Bus-microbus collision kills 4 at Keraniganj

KERANIGANJ, Aug 16: Four people were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a bus and a microbus on the Dhaka-Mawa highway at its Kadampur point under South Keraniganj police station off the city Saturday afternoon. Among the deceased, one was identified as Kawsar Ahmed, 40, driver of the microbus.  Jamaluddin Mir, officer-in-charge of the police station, said the accident took place when a Mawa-bound speedy bus of Ilish Paribahan from Dhaka collided with a Keraniganj-bound microbus from Sirajdikhan around 3:30pm, leaving four people, including the microbus driver, dead on the spot.    —UNB