At least 18 people were killed and more than 50 others injured in a fatal road accident on the Bogra-Nagarbari Highway in Rayganj upazila of Sirajganj on Wednesday morning.
Police and witnesses said that the accident occurred at around 11:00am, when a Nagarbari-bound passenger bus coming from Bogra collided head-on with a Panchagarh-bound bus when the drivers of the buses tried to overtake a rickshaw van. In the meantime, another truck hit one of the buses from behind, leaving 18 dead on the spot and 53 injured.
Zahurul Alam has more on the story.