Naogaon, Feb. 1 -- Two people died, and another was injured after a motorcycle collided with a battery-run van in the Raninagar upazila of Naogaon.

The accident occurred in the Sonakania area on the Raninagar-Abadpukur road on Saturday afternoon, according to Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Tarikul Islam of Raninagar Police Station.

The deceased were identified as Jahid (19), son of Jamil from Bardgacha Sardarpara in the Parail Union of the upazila, and Emdadul Sheikh (20), son of Abdur Rashid from Lohachuhiya village. The injured passenger, Naeem (22), was a resident of Bardiya village.

According to the families of the deceased Jahid and Emdadul were friends.

Both had worked for a private company in Dhaka and had returned home two days pri...