Pedestrian Ratan Poddar killed after being struck by a bus in Shariatpur

Ratan Poddar, 55, died on Wednesday evening while being transported to a hospital in Dhaka after being struck by a speeding minibus while crossing the Shariatpur-Madaripur regional highway in front of the Dhanuka Birshreshtha Lance Naik Munshi Abdur Rauf Stadium, Shariatpur. The bus and its driver have been detained by local authorities. Ratan Poddar's two children are now left without both parents.