3 killed in road accidents

At least 3 persons were killed and 15 injured in separate road accidents across the country yesterday. 

In Gopalganj, student Md Asikur Rahman, 21, and Ruku Mollah, 65, were killed after a bus lost control on its wheels and plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Khulna highway, police said.

Fifteen others were injured in the incident and taken to a local hospital. 

Meanwhile, in Lalmonirhat, trader Nazrul Islam, 42, was killed when a stone-laden truck ran him over on Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway in Patgram upazila, reports our local correspondent.

No further details could be known immediately.