Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- A student of the International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) has died after a lorry hit a minibus, causing it to overturn in Chattogram's Sitakunda.

Fellow students have blocked the highway in protest.

The accident occurred around 9:30am on Tuesday outside the university's gate in Kumira on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway.

The deceased, Maisha Mushfirat, was an English department student

University Proctor Prof Mustafa Manir Chowdhury told bdnews24.com that Maisha was waiting with a fellow student to board a local bus opposite the university gate when a lorry hit a Route No. 8 minibus from behind, overturning it and trapping her underneath.

Both students were taken to hospital, where doctors declared Maisha dead....