Bhola, Sep 1 (UNB) – A women was killed and three others injured as a launch ploughed into the pontoon after being hit by another at Hakimuddin Launch Ghat in Burhanuddin upazila on Saturday evening.
The deceased was identified as Bilkis Begum, 30, of Chokdos village in the upazila.
Quoting eyewitness, Asim Kurmar Sikdar, officer-in-charge of Burhanuddin Police Station, said Dhaka bound launch MV Tasrif-4 hit the pontoon after being hit by another launch MV Karnaphuli, killing Bilkis Begum on the spot.