Staff Reporter:

A woman was killed and her husband injured in a road accident in Sirajganj’s Kazipur upazila on Saturday.
The accident took place on Sirajganj-Kazipur-Sonaimukhi regional highway near Chalabhora Bazar area in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Julekha Khatun, 28, wife of Harun-Or-Rashid, a resident of the same village in the upazila.
According to locals, a sand laden speedy truck, coming from opposite direction, hit Julekha and her husband Harun while they were walking after performing Fajr prayer, leaving her dead and Harun injured on the spot.
Locals rescued the injured from the spot and took him to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital for treatment, said Kazipur Police Station officer-in-charge Lal Mia.
Police were looking into the matter, the OC added.