Mother, daughter killed in road crash

A woman and her seven-year-old daughter were killed as a bus rammed a motorbike on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Mallikpara of Sonargaon upazila on Thursday night, reports UNB.

The deceased are Sanjida Begum, 26, and her daughter Jannat, 7, hailing from Darikandi in the upazila.

The Dhaka-bound bus hit the motorbike around 8:30pm, leaving the duo dead on the spot, said Abdul Quium, officer-in-charge of Narayanganj highway police station.

Sanjida's husband Jashim Uddin who was driving the bike was severely injured in the accident.

Jashim was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the capital, he added.