Savar, Mar 24 (UNB) – A 65-year-old man was killed while 15 others injured in a road accident on C&B road in Ashulia here on Sunday morning.

The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 65, son of late Shahar Ali, hailing from Ramdaspur village in Bhola sadar upazila.

A bus of ‘Ananda Super Paribahan’ ran over Mannan in the morning at Anarkoli Bus Stand in the area, leaving him dead on the spot.

The bus later hit a roadside tree after its driver lost his control over the steering leaving 15 passengers of the bus injured.

Being informed, cops from Ashulia Police Station seized the bus, said Sub-inspector Sazzad Hossain of the police station.

Following the accident, locals brought out a protest procession and put barricade on the road.

Meanwhile, five passengers of an auto-rickshaw suffered burn injuries after its gas cylinder exploded on Dhaka-Aricha Highway at Jolpur area in Savar in the morning.

The injured were admitted to Savar Enam Medical Collage Hospital.

Dhaka, Mar 24 (UNB) – Customs official detained a Chinese national along with 48 gold bars from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday morning.

The arrestee Ruan Jinfeng, 43, landed at the airport from Dubai on an Emirates Airlines flight (EK582) at 8 am.

While the Chinese citizen was passing through the green channel, an image of metal substances was spotted inside his luggage, said Othello Chowdhury, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Customs House.

Later, the gold bars weighing 5.56kg worth Tk 2.79 crore were recovered after breaking open the battery of a charger light, said the official.

Cox’s Bazar, Mar 24 (UNB) – At least four people sustained bullets in a clash centering the ongoing Upazila elections near a polling centre in Mognama union of Pekua upazila on Sunday morning.

The injured are Abul Hossain, Sadek, Bodi and Ramiz.

A chase and counter chase were took place around 9 am near Dakhshin Mognama Government Primary School centre, said Assistant Sub-inspection Nur Islam of Pekua Police Official.

Presiding officer Osman Goni said that they have heard that a clash took place between two groups outside the centre.

Immediately after the incident, voters queued to cast vote left the station, he said adding that high official of the election commission were informed about the incident.

Gazipur, Mar 24 (UNB) – Students blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh-Tangail highway at Gazipur intersection on Sunday morning demanding safer roads and protesting the killing of two college students in a road crash on Saturday.

Several hundred students of different colleges including Bhawal College, Lincoln College, City College and Commerce College gathered on the highway and blocked the busy intersection chanting slogans, holding placards.

Their demands include arrest of the driver of the killer bus and safer roads across the country.

Jumman Ahmed Nasir and Robin Hossain, HSC first-year students of Lincoln College, were killed as a bus hit them in Salna area on Saturday.

Chattogram, Mar 24 (UNB) - A police constable and a man sustained bullet injuries as miscreants attacked and opened fire at a polling station in Chandnaish upazila on Sunday morning.

The injured Constable Farhad Hossain, 31, of Chandnaish Police Station, was admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital in critical condition.

Another bullet injured could not be identified immediately.

Keshab Chakraborty, officer-in-charge of Chandnaish Police Station, said that a gang of miscreants swooped on the polling station at Purba Chandnaish Government Primary School for rigging.

Locals said that within one hour of voting begins, the supporters of Awami League candidate K M Nazim Uddin entered the polling booths and tried to take control of the polling station.

As presiding officer Abdul Matin tried to obstruct them, they swooped on him.

Later, the clash ensued as the on-duty policemen came to rescue the presiding officer. Several gunshots were heard during the clash that left the cop and the unidentified man bullet injured, according to witnesses.

Besides, five people were also injured as police charged batons to bring the situation under control.

Police also arrested three people from the spot, said the OC.

Meanwhile, following the incident, the election commission has suspended voting in the centre.