Bangladesh-political-violence

Miscreants shot and killed a Jubodal activist around 1 am on Wednesday in Rupsha, Khulna. Rupsha Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdur Razzaq Mir confirmed the matter. The deceased, Fakhrul Sheikh, 32, was the younger brother of Jubodal leader Farhad Hossain. Local sources said Farhad and Shariful, Fakhrul’s brothers, manage Rupsha Bricks. Fakhrul had gone there on Tuesday night to supervise the brick kiln and the fish enclosure, as was his daily routine. Earlier that afterno...

The cycle of killings is not stopping in any way. The country cannot escape the circle of political tension and violence, where illegal weapons are being used. In the first six months of this year, 56 people were killed and more than 5,246 were injured in 830 incidents of political and electoral violence. On July, more than 10 murders have occurred across the country. Over the past year and a half, at least 157 people have been killed and 7,381 injured in at least 748 political clashes n...

More than 10,000 firearms issued to leaders of the ousted Awami League (AL), a party whose activities are banned, have become illegal after they failed to surrender the weapons to the interim government. These missing arms, originally issued to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her relatives, and three terms’ worth of ministers, advisers, MPs, and local leaders remain unaccounted for following the July mass uprising 2024. Most of these individuals fled. Government agencies have laun...