Dhaka, March 13 -- Clad in a brown Banarasi saree and with bright henna on her hands, Marzia Akhter Mitu of Naksa village in Khulna's Koyra Upazila was prepared for a new chapter in her life.

But, on the way to her in-laws' house in Bagerhat's Mongla Upazila, dreams of a happy conjugal life shattered in tragedy.

A Navy bus and the microbus carrying Mitu, her husband Abdur Rahman Sabbir, and others of their family crashed head-on, killing 14 people in Bagerhat's Rampal Upazila on Thursday afternoon.

Mitu's younger sister Lamia Akhter and their paternal and maternal grandmothers are also among the dead.

Mitu's maternal uncle Abu Taher said: "After their funeral, Mitu, Lamia and my mother Anwara Begum were buried in the graveyard next to...