Staff Reporter :
At least twenty-one people were killed during Eid holidays in nine districts of the country and scores injured in road accidents. In Feni, at least six people were killed in Feni and three others injured. Of them three died when a bus hit on auto rickshaw on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Lemua upazila on Friday afternoon.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Highway Police Sergeant Enamul Haque said that the accident took place in the afternoon when the bus struck the auto-rickshaw, leaving three of its passengers dead on the spot and three others injured.
The injured were admitted at Feni Sadar Health Complex, he added. In Cumilla, Two women were killed in a road accident at Nazirabazar in Burichang upazila on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Wednesday night.
The victims were identified as Farhana Begum, wife of one Ashraful Alam from
Burichang upazila, and their daughter Kaniz Kanchan.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Moinamoti Police Station Mahbubur Rahman said the accident took place when a microbus hit them while they were crossing the road, leaving them seriously injured.
They were taken to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Cumilla where doctors declared them dead, the OC added. In Kushtia, at least three people including a child died in a head-on collision between a truck and a three-wheeler on the Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway at Bottala on Wednesday noon.
Two of the deceased were identified as Shahbul, 12, from Daulatpur upazila, and Shipon, 28, from Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga district. The identity of the child could not be known immediately.
Eyewitnesses said that the accident took place when a Kushtia bound truck rammed the three-wheeler at 2 pm, leaving two dead on the spot and injuring four others.
Later, one of them died at Kushtia General Hospital under treatment.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to the hospital.
In Laxmipur, a motorcyclist was killed and another seriously injured on the Ramganj-Hajiganj Road at Samra in Ramganj upazila on Wednesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain, son of Hossain Mia of Kolochma in Ramganj upazila.
The injured, Makbul Hossain, another rider of the motorbike, was admitted to Ramganj Upazila Health Complex.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Ramganj Police Station Md Tota Mia said that the accident took place when the motorbike fell upon a microbus, leaving the duo seriously injured.
They were taken to the sadar hospital where Faruk was declared dead, the OC added.
At least nine people, including a schoolboy and a local BNP leader, were killed, while 53 others injured in separate road accidents in Gopalganj, Narail, Rajshahi, Natore and Khagrachhari districts on Tuesday.
In Gopalganj,,three persons died and 20 others got injured in Moksudpur upazila.
One of the deceased was identified as Rezina Begum, 25, wife Kamruzzaman from Barni village of the upazila and two others could not be known immediately.
Sheikh Mahfuzur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Bhanga Highway Police Station in Faridpur, said the driver of the passenger bus hit a roadside tree after losing control over the steering around11:30am, leaving its three passengers dead on the spot and 20 injured.
Later, the injured were admitted to Bhanga upazila health complex in Faridpur district, the OC added.
Two people, including a banker and an engineer, were killed and a woman was injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway near Gopinathpur area in the upazila. The deceased were identified as SM Arafat Hassan Prince, 36, a Senior Principal Officer opf Rupali Bank Motijgheel Branch and son of Sardar Azizur Rahman of Fakirrhat upazila in Bagerhat, and his cousin Shimul, 40, an engineer of Sonadanga, Khulna.
Hazrat Ali, an Inspector at Gopinathpur Police Station, said they were going home from Dhaka by a microbus to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their family members.
Ali said that the accident took place around 6 am when a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of ‘Sheba Green Line Express’, leaving the two dead on the spot, hit their microbus and another injured.
The injured, Jahan Ferdousi Keka, wife of Prince, was admitted to Gopalganj General Hospital, Ali added.
UNB adds: In Narail, a schoolboy was killed when his motorcycle hit a roadside tree in Mahajanpur area in the morning. The deceased was identified as Aksh Sheikh, 18, son of Md Sarwar Sheikh of Islampur village in the upazila.
Eyewitness said the motorcycle hit a roadside tree after he lost the victim lost his control around 10:00 pm, leaving him critically injured.
Later, locals rushed him to Narail Sadar Hospital where the duty doctor declared him dead.
In Rajshahi, a local BNP leader was killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles at Shalghoria in Puthia upazila in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Kamruzzaman Lablu, 50, the president of Durgapur upazila BNP and son of late Sefayetullah of the village.
Shakil Uddin, officer-in-charge of Puthia Police Station, said the accident took place when two motorcycles collided head-on, leaving the victim dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy, the OC added.
In Natore, a bus passenger was killed while 20 others injured as the bus overturned at Royna area in Baraigram upazila in the noon.
The deceased was identified Monwara Begum.
The injured were admitted to Baraigram Health Complex, Sadar Hospital and Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, police said.
In Khagrachhari, a man was killed and 10 others including children injured when a passenger bus overturned at Alutia in Sadar upazila in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Rafiq, 40, said Shadat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.
