12 killed as train hit bus in city

At least 12 people, including a journalists wife, were killed and greater than a dozen others slighted as a Dhaka-bound commuter train from Narayanganj hit a passenger bus at TT Para level-crossing near Kamalapur railway station about 10:15pm Tuesday.

Railway police deputy general inspector Kamrul Ahsan confirmed the incident.

One of the deceased was identified Nazmus Sadat Naju, 25, wife of Daily Janakantha sub-editor AKM Obaidur Rahman.

The insulted were taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.