United News of Bangladesh

Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a clash between activists of Awami League (AL) and BNP over establishing supremacy in a remote char under Raipura upazila of Narsingdi early Friday. The deceased Amin, 23, son of Khorshed Mia, Bashar, 35, son of Barek Haji, were said to be followers of the AL, with Amin sustaining gunshots. Police and locals said there had long been a dispute between freedom fighter Abdur Salam Mia, also AL president of the ward No-9 unit of Chanpur union, his ally Sohag, joint secretary of the union AL and rival Samsu Member, president of the union BNP. Earlier, Salam and Sohag’s supporters had driven Samsu Member and his followers away from the area when their party was in power. Two killed in separate BNP factional clashes in Rajshahi But following the changeover in the country on August 5 last, Samsu and his group returned home and tensions escalated in the area. Early this morning around 5am, Salam and his followers tried to enter the area but faced a barrier from Samsu Member’s supporters, resulting in a clash between the rivals. The clash left two killed and 10 others injured. Of them, Amin was shot while Bashar was severely wounded by a spear and knife attack. The injured were taken to several hospitals and the bodies were sent to the Narsingdi Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy. Clashes erupt at Kuet over banning student politics; BGB deployed Narsingdi Superintendent of Police (SP) Md. Abdul Hannan said they heard that two people were killed, forcing them to deploy additional police personnel to ward off any unexpected incident further.

A man was killed and 25 were wounded in a clash between two groups, allegedly over establishing supremacy, in Baniachong upazila of Habiganj yesterday evening. Police have so far detained six people in connection with the incident. A tense situation has been prevailing in the area since yesterday. The deceased was identified as Jahangir Miah, 45, while identities of the injured could not be known immediately. Police and locals said there had long been a dispute between former union parishad member Azam Ali and Kachham Ali of Kushiyartala village under the upazila over establishing dominance. People of both groups locked into an altercation over income earned from properties when arbitration was going on at the village on Saturday afternoon, they said. Read more: Panchagarh clash leaves 2 killed and at least 50 hurt At one stage, the groups attacked each other with locally made lethal weapons, leaving Jahangir dead on the spot and 25 injured. They are now undergoing treatment at Habiganj Sadar Adhunik Hospital. Jahangir belonged to the Kachham Ali group, locals said.   Ajoy Chandra Dev, officer-in-charge of Baniachong Police Station, confirmed the death, saying that police fired 20 rounds of bullets and used 2 rounds of tear gas to bring the situation under control. Six people were detained from the spot after the incident while members of law enforcing agencies have been patrolling the area to ward off any violent incident further, he said. The body was sent to the Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC said, adding that no case has so far been lodged in this connection.