November 23, 2024 12:24 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
'Third World War has begun:' Ex-Ukraine military commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny | UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations to resume in early 2024 | UK can arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits country based on ICC warrant | Centre to send over 10,000 additional soldiers to violence-hit Manipur amid fresh violence | Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists killed during encounter with security forces in Sukma
Bangladesh: 13 die as truck hits pickup van in Sylhet
Sylhet
Pixabay

Bangladesh: 13 die as truck hits pickup van in Sylhet

| @indiablooms | 07 Jun 2023, 09:37 am

Dhaka: At least 13 people died and eight others were hurt after a  truck rammed into a pickup van on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway in Sylhet city of Bangladesh on Wednesday, media reports said.

The identities of the deceased are still not known.

The accident occurred at around 5:30am when the sand-laden truck hit the pick-up van carrying workers in the Kutubpur area, leaving 11 people dead and 10 others injured, Sylhet Fire Service and Civil Defense Deputy Director Maniruzzaman told Dhaka Tribune.

The injured people were rushed to  Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital for treatment.

Vehicular movement on the  Sylhet-Dhaka highway remained suspended for many hours after the mishap.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
Xi Jinping, Putin in Russia 22 Mar 2023, 02:56 pm
Related Videos