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Two people were killed, and three others injured in a road accident in Jashore’s Monirampur Upazila on Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Ratan Roy, 27, son of Rajan Mia, a van passenger from Abdullahpara village in Shaghata Upazila, Gaibandha district, and Nazmul Sheikh, 40, son of Khalek Sheikh from Joypur village in Manirampur Upazila. The injured are Swab Akhtar from Gopalpur village in the Upazila, Ibrahim Gazi from Purba Jhaljhara village, and Babul Akhtar from Gaibandha district. Witnesses said that a Jashore-bound passenger bus departing from Satkhira struck a van in front of the Manirampur Government College gate around 1 pm on Sunday, leaving one van passenger dead on the spot. Following the collision, a pedestrian attempted to stop the bus, but it ran over him, and three more van passengers were injured. Nearly 700 killed in road accidents across Bangladesh in June Bablur Rahman Khan, Officer-in-Charge of Manirampur Police Station, said that after receiving information, the bus, bearing the registration Dhaka Metro J-11-1314, was seized, and the driver Abdul Gani was arrested. Touhidur Rahman, team leader of the Manirampur Fire Service and Civil Defense Station, said they recovered the bodies and rescued the injured and took them to the Upazila Health Complex. Humayun Rashid, the doctor in charge of the hospital’s emergency department, said that Babul Akhtar, one of the injured, has been referred to Jessore Medical College Hospital.

Two minor children were crushed under the wheels of a tractor trolley in Sadar upazila of Jashore on Sunday morning, said police. The deceased were identified as Jahia Khatun, 4, and her cousin Abu Huraira, 2, of Jirat village of the upazila. Jahia's father Kamal Hossain was going to carry soil with the tractor trolley and when the vehicle started moving he did not notice the children who were behind the vehicle, said Tajul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Jashore Kotwali Model police station. Also read: Baby born on road after accident that kills parents, sister Zahia's father said, “The vehicle got stuck while moving backwards. When I went to check, I found the children crushed under the wheels.” He could not hear their screams due the loud noise of the tractor, he said in a choked voice. The bodies were handed over to the families without any post-mortem as they did not lodge any complaint, said the OC. Also read: Joyride turns tragic, university student killed in Narayanganj accident

The deceased were identified as Nayan Hossain, 19, and Hossain Ali, 20. Sub-Instector Mizanur Rahman, in-charge of Shiordah Police outpost, said two motorcycles collided head-on, k

Two people including a Brac Bank official were killed after a truck hit a parked auto-rickshaw in Santola area on Sunday morning.

A college student was killed when his motorbike hit a stationary truck in Churamonkathi patrol pump area of Sadar upazila on Monday night.