
The accidents in Bogra, Narayanganj, Faridpur, Feni, Netrokona and Jhenaidah on Thursday also saw at least 20 others injured, police said.
Muslims in Bangladesh will celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha on Friday and the three-day holiday began from Thursday.
The highways are experiencing a huge rush of vehicles as millions are heading to their hometowns since Wednesday.
A head-on collision between two buses in Bogra’s Shibganj left three dead and 10 others injured.
Another collision between a bus and a pickup van killed three people including a cattle trader and injured four others in Narayanganj’s Arhaihajar.
In Faridpur, two teenagers were killed when the motorcycle they were riding lost control and hit a tree beside the road at Jhiltuli.
An auto-rickshaw passenger was killed and four others injured when a truck hit the three-wheeler at Feni’s Dagonbhuiyan.
A 12-year-old boy died after being run over by an auto-rickshaw at Netrokona’s Madan Upazila. The teenager was trying to cross the road while running away from an angry bull.
In Jhenaidah’s Sadar Upazila, a sexagenarian woman was killed when a three-wheeler collided head-on with a motorcycle. Two others were injured.
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