DHAKA, Feb 18: Two trucks collided head-on on Saturday in central Bangladesh, killing at least 12 people and injuring 50 others, a news report said. The accident occurred at Mirzapore on the Dhaka-Tangail highway when a cement truck hit another truck which was carrying more than 60-day labourers, the ATN Bangla TV station said.

The area is 72 kilometres north of Dhaka. The injured were hospitalised, it said.—AP