Gopalganj, June 15 -- A traffic police officer and a bus helper were killed and at least 25 others injured in a series of road accidents involving six vehicles on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj district early Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Rafiquzzman, assistant traffic sub-inspector of Bhatiapara Highway Police Station, and Selim Hossain Bepari, a bus helper and son of Abdul Hamid Bepari of Sonadanga Police Station area in Khulna city.

Although the identities of the injured could not be known yet, all of them were admitted to Gopalganj 250-bed General Hospital.

Quoting locals, officer-in-charge of Gopalganj Sadar Police Station Mir Md Sajedur Rahman said a Khulna-bound bus of Baleshwar Paribahan, coming from Dhaka's Ja...