Six killed in Sylhet road accident

At least six people including two children have been killed in a road accident on Sylhet-Dhaka highway in Sadipur Gazia area of Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet.

The deceased were known as Juned Ahmed, 30, Jahangir Alam, Arifa, 12, Khadeza 2, Hamida Begum, 35, and Karima, 3.

The accident took place around 8:00pm on Thursday (August 13).

Osmani Medical College Hospital’s police outpost in-charge Sub-Inspector Faruk Ahmed confirmed the matter.

Osmaninagar police station OC Shamal Banik said, a Sylhet-bound bus rammed a CNG-run auto rickshaw in the area, leaving casualities.