Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Three students of a madrasha died and 15 others sustained injuries in a road accident when they were returning to Myemensingh from Tongi's Biswa Ijtema venue by a truck on Sunday night.

The deceased were Nayeem, 13, Sanaullah Sajal, 19, and Fazlul Huq, students of Jamia Islamia Darus Sunnah Qawmi Madrasa of Bhaluka upazila in Mymensingh district.

Of them, Nayeem hailed from the district's Gafargaon upazila while the rest from Bhaluka upazila.

Bhaluka Model Police Station's Officer-in-Charge (investigation) Jahangir Alam said a total of 30 students of the madrasha went to the Ijtema venue in Tongi to join Akheri Munajat.

After the munajat, when the students were returning home by the truck it overturned at Dalibari int...