Sunday, December 14, 2025
News update
- Chief Adviser Dr Yunus pays homage to martyred intellectuals |
- Martyred Intellectuals Day: A Nation’s Loss and Resolve |
- EC seeks enhanced security for CEC, ECs, election officials |
- Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains |
- ‘Unhealthy’ air quality was recorded in Dhaka on Sunday |
Couple killed in Netrokona road crash
Greenwatch Desk
Accidents
2025-05-24, 11:03pm
A couple was killed and two others were injured in a road accident in front of Paboi Sheikh Para Factory on the Shyamganj-Jaria highway in Purbodhola Sadar upazila of the district this evening.
The deceased were auto-rickshaw driver Nizam Uddin, 50, and his wife Rokeya Akhter, 45, of Chowchara village in Sadar upazila of the district.
The accident occurred when a pickup van collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw in the area, leaving Nizam and Rokeya dead on the spot and injured their daughter Sumaiya and Nizam's brother-in-law, reports BSS.
Locals rescued them and sent to local hospital. Police arrested the driver of the pickup van, Purbodhola Sadar Thana officer-in-charge Nurul Alam said.