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Four people were killed and 14 others injured when a bus rammed into a truck on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Zillur Rahman, 65, son of Bazlur Rahman; Dr Jalal, 65, son of Insan Ali; Abdul Halim, 55; and Hasib, 32, son of Md Bappi. The accident occurred near the midpoint between Singpara-Nauapara and Hasara Bridge-2 when a Dhaka-bound ‘Hamdan Express’ bus from Jashore hit the truck from behind, said Shafiqul Islam, deputy assistant director of Munshiganj Fire Service and Civil Defence. One killed, three injured in Dhaka-Mawa Expressway accident Following the collision, both vehicles lost control and crashed into the railing of the expressway’s median strip. The injured were taken to Srinagar Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared two more people dead. One killed, another injured in Lalmonirhat road accident

Four people were killed in road accidents on Dhaka-Tangail and Dhaka-Mymensingh highways, in Gazipur district, on Friday. Two of the deceased were identified as Zakir Hossain, 24, and Abu Tayeb Moon, 23, of Nandail upazila of Mymensingh district while the identities of two others could not be known immediately. Rokon Mia, sub-inspector of Bason Police Station, said Zakir and Abu Tayeb were killed on the spot when a speeding bus hit a motorbike they were on at the Chourasta area of Gazipur on Friday evening. Also read:Two dead in Kalabagan road accident Meanwhile, two more victims died on the spot when an unidentified vehicle ran them over on Dhaka-Tangail highway around 11 pm, said Faruk Hossain, sub-inspector of Bason Police Station. Police rescued the bodies and took them to Shaheed Tajuddin Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsy.  

Four people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sadar upazila of Feni district on Wednesday. Three of the deceased were identified as Nazmul, 35 of Cumilla district, Riazuddin of Laxmipur district and Forkan, 50 of Pirojpur district while the identity of another one could not be known immediately. Mostafa Kamal, officer-in-charge of Mahipal Highway Police camp, said the accident occurred around 11 am when the Dhaka-bound ‘Unique Paribahan’ bus collided with the covered van coming from the opposite direction, leaving 19 people injured. Also read: Father-son duo killed in Kushtia hit-and-run accident Later, the injured people were taken to Feni General Hospital where doctors declared four of them dead. Of the injured, four were taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital for better treatment.    

Two people were killed and two others injured when a bus crashed into a three-wheeler on the busy Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Cumilla district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Joynal Abedin, 35, son of Siraj Haque, and Imran Hossain, 30, son of Alfu Mia of Sadar Dakkhin upazila. All the victims were occupants of the battery-run three-wheeler. The accident occurred in the Beltoli area of the upazila around 8am when the Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Econo Paribahan’ coming from Chattogram hit the three-wheeler at high speed, said Akul Chandra Biswas, officer-in-charge of Mainamati Highway Police Station. The impact of the accident left two of the four occupants dead on the spot and two others injured, he said. "The injured are being treated at Cumilla Medical College and Hospital." Read: 3 BAEC officials among 6 killed in Savar road crash Police have seized the bus. "Efforts are on to identify and nab its driver," the OC said.

Two men were killed in a motorcycle-pickup van collision in Dinajpur’s Hili on Monday.

Accidents on roads, railways and waterways killed at least 553 people and injured 669 others last month, passengers’ welfare body Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said Wednesday.