Bangladesh: One dead, 18 injured in BNP factional clashes

Dhaka: In an escalating factional clash within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), one party member died and 18 others were injured in violent confrontations between the nominees and those denied tickets across several districts in the country, local media reported on Monday. Reports suggest that in Mymensingh district, violence broke out in the Patbazar area on Sunday afternoon when supporters of BNP candidate M. Iqbal Hossain and nomination-deprived leader Tyabur Rahaman Hiron clashed...