Dhaka: The family members of Diya Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim Rajib, who died in a road crash in the city, met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday.

During the meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office, Sheikh Hasina consoled the bereaved family members and donated a saving certificate of Tk 20 lakh to each of the families, reports the UNB.

On Sunday, Diya Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim Rajib, students of the college section of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin School and College, were killed as a ‘Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan’ bus ploughed through some students in front of Kurmitola General Hospital on Airport Road in the city.

The tragic accident sparked off huge student protests across the country that were continuing for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday.