Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 18, 2010, SPA -- A news report says nine members of Bangladesh's main opposition party have died and 30 others were injured when their speeding bus collided head-on with a truck on the way to a political rally. The United News of Bangladesh agency says the victims were heading to the southwestern city of Khulna to attend a speech by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia when the accident occurred Sunday. The area is 85 miles (140 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Dhaka. It says the victims belonged to Zia's opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, according to a report of the Associated Press. --SPA 13:24 LOCAL TIME 10:24 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/770849