Dhaka, June 5 -- Mosharraf Hossain, 40, a civil technician at the Regional Public Administration Training Center in Khulna, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday morning on the Magura-Jashore highway near Moghirdhal.

He and his wife were returning home from Khulna for the Eid holidays when their motorcycle skidded on soft soil and crashed into a roadside tree around 9:00 am, said police sources.

Both sustained serious injuries and were rushed to the Magura 250-bed District Hospital, where doctors declared Mosharraf dead. His wife remains under treatment.

A resident of Nakol Miyapara in Magura Sadar, Mosharraf had been serving under the Ministry of Public Administration since 2006.

The body is being kept at the Magura Sadar ...