Two people were killed and two others injured when a bus hit a van on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Rahmatpur in Babuganj upazila of Barishal district on Sunday, said police. The deceased, identified as Fazlul Haque, 63 and Sumi Akter, 40 of Manikadi area, were travelling by the tricycle van. Amanullah Al Bari, inspector of Barishal Airport Police Station, said the accident occurred around 11:45 am when the Dhaka-bound ‘Shyamoli Paribahan’ bus from Barishal hit the van, leaving the two killed on the spot and two others injured. The injured were taken to the Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital. Vehicular movement on the busy highway remained suspended for an hour as the local people put up barricades on the road. Read:Roads turning more perilous: 10 people killed in Barishal in 24 hours Police seized the bus, but could not arrest its driver.    

Six people including four of a family were killed on Wednesday after a covered-van collided head-on with an ambulance in Atipara area of Wazirpur in Barishal.