Two of them were killed when a bus crashed into a jeep on the highway at Chandina upazila in Comilla yesterday morning.

One of the victims was identified as Golam Mostafa Kiron, president of Chatkhil upazila Zia Parishad in Noakhali. The identity of another victim could not be known immediately.

Police said the Chittagong-bound bus from Dhaka hit the Dhaka-bound Pajero jeep at the upazila headquarters at about 8:30am, killing two Pajero passengers on the spot and injuring two other passengers.

The injured were rushed to Dhaka for treatment.

In the other incident, three of a family were killed when a covered van rammed their motorcycle on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Jatra Siddhi in Feni on Friday night.

The victims were identified as businessman Nurul Alam, 40, his daughter Imu, 4, and nephew Arif Hossain, 23, who was a vice-president of a Rotary Club.

Police said the accident took place when they were returning to the town after attending a programme at their village home at Chhanua in Sadar upazila at about 8:00pm.

Imu died on the spot while Arif Hossain succumbed to his injuries on the way to Sadar hospital and Nurul Alam on the way to Dhaka.

Police seized the van but could not arrest its driver.