A woman, 32, has allegedly been raped and tortured in her house in Chanandi Union of Hatia upazila over casting vote for Shapla koli symbol. The victim is a resident of a Ashrayan project in the Nalerchar area.
Four people have been stabbed in an attack on the election office of independent candidate Saiful Islam Firoz in the Jhenaidah-4 constituency. The incident occurred around 11:00 am on Friday, February 13, at the election office on Thana Road in the town.
In separate incidents within two days in Bogura, the body of a teenager has been recovered and a young man has been killed in a stabbing. The deceased are Alif, 16, and Fahim Hasan, 19.
In the 13th National Parliamentary Election, the deposits of 19 out of 28 candidates contesting in four constituencies of Faridpur have been forfeited. That is, approximately 68 per cent of the total candidates lost their deposits for failing to secure the required number of votes.
Police have confirmed the identities of two individuals killed in an explosion while making cocktails in Chapainawabganj. Three others were injured in the incident.
At least nine people from both sides have been injured in a clash between BNP and Jamaat activists in Baraigram, Natore. Among the injured are the Nagar union Jamaat Ameer and the president of the local ward BNP. Locals claimed to have heard several rounds of gunfire during the clash.