A man and his daughter were killed and another one injured when a truck hit an auto-rickshaw in front of Dak Bungalow of Chasara in Narayanganj on Friday. The deceased were identified as Altaf Hossain, 45, and his daughter Beli 15, hailing from the Samvupura union of Sonargaon upazila. Read:35-yr-old biker killed in Sylhet road crash Beli, an immigrant in the US, arrived home 20 days ago to meet family and relatives. The accident happened when a brick-laden truck hit the victims’ auto-rickshaw when they were going to Sonargaon from Chashara this noon. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station Mohammad Shah Jamal said they seized the truck and arrested its driver. Read: Biker killed, pillion rider injured in Dhaka road accident The bodies were sent to Narayanganj General Hospital for autopsies, the OC said. Legal action will be taken in this regard, the OC added.

A group of 18 stranded Bangladeshi migrants returned home from Lebanon on Friday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in close coordination with the governments of Bangladesh and Lebanon, facilitated their return. The group reached Dhaka this morning. Prior to their departure, the migrants underwent a mandatory health check-up, including a RT-PCR test, in Lebanon. They were offered pre-departure transportation assistance and counselling services, and also screened for underlying protection vulnerabilities by IOM in Lebanon. Also read: Bangladesh top source country for migrants reaching EU via risky Meditarranean route  The Bangladeshi migrants were also provided with post-arrival reception assistance in this country and will also receive reintegration support.