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A seven-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a battery-run auto-rickshaw at Dighoir Cumillapara in Baraigram upazila of Natore district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, a nursery student of Jonail Pre-Cadet School and son of Shah Alam of the village. The accident occurred around 8 am when the battery-run auto-rickshaw ran over him while crossing road in front of the school, leaving him dead on the spot, said Abdus Salam, officer-in-charge of Baraigram Police Station. On information, police seized the auto-rickshaw but could not arrest its driver as he managed to flee the scene.

Dhaka, Mar 30 (UNB) — An unidentified young man, aged around 25, was killed when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit a motorcycle in Badda area of the capital on Monday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. The accident occurred around 3pm on the Maddhya Badda U-loop Bridge when the CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit the motorcycle, leaving the rider critically injured. Badda wall collapse leaves two children dead He was later taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), where doctors declared him dead, said Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police camp.

A power distribution employee was killed in a motorcycle accident in Gopalganj on Eid-ul-Fitr morning, leaving more than 100 people unable to offer Eid prayers as the village plunged into mourning. The deceased was identified as Shariful Islam, 30, son of UP member Moksed Ali Sheikh of Tupuria village in Kotalipara upazila. He worked as a switchboard attendant at the Sadarpur office of West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited in Faridpur. The accident occurred on Saturday morning in the Baikanthapur area along the Rajair–Kotalipara road while Shariful was returning home from his workplace in Faridpur to celebrate Eid with his family. According to family sources, relatives had been waiting for him to join Eid prayers when they received news of the crash. Locals rescued him and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Preliminary reports suggest the accident occurred when Shariful lost control of his motorcycle on a rain-slick road and crashed into a roadside tree. Sub-Inspector Sukumar Kundu of Kotalipara Police Station said police have received information about the accident, but no formal complaint has been filed so far. The sudden death on Eid day has cast a pall of grief over the area. 

Two chicken traders were killed when a truck hit a chicken-laden van in Motijheel area of the capital early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Md Ripon, 45, son of Shakhawat Hossain and Md Sultan, 50, son of Jamshed Ali of Sherpur district. The accident occurred around 4 am when the speedy truck hit the chicken-laden van while taking U-turn in front of Bangabhaban, leaving the two traders injured. Later, they were taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where the doctors declared them dead, said Inspector Faruk, in-charge of DMCH police camp.

A motorcyclist was killed after being hit by a truck in Jatrabari area of the capital early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Md Arafat, 19, son of Ruhul Amin of Konapara area of the capital. The accident occurred around 2:15 am when the truck hit the motorcycle carrying two people, leaving Arafat injured. Later, he was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where the doctors declared him dead, said Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of DMCH police camp. Police seized the truck but could not arrest its driver as he managed to flee the scene.

A 45-year-old man and his daughter were killed when a truck hit a motorbike in Science Lab area of the capital on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Saju Ahmed Sumon and his daughter Sumaiya Ahmed Trisha, residents of Shahjahanpur area. The accident occurred around 11 pm when the truck hit the motorcycle carrying the duo while they were heading towards their home, leaving one killed on the spot and another injured, said sub-inspector of New Market Police Station, Mahmudul. Bus–microbus collision leaves 2 dead on Dhaka–Barishal highway The injured were taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared her dead. Police arrested the driver and seized the truck.

Two people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on the Dhaka–Barishal highway in the Kasba area of Gournadi upazila in Barishal on Friday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be confirmed immediately. Shamim Sheikh, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gournadi Highway Police Station, said a bus of Tekerhat Paribahan was heading towards Dhaka from Barishal when it collided head-on with a microbus coming from the opposite direction in the Kasba area. Two people, including the driver of the microbus, died in the accident while three others were injured. Police rescued the injured and sent them to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal for treatment, he said. The vehicles involved in the accident have been seized, while the bus driver managed to flee the scene. Legal action will be taken in this regard, the OC added. Traffic on the Dhaka–Barishal highway remained disrupted for some time after the accident but returned to normal later.  

A former member of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was killed in a road accident on the Narail-Jashore highway on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Md Bulbul Akhter, 64, son of the late Abdus Samad of Kurigram, residing in the municipal area. The accident occurred at around 5:30pm near the new bus terminal on the Narail-Jashore highway. Family sources said Bulbul Akhter was riding a motorcycle from his home to the main road when a passenger bus coming from Jashore ran over him, leaving him seriously injured. Locals rescued him and took him to Narail District Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead upon arrival. Md Oli Mia, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Narail Sadar Police Station, said police were sent to the scene and the hospital after receiving information about the accident. Further legal action is underway following discussions with the family of the deceased.

A 14-year-old boy was killed and his father was injured when a truck knocked them down on Feni-Noakhali regional highway in Dagonbhuiya upazila of Feni district early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Nur Mohammad, son of Nur Alam of Lakshmipur district. The accident occurred around 5 am when a truck ran over them while they were going to a local mosque for offering fajr prayer, leaving Nur Mohammad dead on the spot and his father injured, said Asadul Islam, officer-in-charge of Mohipal Highway Police Station. The injured were taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital. On information, police recovered the body and seized the truck.

Two people including an army personnel were killed and 15 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on Sherpur-Mymensingh highway in Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Rezaul Karim, 35, a truck driver of Bangladesh Army and Abdul Baset, 50, a bus driver. Rashedul Hasan, officer-in-charge of Phulpur Police Station, said the accident occurred at Balia intersection when a Sherpur-bound bus collided head-on with a truck of Bangladesh Army, leaving 17 people injured. Among the injured the driver of both the vehicles died on the way to a local hospital. Youth shot in Khulna gun attack