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Around noon today, the bride and groom tied the knot at the bride’s home in Khulna’s Koyra. Soon after, they set out for the groom’s house in Bagerhat’s Mongla, travelling in a microbus with relatives from both families, carrying with them dreams of a life together. But the journey ended in tragedy near Belai Bridge on the Khulna–Mongla highway. A bus of the Bangladesh Navy collided head-on with the microbus around 4:30pm, leaving at least 13 people dead, said KM Hasanuzzaman, sub-inspector of Katakhali Highway Police camp.. The crash occurred near Rampal, about 13 kilometres from the groom’s home in Shelabunia village of Mongla. Officer-in-charge Zafar Ahmed of Katakhali Highway Police Station confirmed the incident, saying the microbus was badly mangled in the collision. Nine bodies were taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital, said Dr Mehnaz Mosharaf, emergency medical officer of the hospital.