Bangladesh, Feb. 27 -- At least eight people including a schoolboy, were killed in separate road accidents in Brahmanbaria, Cumilla, Satkhira and Gopalganj districts on Wednesday.

In Brahmanbaria, a second grader was killed as a speeding bus hit him on Cumilla-Sylhet Highway in Suhilpur area of Sadar Upazila.

The deceased was identified as Obaidul, 9, son of Yasin Mia of the village.

The accident killed the minor on the spot around 12:45pm, said Md Hossain Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Khatihata Highway Police Station.

In another accident, Imran, 23, son of Bakul Mia of Tetuazuri village in Bijoynagar upazila was killed in a head-on collision with a Truck and auto-rickshaw Akhaura-Chandura road at Amodabad village in the same upazila....