DHAKA, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Students were run over by a bus on a highway linking Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with the center of Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sunday afternoon.
Two students died on the spot, while another was critically injured and rushed to a military hospital in Dhaka, said a Dhaka Metropolitan Police official in condition of anonymity.
Somoy TV, a leading Bangla 24-hour news television channel, put the number of injured students undergoing treatment at Dhaka's Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at six.
Law enforcement personnel were deployed as a number of college students blocked a busy road to protest over the incident.