Hefajat men unleashed mayhem in Brahmanbaria during their hartal on Sunday after being divided into seven groups, according to locals and police sources.

At least 150 people were injured in separate clashes between police and BNP activists in Kishorganj and Noagaon yesterday.

Twenty eminent citizens in a joint statement yesterday demanded punishment for those responsible for attacking “anti-Modi” protesters and carrying out violence in Chattogram’s Hathazari in the last couple of days.

Four people were killed in Chattogram and one in Brahmanbaria in clashes between supporters of Hefajat-e-Islam and policemen after Juma prayers yesterday.

At least 50 people, including students, were injured in separate clashes involving police, Bangladesh Chhatra League activists and protesters in Motijheel and Dhaka University areas yesterday.

Two Chhatra League leaders were sued under the Digital Security Act in Narayanganj for spreading “false information and rumour” on Facebook about Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of the Awami League, has urged the party leaders, activists, and associate bodies to observe Mujib Borsho in a manner that benefits mass people.

Police have arrested three more people in two cases filed over Wednesday’s attack on Hindu houses in Noagaon village of Sunamganj’s Shalla upazila.

Investigators have found that banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) was giving training to children in the guise of running a madrasa.

The High Court yesterday granted bail to Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Md Salim, in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in the capital’s Dhanmondi in October last year.

A top leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League yesterday came down heavily on the leaders of the ruling Awami League for their silence over Sunamganj mayhem.

A sedition case was filed yesterday against BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Minu, also an adviser to Chairperson Khaleda Zia, and three other party leaders over making a hint that another 1975 could occur.

Two cases were filed with a speedy trial tribunal in Noakhali yesterday in connection with violence in Companiganj upazila on March 8 accusing a freedom fighter and Basurhat municipality mayor Quader Mirza.

Bangladesh and India hold the water-secretary level meeting in Delhi today ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh on March 26-27.

Another case was filed yesterday in connection with the February 19 clash between two Awami League factions in Noakhali’s Companiganj upazila, which left a local journalist dead.

Abdul Quader Mirza, mayor of Noakhali’s Basurhat municipality and younger brother of Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, was sued yesterday over the death of an auto-rickshaw driver in an incident of violence in Companiganj upazila.

In most restaurants of Companiganj’s Basurhat, an instruction is clearly written on the walls: “Conversations over politics are strictly prohibited.”

Rajshahi city Awami League yesterday sought approval from the government to file a sedition case against Mizanur Rahman Minu, an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, over his remarks on “repeating 1975 assassination”.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has appealed to the international community to work sincerely, instead of paying “lip service” for repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar.

Companiganj upazila AL president was assaulted allegedly by people led by ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader’s younger brother Abdul Quader Mirza yesterday.