A 55-year-old security guard was killed in a road accident in the capital’s Motijheel area on Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred around 1pm in front of the Kamalapur BRTC counter when a bus on Route No. 6 hit him as he was crossing the road, police said, quoting the victim’s son, Shakil. The deceased, identified as Ruhul Amin Sheikh, was a security guard at Sabujbagh Kadamtala Purbo Bashabo School and College. He was the son of the late Moher Ali Sheikh and hailed from Nandasagar village in Sreepur, Gazipur district. He had been residing in the Purba Basabo area of Sabujbagh. Youth dies after falling from rooftop in Motijheel Upon being informed, a team from Motijheel Police Station, led by Sub-Inspector Abu Sale Shahin, rushed to the scene and sent the body to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for an autopsy at 2:40 pm. Police said that the driver of the bus, along with the vehicle, was detained shortly after the incident.

A 30-year-old policeman was reportedly killed in a motorcycle accident in Dhaka's Science Laboratory area Saturday night. Police constable M Latifur Rahman was from Kurigram's Chilmari and would live in the capital's Jatrabari with his wife and child. Also read: Two workers killed in Gulshan road crash "Latifur was found lying on the street in Science Laboratory at 10:30pm. We are suspecting that he was hit by a speeding car while riding his motorcycle," Md Bachchu Miah, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost, told UNB. Also read: Narsingdi road crash leaves five dead "The constable was rushed to DMCH's emergency unit where he was declared dead at 11pm. Latifur's body has been kept at the hospital's morgue; inquiries are on."

A woman was killed and five others were injured after being run over by a covered van in Hatirjheel area of the city on Saturday night.