Bangladeshi killed in Saudi road accident

A Bangladeshi man has been killed in a road accident in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia.

The deceased was identified as Syed Md Nazrul Islam, 40, son of late Nurul Alam of Saroatali in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram.

Victim's cousin Abul Hasnat Titu on Monday night said Nazrul was going to his workplace by a motorcycle when a vehicle coming from the opposite direction crashed into it around 11:00pm on Saturday, leaving him dead on the spot.

Nazrul had been working in a shop in Riyadh since 1998, he said.