DHAKA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 people have been killed and scores of others injured in separate road accidents in Bangladesh.
The ill-fated passengers were reportedly on the way back to Dhaka after celebrating Eid al-Adha.
Muslims across Bangladesh celebrated Eid al-Adha, also known as the festival of sacrifice, on Tuesday.
At least eight people were killed and four injured as a bus hit a minibus in Brahmanbaria district, some 109 km northeast of capital Dhaka, on Friday.
In a separate road accident also on Friday in Madaripur district, some 63 km south of Dhaka, four people were killed as a bus rammed a three-wheeler.
Five more deaths have also been reported on Friday from Bangladesh's central Tangail district, some 97 km away from Dhaka, as a bus skidded off the road.
Scores of people were also injured in the road accidents.
Millions of people, braving every conceivable discomfort on creaky and congested transport, went to their village homes to celebrate the Eid al-Adha.
Apart from frequent accidents mainly caused by reckless driving, as in previous years, run-down roads have become a grave concern for the home-bound people this year.
