Ex-UP chairman dies in Kurigram road accident

A former union parishad chairman in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram district has been killed in a road accident.

Deceased Nuruzzaman Mondol,70, was the former chairman of Raiganj union.

Local sources said a speeding trolley rammed into a motorcycle riding by Nuruzzaman in Andharijhar area under Bhurungamari upazila around 8:30pm on Tuesday, leaving him criticaly injured.

He was first admitted to Kurigram Sadar Hospital and then referred to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.

Nuruzzaman died around 10:30pm on way to Rangpur.

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