As many as 12 people have been killed in separate road accidents in Gazipur, Tangail, Cumilla, Bogura, and Chattogram districts in the past 24 hours, police said on Saturday. In Cumilla, three people on a bike were killed after being hit by a bus on the busy Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Bekinagar village on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Russel, 30, son of Abdul Haque, and Shariful Islam, 30, and Tashfi Ahmed, 18, both sons of Shahjalal of Bekinagar. The accident occurred around 11am when the Dhaka-bound bus from Chattogram crashed into the bike, leaving the three dead on the spot, said sub-inspector of Eliotganj Highway Police, Mostafa Kamal. In Gazipur, three people including father and daughter were killed when a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Rajendrapur-Tok Road in Kapashia upazila in the early hours of Saturday. The deceased were identified as Selim Mia,40, his daughter Sadia,8, and Nurjahan, 35, all hailing from Kishoreganj, said ASF Nasim, Officer-in-Charge of Kapashia police station READ: College student killed in Narayanganj road accident The accident occurred when the bus hit the Kishoreganj-bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Cheorit Ilu intersection, leaving at least five people injured. Of the injured, two people died on the way to Shaheed Tajuddin Medical College and Hospital while another one passed away during treatment. In Tangail, four people, including two siblings, were killed when a bus hit a van at Nalla Bazar in Dhanbari upazila on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Saiful Islam, 22, and Mridul, 15, both sons of Shahid Mia, Hasan, 19, son of Bazlu Mia, and Babul Karmakar, 50, the van driver belonging to Ramnagar village of Sadar upazila in Jamalpur district. The accident occurred around 11.45pm when the Dhaka-bound bus from Jamalpur crashed into the three-wheel van, leaving the van driver and Saiful dead on the spot and two others injured, said assistant sub –inspector Ashiquzzaman, duty officer at Dhanbari Police Station. The injured were taken to a local hospital, where doctors declared one of them dead. The other victim succumbed to his injuries during treatment early on Saturday. In Bogura, a 19-year-old college student was crushed to death by a speeding bus when he fell off his bike after being hit by an ambulance on the busy Dhaka-Bogura highway on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Sakib Hasan, a student of Institute of Information Technology Bogra (IITB) and son of Rafiqul Islam. Also read: Woman killed in Chapainababganj road accident The accident occurred when the Dhaka-bound ambulance from Bogura hit Sakib's bike near the Noymile Bus Stand area in Shahjahanpur upazila. "The deceased was riding the bike, while his friend Sunny Ahmed was riding pillion. Both of them fell off the bike in the impact. But before Sakib could get up, he was run over by the commuter bus," said AKM Baniul Alam, in-charge of Sherpur Highway Police. "We have seized the bus and sent the body to the local hospital morgue," he added. In Chattogram, a driver of auto rickshaw was killed as it was hit by a microbus at Sitakundu upazila on Dhaka Chattogram highway. The deceased was identified as Md Tareq,19, son of Nurul Islam from Akilpur village in Bashbaria union, said Najmul Hasan, Officer-in-Charge of Baroawlia highway police station. The accident occurred around 8 am near Choto Kumira area when a Dhaka-bound microbus hit the auto  rickshaw as it was crossing the road from the wrong side after filling fuel from a nearby filling station. The driver died on the spot and legal actions will be taken in this regard, said the OC.

