Shawdesh Desk:

At least eight people were killed and four others were injured in road accidents in Gazipur, Dinajpur, Narsingdi, Chattogram and Sylhet districts on Friday night and Saturday morning.

Among the deceased, two people died in Gazipur, two in Narshingdi and two in Dinajpur districts while one died in Chattogram and one died Sylhet districts.

In Dinajpur, A tank lorry ploughed into a roadside shop at Kauga intersection in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur district on early Saturday, leaving two people dead.

The deceased were identified as Azhar Ali, 60, a security guard of village Biswanathpur and Rana, 25, of village Kauga in the upazila.

The accident took place at about 5:15am when the tank lorry ploughed into a tea shop, leaving one dead on the spot and another injured, said Farid Hossain, in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.

The injured was taken to M Abdur Rahim Hospital where he died from his injuries.

Police also arrested the driver of the tank lorry and his assistant.

In Narsingdi, two people died and three others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and microbus in front of Dream Holiday Park in Choitab of Panchdona upazila of Narsingdi district on Saturday.

The deceased were identified as Abdus Salam, 43, driver of the microbus, and Piyal, 26.

The accident took place at about 5:00am when the bus of Hanif Paribahan crashed into the Sylhet-bound microbus, leaving two people dead on the spot and three others injured, said Ilias Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Itakhola Highway Police Station.

The injured were taken to Narsingdi district hospital.

In Gazipur, two people died as a pick-up van hit a motorbike on Dhaka-Tangail highway at Kodda Bymile in Gazipur intersection on Friday night.

AKM Ashraf Uddin, officer-in-charge of Konabari Police Station, said that the deceased were Manjur Hossain, 41, a Jhut trader, and Hasan, 40, residents of Konabari area.

In Chattogram, a motorcyclist was killed and another was injured when a covered van hit the motorbike at Nimtala Biswa Road in Port upazila on Friday night.

The deceased was Rahul Saha, 28, of Sitakunda upazila, said Manjurul Quader, officer-in-charge of Port Police Station.

The injured, Arpita Saha, was taken to a local hospital.

In Sylhet, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Qatar was killed in a head-on collision between a motorbike and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Jointapur upazila on Friday night.

The accident took place at about 11:00pm when the CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit his motorbike, leaving Yeasir Arafat, 18, son of Abdus Shukkur of the upazila, injured, said Tajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Jointapur Model Police Station.

He died while undergoing treatment at Osmani Medical College Hospital.