A van driver was electrocuted to death at Madhya Bazar area of Haziganj upazila in Chandpur district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased Abdul Motin, 52, a resident of Randhunimura village in Hajiganj municipality. Read: Father, son die from electrocution in B’bariaMotin got an electric shock while removing an old signboard of a shoe shop from the third floor of Haziganj Madhya Bazar town, said Zobayer Sayed, officer-in-charge of Hajiganj police station.He was rushed to Hajiganj Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead on arrival.On information, police recovered the body. Legal procedures are being taken in this regard, the OC added.

Born to a family of a poor van driver in Thakurgaon, Alpana faced difficult times growing up. Braving all odds though, she managed to crack this year's MBBS admission test. But the teenager's struggles are unlikely to end soon as her father, Aftabar Rahman, has expressed his inability to fund her medical education -- literally a luxury for even the middle-class in Bangladesh. "I want to pursue my dream without putting any pressure on my father, who's struggling to make both ends meet. Already, he has done a lot for me and my three siblings," Alpana, a resident of Dharia Belsara village in Baliadangi upazila, told UNB. Also read: Khulna’s Meem tops them all in MBBS admission test

 A van driver was killed as a speedy truck knocked him down while he was crossing a road at Malibagh in the city early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Md Mamun, 35, son of Abdul Jalil of Baufal upazila in Patuakhali district. He used to live in a rented house in Malibagh Chowdhurypara. Also read: Five die in Chandpur road accident Quoting victims’ cousin Nasir Uddin,  police said  the accident occurred at around 11:30 pm on Friday when Mamun was crossing the road in front of Abul Hotel, leaving him injured. Mamun was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 3:00 am on Saturday. DMCH police camp in-charge Inspector Bachhu Mia said the body was sent to the hospital morgue for an autopsy. Also read: Woman, her grandchild die in Gazipur road accident