TBM Report
In a heart-wrenching road casualty that has cast a pall of gloom over the media fraternity, two young journalists were killed after being rammed by a speeding passenger bus in the capital’s Uttara sector. The tragic incident transpired during the early hours of Thursday (July 16, 2026), as the victims were returning home on a motorcycle after watching the high-voltage World Cup football semifinal match between Argentina and England. The deceased have been identified as Rabiul Alam Raju, a reporter for the national daily ‘Praner Bangladesh’, and Sakibul Hasan, a journalist representing ‘Sangbad Diganta’.
According to law enforcement and eyewitness accounts, the journalists were navigating the arterial road between the Jasimuddin crossing and Rajlakshmi in Uttara Sector 3 when an unidentified bus struck their motorcycle from behind. The impact left both media professionals critically injured with severe polytrauma on the tarmac. Pedestrians and first responders rushed the victims to the Kurmitola General Hospital, where the emergency department’s attending physicians pronounced them dead upon arrival due to extensive internal hemorrhaging.
Confirming the casualties, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Uttara West Police Station, Mohammad Khalid Monsur, stated that the offending vehicle managed to flee the scene immediately after the collision. He emphasized that traffic and homicide investigators have already mobilized to review high-definition CCTV footage from municipal surveillance cameras along the expressway to identify the rogue bus and apprehend its driver. The bodies are currently being processed for post-mortem examinations in compliance with standard legal protocols before being handed over to their respective families.
Road safety advocates point out that during major international sporting events, reckless driving and over-speeding on empty capital avenues during the pre-dawn hours pose severe risks to commuters. The broad journalistic community in Dhaka has expressed deep condolences while raising profound concerns regarding vehicular discipline on national highways, demanding immediate judicial accountability for the perpetrator. The sudden and premature demise of these promising media professionals has transformed a night of global sporting celebration into a profound domestic tragedy for their families and peers.
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