck hit him in the Dodongpara area of Thanchi upazila.
Thanchi police station Officer-in-Charge Aminul Haque confirmed the incident.