Four people were killed after a chicken-laden pickup van crashed into a stationary bamboo-laden truck at Sakhipur upazila in Tangail district.

The accident occurred around 4:00am on Tuesday (June 9) at Kalia Ghonarchala area under Kalia union of the upazila. 

The deceased were Noor Nabi (64), son of Abdul Hakim of Bakshiganj upazila in Jamalpur district; Rafiqul, 18, son of Md Polash of Patnitola upazila in Naogaon district; Sagar, 22, son of Md Ershad under Kendua upazila in Naogaon district, and Sumon, 26, son of Md Selim from Bhola district. Sumon lived at Mirpur-1 area in Dhaka.

Md Jahirul Islam, 40, son of Afsar Ali Mondal of village Lakkhindar under Ghatail upazila in Tangail district was critically injured in the accident. He was admitted to a hospital.

Sakhipur Police Station's ASI Md Al Mamun said the chicken-laden pick-up crashed into the bamboo-laden stationary truck at Kalia Ghonarchala area under the upazila at about 4:00am, leaving four people on the pick-up dead on the spot. The bodies were later taken to Sakhipur Police Station. 

Families of the deceased were communicated. After the arrival of family members, the bodies will be handed over following necessary legal processes.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Washington DC, the USA capital city, this afternoon after joining the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session and other high-level side and bilateral events in New York.

She reached Washington DC from New York by road at 6pm.

On her arrival in Washington DC, Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Muhammad Imran received the premier with a flower bouquet, reports BSS.

Earlier, she left her Place of Residence, Lotte New York for Washington DC at 12:30pm.

She arrived in New York on September 17.

The prime minister will leave Washington DC for London, the capital city of the United Kingdom, on September 29.

She will stay in London till October 3.

After wrapping up her visit, the prime minister will leave London for home and scheduled to reach Dhaka on October 4.

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"An MoU will be signed between the National Payments Corporation of India and the Bangladesh Bank to make transactions in rupees and taka between Bangladesh and India easier," said the foreign minister in a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Thursday.

Besides, the neighbouring countries are likely to sign two more memorandums of understanding regarding cooperation in agricultural researches, and extension of the existing cultural exchange programme for two years, said the foreign minister.

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