The deceased have been identified as Petrobangla Deputy General Manager Shahidullah Bari, 55, a resident of Jashore Sadar and microbus driver Anwar Hossain, 37, hailing from village Char Khokshabari of Sirajganj sadar upazila.
The five injured have been rescued and admitted to Sirajganj and Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College hospitals.Three of them are in critical condition.
Confirming the accident Akhteruzzaman, OC of Hatikumrul Highway police station, said that a Pabna bound bus from Dhaka collided head on with a microbus coming from the opposite direction at Pacholia of Sholonga thana of the district in the afternoon killing microbus driver Anwar Hossain on the spot. However, Petrobangla Deputy General Manager Shahidullah Bari died on way to hospital.