A 45-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by some miscreants in Fultola upazila of Khulna on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Milon Fakir, a resident of the upazila. Three miscreants coming in a motorcycle shot Milon in Jamira area near Ideal School around 8am, said Khulna Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sushanta Sarker. Read more: Rickshaw-puller shot dead over “trivial matter” in Pabna When wounded Milon took shelter in a nearby shop, the miscreants shot him again entering the shop and fled the scene, leaving Milon dead on spot, he said. The body was sent to Khulna Medical College and Hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added. The motive behind the killing is yet to be known but efforts are on to arrest the killers, said the officer.

An accused in a murder case was shot dead in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Subrata Mondal, 42, of the upazila, a fish trader. He was an accused in the murder case of Rakibul, a member of Phultala Bazar Merchants Association. Read more: Rickshaw-puller shot dead over “trivial matter” in Pabna AK Shamim, officer-in-charge (OC) of Abhaynagar police station, said two miscreants coming in a motorcycle shot him in his head near Damukhali Primary School on his way to Bhabdaha wholesale fish market around 8am and fled the scene. The body was sent to Jashore General Hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added. Read more: Rebel UP chairman shot dead in Narsingdi Efforts are on to arrest the killers, said the OC.

A rickshaw-puller was shot dead, allegedly by a local Jubo League activist, in Pabna’s Ishwardi over a trivial incident around 9pm last night. The deceased was identified as Mamun Hossain, 26, son of Manik Hossain of Piarkhali area of Ishwardi town. The accused are: Anwar Uddin, a member of Ishwardi Municipality Jubo League and also ward councillor, local Awami League leader Kamal Uddin’s brother; Hridoy Hossain, president of Ward No. 1 unit of Chhatra League, and Ibrahim, a Chhatra League activist. Parvez, an eye witness said, “We stopped a speeding three-wheeler and asked its driver why he was rushing. While stopping the vehicle, a human-hauler hit it from behind and its glasses were broken. Following the incident, the human-hauler driver tried to take away the three-wheeler driver’s license. Some of us tried to stop the altercation; rickshaw-puller Mamun was in the group. At one stage of the argument, the human-hauler driver angrily left the spot.” “Sometime later, Anwar along with a few people, including Hridoy and Ibrahim, came to the spot and asked me why we stopped the human-hauler driver. At the time, people nearby came forward and tried to stop them. At one stage of the altercation, Anwar took out a pistol and opened fire, leaving Mamun Hossain and Rocky Hossain injured. They also stabbed another person named Suman,” Parvez also said. Locals rescued them and took them to Ishwardi Upazila Health Complex, where a doctor declared Mamun dead. The injured were shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital as their condition was critical. Arbind Sarker, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi Police station, said they visited the spot after the incident. Additional police have also been deployed in the area. Process is underway for filing a case.  

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members along Burimari border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Bipul Hossain 23, of the upazila. According to locals, a group of cattle traders including Bipul tried to bring Indian cows through Patgram border in the early hours of Sunday. Read more: Bangladeshi shot dead ‘by BSF’ along Lalmonirhat border Bipul sustained bullet when BSF opened fire at them, Omar Faruq, officer-in-charge (OC) of Patgram police station. He succumbed to his injuries on the way to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital, he added. Read more: Another Bangladeshi man shot to death by BSF along Satkhira border

Two Rohingyas were shot dead during what police called "a gunfight" at Ukhia camp in Cox’s Bazar on Friday night. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet, but they were Rohingyas, said Sheikh Mohammad Ali, Officer-in-Charge of Ukhiya police station. The incident occurred around 10 pm at Balukhali refugee camp when police went there upon receiving information about a gunfight between members of the Rohingya insurgent group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and Rohingya militant Nabi Hossain’s group. Read more: Rohingya leader shot, stabbed to death in Cox’s Bazar Witnesses said the fighting Rohingyas started firing at police as they reached the camp and police also fired back. According to camp dwellers, one of the deceased was a resident of camp-8. OC Sheikh Mohammad Ali said the two groups were fighting for dominance in the camp. Read more: Rohingya man shot dead in Cox’s Bazar Efforts are on to identify the deceased Rohingyas and the others who managed to flee, he said.

