A man and his wife have died in a road accident near the Dhaka airport.
Akash Iqbal and wife Maya Hazarika Mitu, residents of Mollartek, were riding to work by motorbike when a bus operated by Azmeri Paribahan ran over them at around 7 am on Monday.
The couple were on their way to work in Gulshan when the bus hit them from behind. Akash was an employee of a private company and Mitu used to work for a hotel.
Police confiscated the bus but the driver fled.
The bodies have been sent to the morgue at Dhaka Medical College Hospital for autopsy.–bdnews24.com