Published : 26 Jan 2026, 04:21 AM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 03:04 PM
Three people have died, and six others have been injured as a bus hit a battery-powered rickshaw in Puthia, Rajshahi.
The accident occurred around 5:30pm on Sunday along the Dhaka-Rajshahi Highway, said Pabna Highway Police’s Mozammel Haque Kazi.
Following the incident, students and locals blocked the highway, accusing police of neglecting their duties, which caused traffic congestion stretching several kilometres and left passengers stranded for hours.
Traffic movement returned to normal around 8:30pm.
Officer Mozammel said the rickshaw was heading towards Puthia when it got hit head-on by an oncoming bus, severely damaging the vehicle.
Shanto Islam, a third-year student at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of Rajshahi’s Varendra University, was killed on the spot.
A man, 40, and a woman, both of whose identities could not be confirmed initially, died on the way to the hospital after being rescued.
The injured in the incident are Mukul Hossain, 35, Mozammel Haque, 50, Rifat Hossain, 30, Ruhul Amin, 40, and two children.
Shankar K Biswas, spokesperson and emergency department doctor at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH), said: “Two people who were brought to the hospital from Puthia were dead. Six others arrived injured.
The bodies of the two dead are in the hospital morgue, he added.
