STAR REPORT

A man was killed, and his pregnant wife and daughter were critically injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a motorcycle in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila yesterday.

The deceased was identified as Md Shahidul Islam Shanto, 28. His wife, Jesmin Akhter, 24, and their five-year-old daughter were receiving treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH), said AFM Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Bagha Police Station.

Following the accident, locals took them to Bagha Upazila Health Complex, but they were later referred to RMCH, where Shanto died.

RMCH spokesperson Sanker K Bishwas said the daughter’s condition is extremely critical, and Jesmin is under close observation due to her pregnancy.

Meanwhile, at least four people were killed and four injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and a truck in Dinajpur’s Birganj upazila yesterday.

The deceased are Arif Hossian alias Manik, 42; Delwar Hossain, 45; Imrul Hasan, 43; and Julfikar Ali, 45. The injured are being treated at local hospitals.

OC Omar Faruq of Dashmile Highway Police Station said the microbus collided with the goods-laden truck on the Thakurgaon-Dinajpur highway. A case was filed with Birganj Police Station.

In Habiganj, two people were killed and 20 injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bahubol upazila yesterday. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.