A man was killed and 20 people were injured as a bus tumbled into a ditch on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Natun Bazar in Nabiganj upazila on Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Safi Kamal Chowdhury, 40, medical officer of Chevron Bangladesh and son of Dr Muzibur Rahman of Bahubal upazila in Habiganj, reports UNB.
The accident took place at around 9:30 am when a Sylhet-bound 'Sylhet Express' bus from Habiganj plunged into a roadside ditch, leaving Safi dead on the spot and 20 people injured, said sub-inspector Md Nazrul Islam of Sherpur Highway Police.
Police then reached the scene recovered the body and took the injured to MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, the SI added.