United News of Bangladesh

A motorcyclist was killed and another seriously injured in a collision between a motorcycle and a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Nazim Uddin, 25, son of late Fattah Miah of Manaura village in the upazila. The injured, Layek, 23, son of Zayed Miah from the same village, is currently undergoing treatment. Gowainghat Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sarkar Tofayel Ahmed said the head-on collision took place in the Soti area of Lengura union on the Gowainghat-Bangabir road. Locals rushed both victims to Gowainghat Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared Nazim Uddin dead on arrival. Layek, who sustained injuries, was later transferred to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment. 8-year-old boy drowns in Khagrachhari's Maini River Both Nazim and Layek were auto-rickshaw drivers by profession and were reportedly heading to Gowainghat on a motorcycle when the accident occurred. Sub-Inspector Tarikul Islam of Gowainghat Police Station prepared the inquest report and sent Nazim’s body to Osmani Medical College Hospital for autopsy. “Legal procedures are underway,” the OC added.

At least 20 people were injured in a head-on collision between a BRTC bus and another bus in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet on Friday morning. The accident happened around 9:30 am near Dari Patan area of the upazila, said Golapganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Moniruzzaman Mollah. One killed, 15 injured in Dhaka-Ctg highway bus crash The collision was caused by dense fog that reduced visibility, Both buses were taken in police custody, added the OC. 25 injured in violent clash between bus and CNG drivers in Bhola

At least seven people were killed and 15 others injured as two buses collided head-on on Sylhet-Dhaka Highway in Rashidpur area on Friday morning.

Two people were killed after a truck plunged into a canal from a bridge in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet early Sunday.

A 5 –year-old has been crushed under a pick-up van in Bishwanath area of Sylhet on Saturday.

A sexagenarian woman and her grandson were killed after being run over by a passenger bus at Parair chak area of Sylhet’s Dakshin Surma Upazila on Thursday evening.