Dhaka, May 3 -- What began as an ordinary early-morning commute for construction workers in Sylhet ended in sudden carnage on a bridge, leaving eight dead and several others fighting for life in hospital.

Among the dead is Pandab Biswas, 20, a young labourer who had left his village in Companiganj's Shibpur area just two weeks ago after an argument over work.

He had walked away from home in anger, hoping to start over in the city.

He found work as a construction labourer and was staying at his aunt's home in Sylhet's Loharpara.

Early Sunday morning, he stepped out again for another day's work -- unaware it would be his last journey.

Around 6am, a head-on collision between a pickup and a truck near Telibazar Bridge in South Surma upen...