Published : 19 Mar 2025, 02:16 AM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 12:43 PM
A schoolteacher and a child have been killed in two separate road accidents in Chattogram’s Mirsharai and Hathazari.
The victims were identified as Meera Rani Bhowmik, 55, a teacher at Khaiyachhara High School in Mirsharai, and 4-year-old Bibi Khadija.
The accident in Mirsharai occurred at Barotakiya Mazar Gate on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway around 3:30pm on Tuesday, said Abdullah Al Mamun, chief of Jorarganj Highway Police Station.
Meera was waiting for transport at a stoppage when a pickup truck hit her, killing her on the spot.
Two pedestrians injured in the incident have been admitted to a local hospital.
Meanwhile, in Burischar of Hathazari, a speeding autorickshaw knocked down Khadija near her home.
“She was rushed to Chattogram Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared her dead,” said Alauddin Talukder, assistant sub-inspector at the hospital’s police outpost.
