The two deceased persons were identified as Md Miraj Mia, 25, and Md Selim, 23.

Miraj was crossing the Jatrabari intersection on foot when a bus hit him from behind around 4:45 am on Friday, Sub-inspector Md Tuhin Mia of Jatrabari Police Station told bdnews24.

Police reportedly took Miraj, who works in a garment factory, to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the doctors pronounced him brought dead.

In a separate incident, a 'Thikana Paribahan' bus slammed a rickshaw on the Matuail Hashem Road around 2 am, reports bdnews24.

Rickshaw passengers Selim and Saddam, 20, were injured in the incident. They were brought to DMCH where Selim was declared dead, the news agency reported.