A union parishad chairman was gunned down by criminals in Raipura upazila this afternoon. Md Zafar Iqbal Manik, 50, was chairman of the Mirza Char union parishad in the upazila. Unidentified assailants swooped on Manik and opened fire on him around 4pm, while he was going to attend an arbitration meeting, locally known as Salish, leaving him critically injured. The UP chairman was taken to the Narsingdi sadar hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, said Narsingdi civil surgeon Dr. Md Nurul Islam. read more: Drug peddler snatched from police custody in Ctg; woman shot dead The body has been kept at the hospital morgue, he added. On information, a police officer has been sent to the spot, said Azizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Raipura police station. Manik, also the president of the Union Juba League unit, was elected as a rebel candidate of Awami League from Mirza Char Union in the last elections. Manik and his rival Awlad Hussain Farooq had been at loggerheads over political issues for a long time. Read more: JCD leader shot dead in clash with cops over arrest of a BNP leader in Brahmanbaria

A woman has been shot dead allegedly by police during a clash between police and drug peddlers when the later snatched a drug case accused from the law enforcers in Chandgaon of Chattogram city. The deceased was identified as Nazma Aktar, 30, sister of accused Md Hanif of ‘Hanif Bahini’. Read more: 'Drug peddler' snatched after attack on BGB men in Cox's Bazar Drug peddler Hanif was arrested with 5000 Yaba pills on Saturday evening and some of his associates snatched him from police after attacking the police outpost at the Kalurghat area, said Chandgaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mainul Hossain.  ‘Hanif Bahini’ members clashed with police, forcing the law enforcers to open fire that left Nazma and five policemen wounded, he said.  “I have heard the news of the death of the woman who was injured in the clash. However, we did not find the body at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).” Read more: Youths ‘snatch arrestee’ from police in Barishal Meanwhile, Panchlaish Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Sadekur Rahman said a woman with bullet injuries was brought to CMCH from Kalurghat area and then she was taken to a private hospital in the city where doctors declared her dead around 11pm. The body was kept at CMCH morgue, he added. Besides, preparations steps have been take to file a case over snatching the accused after attacking police, said OC Mainul.

The general secretary of the Bagerhat unit of Swechchasebak Dal, the BNP volunteers' wing, was shot dead by unidentified assailants Friday, police said. Tanu Bhuiyan, 25, was from the Bashabati area of Bagerhat town. "The Swechchasebak Dal leader was gunned down near his house around 9:30pm. The unidentified men, who shot him multiple times, ran away," KM Azizul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bagerhat Model Police Station, said. Read more: Bhola BNP-Cops clash: Injured JCD leader dies in Dhaka Tanu was declared dead after he was rushed to Bagerhat Sheikh Razia Naser General Hospital. "Police are working to find out the reason behind the murder and arrest the killers. We are assuming that someone assassinated him to settle an old score," the OC said. Read more: One arrested over Sylhet BNP leader murder

A Rohingya man was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants at Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Salam, 26, from Musni refugee camp in Teknaf, said Abdul Halim, Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf police station. Read more: Rohingya leaders shot dead in Cox’s Bazar Three unidentified men took wounded Salam to Kutopalong Hospital at Ukhiya where doctors announced him dead on arrival, said the OC. The men who took Salam to the hospital fled the hospital, he said. Salam was sued in two cases for drug peddling and murder, said the OC.  

An 11-year-old girl was killed after being hit by a stray bullet during a gunfight involving miscreants at a Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar district early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Tasfia, daughter of Yeasin of No 18 Rohingya camp in Balukhali. Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhia Police Station, said two groups of miscreants entered the Rohingya camp around 1:20 am and exchanged bullets. At one stage, Tasfia received a bullet and died on the spot while his father and others were trying to leave the camp to a safer place. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.