A day after a horrific road accident in Goplaganj that left nine people dead, four people including three members of a family were killed in another road crash on Rajshahi-Naogaon highway in Paba upazila on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Aktar Hossain,35, his wife Bithi khatun,33, their daughter Mariam Jannat,4, of Niamatpur upazila and Abdul Mannan, 48 of Manda upazila in Naogaon district Jahangir Alam, sub-inspector of Paba Police Station, said the accident occurred around 10:30 am near Aman Cold Storage when a soil-laden tractor hit two motorbikes coming from the opposite direction, leaving three people dead on the spot and another injured. READ: Unidentified youth killed in train Accident “Abdul Mannan, one of the bike riders and Mariam, Bithi pillion of another bike died on the spot. Mariam’s father Aktar was taken to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries later around 5 pm,” said the SI The family was heading towards Rajshahi to attend a wedding ceremony. The bodies will be handed over to family after autopsy,” he said. Earlier, on Saturday, Nine people, including three couple, were killed and 30 others injured when a bus hit a car and then ploughed into a bike and a couple operating a paddy-cutting machine on a farm land along the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj district Road accidents in Bangladesh continue to claim hundreds of lives every year. As many as 543 people, including 81 children, were killed and 612 others injured in 427 road accidents in April, the Road Safety Foundation said in its latest report, released on May 7. The non-government organisation said 206 lives were lost in 189 motorcycle accidents, which is 37.93% of the total deaths. Also, 116 pedestrians and 87 drivers and their assistants were killed in March accidents. On the other hand, accidents on waterways claimed at least eight lives while 23 were killed and five injured in train accidents across Bangladesh last month.

Three people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the busy Khulna-Mawa highway of Bagerhat district on Sunday, police said. The deceased were identified as bus driver Abdullah Sheikh, 41, son of Azgarh Ali of Faridpur district, truck driver Jalal Hawladar, 40, son of Rustom Ali of Sadar upazila in Bagerhat, and Aias Sheikh, the two-year-old son of Masud Sheikh. The accident occurred around 8.30am in the Palerhat area of Fakirhat upazila when the Dhaka-bound bus crashed into the truck coming from the opposite direction, said Sheikh Abul Hasan, in-charge of Mollahat Highway Police. READ: 18 die in India road crash "The impact of the crash was such that the three died on the spot. The injured are being treated at a local hospital," he said, adding that the two vehicles were compounded.

Two schoolgirls were killed and another was injured when a goods-laden jeep (locally known as Chander Gari) knocked them down at Pelagazi intersection in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Mishu Akter, 15 and Nishu Moni, 17, both were students of class X. Alamgir Hossain, sub-inspector of Fatikchhari Police Station, said the accident occurred around 1 pm when the speedy vehicle ran over the students while trying to flee from the area ignoring police signal, leaving two girls dead on the spot and another injured. The injured girl was taken to a local hospital. Read: Man dies after being hit by train in city Police seized the jeep but could not arrest its driver. Angered by the incident, local people put up a barricade on the road for one hour, disrupting traffic movement.  

A total of 409 pedestrians, including 66 women and 97 children, were killed between January and March this year in road accidents, according to the Road Safety Foundation (RSF).A report prepared by RSF with information collected from seven national dailies, five online portals and electronic media reports, blamed 61.8 percent of the accidents on reckless driving and 38.19 percent on the insincerity of pedestrians. Also Read: 513 lives lost in March road accidentsOf the road crashes, 123 (30.9 percent) occurred on highways, 95 (23.86 percent) on regional roads, 119 (29.89 percent) on village roads, 57 (14.32 percent) on city roads and 4 (1 percent) in other places.Among the deceased, 33.72 percent died in Dhaka division, 15.29 percent in Rajshahi, 14.9 percent in Chattogram, 9.8 percent in Khulna, 6.27 in Barishal, 4.7 percent in Sylhet, 6.66 percent in Rangpur, and 8.62 percent in Mymensingh. Also Read: Road crashes kill 439 in Nov alone: ReportReckless driving, lack of driving skill, overspeeding, violation of traffic rules by pedestrians, and careless road crossing are some of the reasons identified by RSF for the frequent road accidents.

A collision between a bus and an easy-bike Saturday on the Khulna-Satkhira Highway killed three people.

Two people, including a motorcyclist, were killed after as a passenger bus hit the motorcycle on Mayor Hanif Flyover at Joykali Temple on Saturday.

Seven people were killed after a bus hit an auto-rickshaw at Gachtala in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh on Sunday.

At least eight people, including a 2-year-old child, were killed after a bus of state-owned transport corporation BRTC hit two autorickshaws in Habiganj.

Three men riding a motorcycle were killed on early Sunday after the two-wheeler fell into a road side ditch at Duaria in Lalpur upazila of Natore.