At least eight people, including a child, were killed in separate road accidents in Barishal, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and Dinajpur on Friday.
A government official was killed in a road accident at Muladi upazila in Barishal, reported 抖阴精品 Correspondent in Barishal.
The deceased is Farhad Hossain, deputy secretary to the secondary and higher education division of the education ministry.
The accident took place at about 4:15pm in the area adjacent to Peyadarhat at Muladi upazila, said Muladi police officer-in-charge Zahirul Alam.
Farhad sustained head injuries as a three-wheeler lost control and overturned near Howladar Bridge, said the OC citing the injured passengers in the incident.
Farhad was rescued and taken to a local hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.
A four-year-old girl was killed in a road accident at Kaliganj in Lalmonirhat on Friday afternoon, reported United News of Bangladesh.
The deceased is Tithi Rani in Dhakaiyatari area under Chabala union.
Kaliganj police station officer-in-charge Selim Malik said that the incident took place in the Dhakaiyatari area.
Local people said that Tithi was riding with her parents on an easy-bike when a motorised three-wheeler collided with the bike, leaving the child dead on the spot.
The OC said that no written complaint was filed yet and legal action would be taken upon receiving a complaint.
In a separate road accident, two motorcyclists were killed on the Bhurungamari-Kurigram highway at Bhurungamari upazila in Kurigram, reported Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.
The deceased are Rashidul Islam, 37, hailed from Bhurungamari and Kamal Hossain Khokon, 40, hailed from Boldia, said Bhurungamari police station OC Munirul Islam.
The accident occurred near Joymonirhat Shahid Samad Technical College at around 2:00am when they were returning home from Rangpur on a motorcycle. The real cause behind the accident, however, could not be known immediately.
BSS also reported that at least three people were killed and 20 others injured as a sleeper coach collided head-on with a paddy-laden truck in the Kamarpur Jodhurmor area in Dinajpur.
Of the deceased, two were identified as bus driver Abdul Karim, 35, and truck driver Anwar Hossen, 38.
Birganj police station OC M Abdul Gafur said that a sleeper coach heading towards Panchagarh collided head-on with a Dinajpur-bound paddy-laden truck in the Kamarpur Jodhurmor area at around 11:00am leaving three people dead on the spot and 20 others injured.
Eight critically injured people were admitted to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital.
Quoting the OC Gafur, UNB reported that at least four people were killed in the same road accident.
The report, however, did not provide details about the death casualties.