Two businessmen were killed in a road accident in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram district, said police on Friday morning.
The accident took place on early Friday on Bhurungamari-Kurigram regional road near Joymoni Hatt Shaheed Samad Technical College.
The deceased were Rashidul Islam, son of Abul Gafur, and Kamal Hossain Khokan, 40, son of Abul Fazal Sarkar, both hailed from village Sapara under Sadar union of the upazila.
Of them, Khokan was an import-export trader and Rashidul was engaged in the rice business.
Khokan鈥檚 relative Bablu Mia said that the duo was heading towards Bhurungamari from Rangpur after completing their work on Thursday night.
He said that they were on a motorcycle when the accident happened at about 2:00am. Rashidul died on the spot while Khokhan died from his injuries on way to a hospital, he said.
Bhurungamari police station鈥檚 officer-in-charge Monirul Islam said the dead and the injured were lying on the road side.
He said it was not known how the accident took place.