, Oct. 20 -- Five traders from Zajira upazila of Shariatpur were among the 14 people who were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a sand-laden truck in Natore early Tuesday while they were heading towards Rajshahi to buy agricultural products.

The five deceased were as Jewel Madbar, 35, son of Zahir Uddin Madbar of Ramkrishnapur Madbarkandi village, Salal Mollah, 38, son of Jahan Uddin Mollah of Dubisayar Mollakandi, Sohag Shikder, 32, son of Yunus Shikder of Dubisayar Kazirhat, Samad Fakir, 45, a wholesale goods trader from Kazirhat and Shahin Bepari, 30, son of Razzak Bepari of Kathuria village under Palerchar Union.

They were heading to Taherpur wholesale market in Rajshahi to purchase maize, onions, garlic and various sp...