Two people, including a member of Rapid Action Battalion, were killed in a road accident near the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka this afternoon.

A private car crashed into a motorcycle around 12:30pm, leaving two people injured, said Ramzan Ali, sub-inspector of Tejgaon Police Station.

Kamruzzam Liton, the private car driver, and Corporal Uchchel Alam of Rab-4, who was on the motorcycle, were rushed to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) where doctors declared them dead.

"Uchchel, who was also a member of Border Guard Bangladesh, was on his way to Rab headquarters," said Major Maksudul Alam, assistant director of Rab's legal and media wing.