A college teacher was killed when a bus knocked him down on Bogura-Rangpur highway at Jhopgari in Sadar upazila of Bogura district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Hafizur Rahman, 50, a teacher of Ghoraghat Government College in Dinajpur district and son of Mizanur Rahman of Dhunat upazila. The accident occurred at 10:30 am when the Rangpur-bound bus hit Hafizur while crossing the road, leaving him dead on the spot, said Afzal Hossain, sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station. Also read: 3 motorcyclists killed in Faridpur road accident Police seized the bus but the driver and his helper managed to flee the scene.      

A 35-year-old college teacher was killed and his wife injured when a tire of a speeding truck exploded in the Siddhirganj area of Narayanganj on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Jasimuddin Jasim, 35, a lecturer at Mirpur University College, hailing from Faridpur's Alfadanga. The victim's wife Zubaida Sharmin,22, is now undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College (DHMC) Hospital, said Bacchu Mia, inspector of the DMCH police outpost. Read: JUST student among 3 killed as truck rams rickshaw van Zubaida said that around 12pm, the wheels of the moving truck exploded while they were waiting for a bus to go to Mirpur at a bus stand adjacent to Chittagong Road Fish market. Both of them got injured and fell on the road. A pedestrian named Sujon brought them to DMCH where Jasim succumbed to his injuries around 7pm, inspector Bacchu Mia said. "The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy,'' said the inspector, adding that the concerned police station has been informed.

A college teacher was killed after being hit by a speeding truck in the Zero Point area of Khulna city on Friday morning, police said.