Two people were killed and 10 others injured when a truck hit a van on the busy Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Rajshahi, police said. The deceased were identified as Sumnuzzaman, 38, son of Mansur Ali of Nayapara village, and Rasedul Islam, 30, of Charghat upazila. The accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when the Rajshahi-bound truck hit the van carrying some 12 people, leaving Sumnuzzaman dead on the spot and 11 others injured. Read: UP member hacked to death in Jashore The injured were first taken to Puthia Upazila Health Complex from where they were referred to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital. Rasedul died on the way to the hospital, said Mofakkarul Islam, in-charge of Poba Highway police outpost.

Two people, including a woman, were killed after a truck collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw in Murailipur of Paba upazila in Rajshahi on Wednesday afternoon. One of the deceased was identified as Ansar Ali, 40, while the identity of the woman could not be known immediately. Rajshahi Fire Service and Civil Defence Senior Station Officer Abdur Rauf said a Chapainawabganj-bound truck hit an auto-rickshaw at 2:45pm, killing two people on the spot and injuring two others. Also read: 7 dead, 10 injured in four different road accidents across the country Police have recovered the bodies from the spot, he said. Road accidents in Bangladesh Road accidents in Bangladesh claim hundreds of lives every year. At least 484 people were killed and 673 others injured in as many as 427 road accidents in January this year. According to Road Safety Foundation (RSF), the accident rate increased by 25.58 percent while fatalities rose by 8.76 percent in January compared to the same period last year. Also Read: Bangladesh's roads remain perilous; 37,170 killed in 5 years At least 445 lives were lost in 340 road accidents in January 2020, according to RSF. In a report released in February last year, the World Bank said Bangladesh needs to invest an estimated $7.8 billion over the next decade to halve its road crash fatalities. The report attributed the high death rate on Bangladesh’s roads to a lack of investment in systemic, targeted, and sustained road safety programmes.

Two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)were killed and 19 others injured in a road accident on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway in Sarangpur area in Godagari upazila on Saturday morning.

Six people, including four of a family, were killed and two others injured as a private car crashed into a roadside tree at Kadirpur in Godagari upazila on Saturday.

Two people were killed and three others injured as a pickup crashed into a stationary truck at Razabari intersection in Godagari upazila on Wednesday.

Two people were killed when a bus hit a motorbike on Rajshahi-Natore highway in Katakhali uapzila on Thursday.