, Nov. 10 -- Two people, including a physically-challenged schoolboy, were killed in separate road accidents in Badda and Rampura areas of Dhaka on Sunday night and Monday morning.

The deceased were identified as Setara Begum, 85, daughter of late Asmat Ali of Tiket Para in Patuakhali Sadar upazila, and Md Araf, 8, son of Azharul Islam of Banasree of Dhaka.

Setara's grandson Mehedi Hasan said a speeding private car crashed into her while crossing a road in Bashtala Masjid area in Dakshin Badda on Sunday evening, leaving her critically injured.

Primarily she was treated at a hospital in the Badda area and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where physicians declared her dead around 3am, he said.

She had been living w...