Journalist Brishty Khatun, a victim of the restaurant building fire on Bailey Road in the capital, has been buried beside her uncle’s grave  at the family graveyard in Kushtia. The ambulance carrying the body of Brishty reached her village home at Banagram Paschimpara of Ward No. 7 of Betbaria Union in Khoksa Upazila at 8:20 pm on Monday (March 11, 2024).  At that time, mourning relatives and villagers flocked to see her body. Fire at kitchen market in Dhaka’s Uttara doused Around 10 pm, it was announced through loudspeaker of a local mosque that her namaz-e-janaza will be held in the courtyard of her house. Hundreds of people of the village and nearby villages attended the janaza. A close relative of Brishty named Rabiul Islam conducted the namaz-e-janaza. After the namaz-e-janaza, Brishty was buried beside the grave of his uncle Mubarak Sheikh in the presence of administrative officials.       Brishty, also known as Ovisruti Shastri to her colleagues at The Report Live, was among the 46 people who lost their lives in the deadly fire on February 29 night. Bailey Road Tragedy: Brishty Khatun's body handed over to her family Due to identity complications, the body of journalist Ovisruti Shastri alias Brishty Khatun was handed over her father Sabuj Sheikh from the morgue of Sheikh Hasina Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute on Monday afternoon, 11 days after the DNA test report of Brishty and her parents came.

At least 20 people including two policemen were injured in a turf battle between two local Awami League (AL) factions Thursday in Kushtia's Khoksa upazila. Over 50 houses were also ransacked at village Komorbhog of the upazila during the hour-long mayhem, following a factional clash on Wednesday.  There had been a long-running feud between local AL leader and Osmanpur Union Parishad Member Jabed Ali and AL activist Noyon, Kamruzzaman Talukdar, officer-in-charge of Khoksa Police Station, said. Also read: 1 killed in Sathia AL infighting A chase and counter chase took place on Wednesday between the supporters of the two groups following an altercation. Next, supporters of the two groups swooped down on each other with sharp weapons on early Thursday, the OC said. Locals rescued the injured and sent them to Khoksa Upazila Health Complex where the doctors referred critically wounded Shahjahan Ali, 45, to Kushtia General Hospital, Kamruzzaman said. Also read: 15 injured in AL infighting in Kushtia An uneasy calm is prevailing in the village now after the clash.   "Three cases were filed with the police station in connection with the incidents and 19 have been arrested. Additional policemen have been deployed at the area," Kamruzzaman said.