The dead included Atiqur Rehman Shihab (15), Abdus Salam (32), Sadia Akhtar and Sadir Ali (25). The other victim was a child, who has yet to be identified by authorities.
“A microbus was going towards Kulaura in Moulvibazar with some passengers who had returned home from abroad. But it had a head-on collision with a sand-laden truck in Shahpur area.”