At least twenty-one people were killed during Eid holidays in nine districts of the country and scores injured in road accidents. In Feni, at least six people were killed in Feni and three others injured. Of them three died when a bus hit on auto rickshaw on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Lemua upazila on Friday afternoon.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Highway Police Sergeant Enamul Haque said that the accident took place in the afternoon when the bus struck the auto-rickshaw, leaving three of its passengers dead on the spot and three others injured.
The injured were admitted at Feni Sadar Health Complex, he added. In Cumilla, Two women were killed in a road accident at Nazirabazar in Burichang upazila on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Wednesday night.
The victims were identified as Farhana Begum, wife of one Ashraful Alam from
Burichang upazila, and their daughter Kaniz Kanchan.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Moinamoti Police Station Mahbubur Rahman said the accident took place when a microbus hit them while they were crossing the road, leaving them seriously injured.
They were taken to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Cumilla where doctors declared them dead, the OC added. In Kushtia, at least three people including a child died in a head-on collision between a truck and a three-wheeler on the Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway at Bottala on Wednesday noon.
Two of the deceased were identified as Shahbul, 12, from Daulatpur upazila, and Shipon, 28, from Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga district. The identity of the child could not be known immediately.
Eyewitnesses said that the accident took place when a Kushtia bound truck rammed the three-wheeler at 2 pm, leaving two dead on the spot and injuring four others.
Later, one of them died at Kushtia General Hospital under treatment.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to the hospital.
In Laxmipur, a motorcyclist was killed and another seriously injured on the Ramganj-Hajiganj Road at Samra in Ramganj upazila on Wednesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain, son of Hossain Mia of Kolochma in Ramganj upazila.
The injured, Makbul Hossain, another rider of the motorbike, was admitted to Ramganj Upazila Health Complex.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Ramganj Police Station Md Tota Mia said that the accident took place when the motorbike fell upon a microbus, leaving the duo seriously injured.
They were taken to the sadar hospital where Faruk was declared dead, the OC added.
At least nine people, including a schoolboy and a local BNP leader, were killed, while 53 others injured in separate road accidents in Gopalganj, Narail, Rajshahi, Natore and Khagrachhari districts on Tuesday.
In Gopalganj,,three persons died and 20 others got injured in Moksudpur upazila.
One of the deceased was identified as Rezina Begum, 25, wife Kamruzzaman from Barni village of the upazila and two others could not be known immediately.
Sheikh Mahfuzur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Bhanga Highway Police Station in Faridpur, said the driver of the passenger bus hit a roadside tree after losing control over the steering around11:30am, leaving its three passengers dead on the spot and 20 injured.
Later, the injured were admitted to Bhanga upazila health complex in Faridpur district, the OC added.
Two people, including a banker and an engineer, were killed and a woman was injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway near Gopinathpur area in the upazila. The deceased were identified as SM Arafat Hassan Prince, 36, a Senior Principal Officer opf Rupali Bank Motijgheel Branch and son of Sardar Azizur Rahman of Fakirrhat upazila in Bagerhat, and his cousin Shimul, 40, an engineer of Sonadanga, Khulna.
Hazrat Ali, an Inspector at Gopinathpur Police Station, said they were going home from Dhaka by a microbus to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their family members.
Ali said that the accident took place around 6 am when a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of ‘Sheba Green Line Express’, leaving the two dead on the spot, hit their microbus and another injured.
The injured, Jahan Ferdousi Keka, wife of Prince, was admitted to Gopalganj General Hospital, Ali added.
UNB adds: In Narail, a schoolboy was killed when his motorcycle hit a roadside tree in Mahajanpur area in the morning. The deceased was identified as Aksh Sheikh, 18, son of Md Sarwar Sheikh of Islampur village in the upazila.
Eyewitness said the motorcycle hit a roadside tree after he lost the victim lost his control around 10:00 pm, leaving him critically injured.
Later, locals rushed him to Narail Sadar Hospital where the duty doctor declared him dead.
In Rajshahi, a local BNP leader was killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles at Shalghoria in Puthia upazila in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Kamruzzaman Lablu, 50, the president of Durgapur upazila BNP and son of late Sefayetullah of the village.
Shakil Uddin, officer-in-charge of Puthia Police Station, said the accident took place when two motorcycles collided head-on, leaving the victim dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy, the OC added.
In Natore, a bus passenger was killed while 20 others injured as the bus overturned at Royna area in Baraigram upazila in the noon.
The deceased was identified Monwara Begum.
The injured were admitted to Baraigram Health Complex, Sadar Hospital and Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, police said.
In Khagrachhari, a man was killed and 10 others including children injured when a passenger bus overturned at Alutia in Sadar upazila in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Rafiq, 40, said Shadat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.
