Popular writer, dramatist, novelist and journalist Anisul Huq was seriously injured in a road accident in the city's Shahbagh area yesterday.
Anisul Huq, also the deputy editor of Prothom Alo, received injuries when a speeding bus hit the CNG-run three-wheeler in which he was going to the Ekushey Boi Mela (book fair) at Bangla Academy from Prothom Alo office at 3:30pm.
Auto-rickshaw driver Nur Islam also received serious injuries and his vehicle was badly damaged.
Soon after the accident, pedestrians rushed Anisul Huq to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMUH) Hospital and the driver to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Anisul Huq was later shifted to Labaid Hospital while auto-rickshaw driver Nur Islam to the intensive care unit of the DMCH.
"Anisul Huq is now out of danger," doctors at the Labaid Hospital and family sources said last night.