Shipping adviser inaugurates commemorative plaque

The truck that ploughed through multiple vehicles and left 14 people dead in Jhalakathi on April 17 was overloaded and was being driven by someone who did not have a licence to operate heavy vehicles

It is suspected that the truck driver lost control over his vehicle due to a brake failure

A Patuakhali's Kuakata-bound bus of Bepary Paribahan from Dhaka collided with the human haulier at Zero Point on Barishal-Kuakata road around 4:40pm, say witnesses