At least 10 people were killed in a collision between a bus and two microbuses on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila of Chattograom on Wednesday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet. At least seven injured victims were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) and Upazila Health Complex in Lohagara. Police said a Chattogram-bound bus of ‘Relax Paribahan’ crashed into two microbuses after it lost control in Chunti Jangalia area of the upazila, leaving seven people dead on the spot and seven to eight others injured.    Members from Lohagara Fire Service and police stations rescued the injured and sent them to the nearby hospitals. Three friends killed in road accident in Bogura Four of them were shifted to the CMCH from Lohagara due to critical  condition while two succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment, said Nurul Amin Ashiq, assistant sub-inspector at CMCH police outpost. Another injured receiving treatment at Lohagara upazila health complex also died, said Lohagara police station’s Officer-in-Charge Arifur Rahman.  All the deceased were passengers of the microbuses, said Rakhal Chandra Rudra, leader of Lohagara Fire Service, adding that the microbuses were heading towards Cox’s Bazar from Kishoreganj. 2 killed, 21 injured in Bogura road accident OC Arifur said the bodies will be handed over to the families after completing legal procedures. Earlier on March 31, five people were killed and six others injured in a deadly road accident in Chunti area. Within a span of three days, two fatal road accidents occurred in the same area, claiming 15 leaves so far.

The Saudi government has expressed interest in financing a project of upgrading the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar and Jashore-Khulna highways into four lanes, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday. Quader informed this after a meeting with a delegation led by Saudi Minister for Transport and Logistic Services Eng Saleh Nasser Al-Jasser at the parliament's office room. The minister further said that Al-Jasser expressed interest in financing the project of upgrading 150 km long highway from Chattogram to Cox's Bazar and 62 km long Jashore-Khulna highway into four lanes. Read: Saudi entrepreneurs eye Bangladesh for investment, says its minister The Saudi minister also expressed interest in investing in other potential areas of Bangladesh, Quader added. Besides, Obaidul Quader also mentioned the importance of increasing Bangladesh's manpower export opportunities to Saudi Arabia and stressed the bilateral relations between the two countries.