Dhaka, April 30 -- Five people died and 10 others sustained injuries when an ambulance collided head-on with a Shyamoli Paribahan bus on the Cox's Bazar-Chattogram highway near Eidgaon in Khodaibari around noon on Monday.

The victims were returning home from treatment at Baytush Sharf Eye Hospital in Cox's Bazar, reports UNB.

Malumghat Highway Police Sub-Inspector Md Mozammel Haque confirmed the matter.

The deceased were identified as Abu Ahmed from Ilsha Puratana Bari, Baharchhara, Mahmuda Begum from Paschim Ilsha, Baharchhara; Sayra Khatun from Dongra, Khanakhanabad; and Dula Mia from Kufiya Dongra, Khanakhanabad. One person's identity remains undisclosed. The victims hailed from Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram and had been receivin...