An Awami League activist was shot dead publicly in broad daylight by unidentified assailants in Hemayetpur upazila of Pabna on Friday. Saidur Pramanik, 50, was a resident of Hemayetpur. He was an executive member of Pabna Municipal unit of AL, said the unit's president Advocate Taslim Hasan Sumon. Read: BNP politician, his manager shot in Khulna Police said some assailants shot Saidur dead in what seemed to be a targeted assassination around 1pm, at a tea stall in Char Bangabaria of the upazila and fled the scene immediately. Hearing gunshot, locals rushed to the spot and found Saidur dead, according to Pabna Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Masud Alam. Read: Indigenous man shot dead in Bandarban Police were deployed at the spot and brought the situation under control, the officer added.

Six people were killed by armed assailants at a drug rehabilitation center in west Mexico's Jalisco state, authorities said Monday. Police arrived at the scene on Sunday after receiving emergency calls, but were unable to make any arrest. Read: 4 dead after sheriff’s office helicopter crash in New Mexico Witnesses told local media that hooded gunmen burst into the facility and opened fire. Jalisco state is one of the most violent areas in the country and a bastion of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. ■

A 42-year-old Rohingya refugee was shot dead allegedly by assailants at Balukhali camp in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Shah, a resident of Modhur Chhora camp-17 in Balukhali. Read: Rohingya boatman hacked to death in Cox's Bazar Deceased’s wife Sazeda Begum said that the assailants shot Mohammad Shah while he was talking over the phone near a shop in the camp in the Modhur Chhora area at 5pm on Wednesday and fled immediately. Later, he was rushed to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival, said Sheikh Md Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya police station. The body was kept in the hospital morgue for an autopsy, he said. "Efforts are on to identify and nab the killers,” said the OC.

A district-level leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed to death by assailants in Rangamati district in the early hours of Thursday, police said. The deceased was identified as Joy Tripura, deputy publicity secretary of Rangamati district Chhatra League. Read: 50-yr-old stabbed to death in Rajshahi Eye-witnesses said the assailants waylaid Joy and stabbed him indiscriminately at the entrance of Rangamati Sadar Hospital in Sadar upazila around 2.30am before escaping in the dark. He was immediately rushed to Rangamati Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Kabir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Rangamati Kotwali Police Station, said that "efforts are on to identify and nab the perpetrators of the crime".

A union unit leader of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal was shot dead allegedly by some assailants in Sadar upazila of Sirajganj on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Ali Akbar, 40, son of late Mojibur Rahman of Hatsartia village of the upazila. Read:Farmer shot dead in Chuadanga Md Siddique Ahmed, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) of Belkuchi circle, said the assailants shot Akbar Ali at Randhunibari Bazaar under Soydabad union around 8.15pm. "He died on the way to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital," the ASP said, adding that four bottles of liquor and a bag were found near the crime scene. The motive behind the killing will be clear only after an investigation, the ASP added.

A 25-year-old woman and her five-year-old daughter were found dead in the city's Deshipara area on Wednesday night. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. After being alerted by local residents, a police team rushed to the spot and took the bodies into custody around 10 pm, said Ripon Chandra, assistant commissioner of police (sadar zone). READ: 2 killed in Dhaka road accidents Police suspect the assailants slit the throats of the mother-daughter duo with sharp weapons. “A probe is on to ascertain the reason behind the killings,” said Ripon. Also read: 3 female students drowns in Turag, another missing The bodies were sent to the morgue of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem.

The Armed Police Battalion on Friday arrested a Rohingya man on suspicion of his being involved in the killing of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah in Cox’s Bazar.   The arrestee was identified as Md Selim alias Lomba Selim, 27, a Rohingya citizen living in Ukhiya Rohingya camp. Read:Mohib's murder: FIR lodged, probe in full swing, say police SP Naimul Haque, commander of the 14th Armed Police Battalion, said APBN members arrested the suspect from Camp-6 at Kutupalong in Ukhiya upazila around 11am. Later, he was handed over to Ukhikya Police Station, said the SP. Earlier on Thursday night, police have registered a murder case in connection with the killing of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah at Ukhiya camp in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday night. The FIR for murder was filed against unknown persons at the Ukhiya police station on on a complaint from Mohib Ullah’s brother Habib Ullah, said officer-in-charge Sanjur Morshed. Unknown assailants gunned down Mohib on Wednesday night. He was first rushed to a local medical facility and later shifted to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Read:Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah buried in Ukhiya camp He was buried in Lambashia camp-1 in Ukhiya upazila on Thursday afternoon after his namaz-e-janaza, which was attended by a large number of Rohingya refugees from camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas. Formerly a teacher in Myanmar, the slain activist was popularly known as Master Mohib Ullah among the Rohingya refugees. He was the head of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH) at Kutupalong camp.

A local Jatiya Party leader returning home in a rickshaw was brutally attacked by three bike-borne assailants at Amtala Mor on Sher-e-Bangla Road in Khulna on Wednesday night. Ershaduzzaman Dollar, general secretary of the Khulna branch of Jatiya Jubo Sanghati, is currently being treated at Khulna Medical College and Hospital. Read:Ex-BCL leader killed in Gaibandha Moniruzzaman Elu, brother of the injured, said the politician was attacked while he was returning home in a rickshaw. "When the rickshaw reached Amtala Mor, the three bike-borne men intercepted him and one of them attacked Dollar in the head with a sharp weapon. They fled seeing local residents rushing to Dollar's rescue," he said. Read:Injured AL politician dies on way to Dhaka hospital The local residents soon took Dollar to Khulna City Medical College Hospital. After first aid, he was shifted to Khulna Medical College and Hospital. No action has been taken yet in this regard, said Elu.