Motorcyclist Tanvir killed in Habiganj as bike collides with bus while overtaking a tomtom

Photo: Collected

A young man named Tanvir, 25, was killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a motorcycle on the Habiganj-Shaistaganj road. The accident happened at around 8pm yesterday, Wednesday, in the Ratanpur area of Sadar upazila.

Tanvir was from the Bulla area of Lakhai upazila and was the son of Sabraj Mia. He worked at a computer shop in Shaistaganj.

Police said Tanvir had come to Habiganj to get a broken computer repaired and was returning by motorcycle after finishing the job. On the way, at Ratanpur, the motorcycle collided with a bus of Biratihin Paribahan while overtaking a tomtom. Tanvir, who was riding pillion, was thrown off and seriously injured. When he was taken to hospital, the doctor on duty declared him dead.

Habiganj Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge Zahidul Haque confirmed the matter to BSS.

District angle

According to a Desh Rupantor report of 10 May, a motorcyclist named Zahidul Islam was killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a motorcycle on the Habiganj-Nasarpur bypass road.

Daily Inqilab reported on 17 July that three people were killed and two injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in the district’s Ajmiriganj upazila the previous day.

Sources

Original report: BSS

Background sources: Desh Rupantor, 10 May 2026; Daily Inqilab, 17 July 2026