A unidentified pedestrian was killed after being hit by a covered van on West Kalshi Road in Pallabi area on Saturday.
Md Mizanur Rahman, sub-inspector of Pallan Police Station, said a covered van hit the man, aged about 55, around 9:30 am in the area, leaving him severely injured.
He was immediately taken to nearby Islami Bank Hospital and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College where doctors declared him dead at 11:20 am.
The body was kept at the DMCH morgue and police are trying to know the identity of the deceased.