DHAKA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people were killed and 41 others injured in a collision between two buses in Bangladesh's northwestern Bogra district, about 170 km northwest of capital Dhaka, early Tuesday.

    Police were quoted by private news agency UNB as saying the fatal accident occurred at about 2 a.m. local time, when a bus from northwestern Dinajpur district to southeastern Chittagong city collided head-on with a bus from northern Gaibandha district to capital Dhaka.

    Eight passengers were killed on the spot and 44 others were injured.

    Three of the injured died after admission at hospital nearby.