A man has been killed in a road accident in Jatrabari of Dhaka.
The accident happened in Jatrabari’s Saddam Market area around 10:45pm on Thursday.
The deceased is Shahbuddin Bepari, 55, from Shariatpur district, who currently lived in a rented house with his family in Dhaka’s Tushardhara area.
Jatrabari police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Nirmol Kumar Das said: “Shahbuddin worked at a wallet manufacturing factory and was returning home from there. He was hit by a bus while crossing the road.
“He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 2:15am on Friday where on-duty doctors declared him dead.”
The body was sent to the hospital’s morgue for autopsy, he added.
Police seized the bus but the driver managed to flee.