A bank official was killed and 10 other people were injured as a bus plunged into a ditch in Sadar upazila yesterday.
The deceased was Rafiqul Islam, 28, a field officer of Mercantile bank, Jessore branch and a resident of Omedpur village in the upazila.
Ajmal Huda, officer in-charge of Magura police station, said the Jessore-bound bus from Magura fell into the ditch in front of Magura textile mill around 8am after its driver lost control over the
steering, leaving Rafiqul dead on the spot and 10 other passengers injured.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to sadar hospital morgue.
A case was filed with the police station.
On the other hand, an indigenous man was killed in a road accident in Ambari area under Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur district in the morning, said our correspondent.
The deceased was Babu Rai Hemrom, 45, son of Minji Hemrom, a resident of Habibpur village of the upazila.
Police said Babu fell down from a human hauler in the area while he going to Dinajpur town.
Critically injured Babu was sent to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
