2 killed in road accidents
Seven shops gutted in Rajshahi
BARISAL: A man was killed and 7 others injured in a road accident in Madavpasha area of Barisal district on Wednesday night.. reports agencies.
The deceased was Mohammad Hassan, 40, an office assistant of Patuakhali District Education Office.
Police said the accident happened when a Banaripara-bound bus from Barisal hit a passenger loaded tempo at Madavpasha area on Banaripara-Barisal road killing Hassan on the spot and injuring 7 other passengers of tempo.
Locals rescued the injured passengers from the spot and sent them to Barisal Sher-E-Bangla Medical College and Hospital for treatment, police added.
Meanwhile, a madrasah student was killed as a truck crashed into his bicycle in Naodapara Bazar of Rajshahi city on Wednesday night.
The deceased was Masud Hoossain, 17, son of Majibur Rahman, a resident of the area and a student of Bashirabad Madrasa.
Abdur Rouf, officer-in-charge of Shah Makhdum police station, said the truck hit Masuds bicycle in the area around 7:30pm, leaving him dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the body.
BSS adds from Rajshahi: At least seven shops and goods worth more than Taka 15 lakh were gutted in a devastating fire originated from short circuit in Nandangachhi Bazar under Charghat Upazila of the district Wednesday midnight, police said yesterday afternoon.
Abul Kalam Azad, president of the Bazar Committee, told the journalists that the fire originated initially from short circuit in Bazlu Variety store and engulfed other adjacent shops.
Being informed, two fire fighting units from Charghat and Puthiya rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control after two hours of struggle.
Warehouse Inspector of Charghat Fire Station Faruque Ahmed said the extent of loss caused by the fire might be Taka 15 lakh.
