A man was killed and five were injured when a launch slammed into another launch at Sadarghat Launch Terminal in Dhaka today.

River police sources said the accident took place around 8:00am when a launch named ‘Karnaphuli-9’ from Barisal hit ‘MV-Sreenagar-7’ while anchoring at the terminal, leaving six people injured.

The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where an unidentified man, aged around 30, died later.