Manikganj, Oct. 4 -- A woman riding a rickshaw was killed after being hit by a bus on Dhaleshwari Bridge in the Jagir area of the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Manikganj on Sunday evening.

The deceased was identified as 35-year-old Barsha, a resident of the Kaliakair area of Manikganj Sadar upazila. She had been living in the Golra area with transgender women.

Selim Matubbar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Golra Highway Police, said the accident occurred around 7pm when a speeding bus of 'Selfie Paribahan', travelling from Dhaka towards Paturia, collided head-on with a rickshaw coming from the opposite direction.

Barsha fell onto the road following the collision and was run over by the bus, dying on the spot, the OC said.

The bus driver and his ...