STAFF CORRESPONDENT, Ctg

Three people were killed and several others injured after a microbus carrying Buddhist monks plunged into a roadside ditch in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.

The deceased were identified as Buddhist monks Agar Dayma, 25, Sa Ching Marma, 24, and driver Loveri Marma, 26.

Abdul Mannan, deputy assistant director of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence in Chattogram, said the vehicle, travelling from Cox’s Bazar to Chattogram, veered off the road in the Chunati Jangalia area around 9:30am after the driver lost control.

“The vehicle was severely mangled upon

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