At least 25 people including policemen, were injured in a clash between activists of the ruling Awami League (AL) and opposition BNP in Nangalkot upazila of Cumilla district on Wednesday morning, police said. The injured are undergoing treatment at a local hospital, said Kazi Abdur Rahim, additional superintendent of Cumilla police. During the clash, the activists also vandalised a police car and set a motorcycle on fire. Read: 7 hurt in clash between BNP, police in Feni Around 11am, BNP leaders and activists gathered near Lotus Chattar in Nangalkot Sadar to hold a rally. At the same time, Awami League leaders and activists took a place in the railway station area of Nangalkot. Several chases and counter-chases took place between the parties that left at least 25 people injured, added the officer. Police fired several rounds of tear gas shells to bring the situation under control. Additional police forces have been deployed in the area to avert further trouble, he added.

The administration of Feni’s Fulgazi upazila has imposed a curfew at Daulatpur village of the upazila on Saturday. The imposition of the curfew came after a clash between Fulgazi chapters of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday. According to the order signed by Fulgazi Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Ashrafun Nahar, both the AL and the BNP’s Fulgazi units had called for relief distribution programs at the upazila’s Daulatpur village. A clash ensued when both groups tried to conduct their pre-scheduled programs simultaneously. According to Alal Uddin Alal, Member Secretary of Feni District BNP, prior to Friday’s attack, the AL men launched another attack at their preparatory meeting for the relief program, leaving 30 of their activists injured. Read: Section 144 to be imposed in Feni on Wednesday General Sceretary of Fulgazi Upazila AL Harunur Rashid Majumder claimed that it was the BNP men who had attacked Sadar union Jubo League President Nizam Company and injured five of his men. Md Moin Uddin, Officer In-charge of Fulgazi police station, said that the curfew has been imposed to contain any untoward situation. “Police have ramped up its patrolling in the area. We are being cautious to thwart any unexpected situation,” Moin said.