Dhaka, March 23 -- Two students were killed and five other people injured in separate road accidents in Munshiganj and Gazipur districts on Saturday.

In Munshiganj, a sixth-grader boy died after he was run over by a passenger bus on Dhaka-Mawa Highway in Medinimandal area of Lauhajang upazila.

The deceased was identified as Antar, 12, son of Md Raza Miah of the same area. He was a student of Mediniganj Anwar Ali High School.

A speeding bus hit him while giving space to another vehicle, killing Antar on the spot, said Golam Morshed Talukder, in-charge of Hashara Highway Police Outpost.

Students of the school and locals put barricades on the road, interrupting vehicle movement for about two and a half hours.

In Gazipur, a motorcyclist ...