<div style="text-align: justify; "><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Nine people were killed and more than 50 others injured in a head-on colosion between&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">two buses on Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur early Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The accident took place on Rangpur-Dinajpur highway near the Kharubhaj bridge in Ikorchali Hajipara area of the upazila, said police.</div><div><br></div><div>A bus of Joyana Paribahan collided with a bus of Islam Paribahan near Kharubhaj Bridge around 12:30am, leaving nine people dead and fifty others injured, Mahbub Morshed, officer-in-charge of Taraganj Highway Police Station said.</div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The injured people were admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, he added.</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Mentioning that the death toll may rise further, the OC said that police and fire service men are conducting rescue operation amid rain.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div></div>