Sylhet municipal workers were seen dumping market waste into the river, a resident says
They have been identified as Sharifa Begum, 50, from Raipura and her daughter ‘Jannat’, 18.
One of the ‘Laguna’ passengers died on the spot and 10 were injured when the Ena Paribahan bus hit it at Gangparh on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway around 9pm on Friday, police said.
Two died at Narsingdi Sadar Hospital and two others at Narsinghdi Zila Hospital.
Police could not identify the three other deceased victims – a woman and two males.
Five of the seven survivors were transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition, Narsingdi Additional Superintendent of Police Shafiur Rahman said.