A road accident left four Bangladeshi expatriates in Malaysia dead while they were returning from an Eid congregation.
The accident took place on Wednesday (10 April).
The deceased –have been identified as Md Abdullah, 25, his brother Hafez Md Humayun Sohel, 27, Md Sohel, 25, and Md Ashkar Ali, 40.
All of them hailed from Brahmanbaria’s Bijoynagar Upazila.
Three of them died on the spot while the fourth victim succumbed to his injuries in a local hospital.
According to local media reports, the car the four were travelling in was hit by a lorry on the North-South Expressway near the town of Kampar.
Nazri Daud, chief of Kampar police, said the vehicle, which was carrying eight people including the driver, was travelling from Cameron Highlands to Kuala Lumpur.
“The vehicle’s tyre burst and this caused the driver to lose control and crash into the guardrail before it was steered back to the lane. A lorry then crashed into its back,” he added.
The car driver and three other passengers and the lorry driver escaped unharmed.
