At least 25 students of Islamic University (IU), Kushtia were injured as a bus carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch in the district on Tuesday.
The identities of the injured could not be known yet, reports UNB.
According to sources at the university, the students boarding the hired bus were heading towards the campus in the morning.
The bus fell into the roadside ditch as the driver lost control while it was overtaking another bus on the Kushtia-Jhenaidah Highway of the Bittipara area under the university police station around 10 am.
The injured were taken to Kushtia General Hospital.
IU proctor Prof M Shahinuzzaman said that they rushed to the spot minutes after receiving the information about the accident.
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