A group of 12 people remains stranded in the zero-line zone of the Kushtia border, highlighting the severe human toll of the ongoing push-back and push-in disputes between India and Bangladesh.
Chhatra Shibir central leader Zisan Ahmed Pradhan was recovered from Laksam after a suspected kidnapping, only for police to reveal he staged it to evade a rape and forced abortion case.
A 20-year-old Bangladeshi national, identified as Mujibur Rahman, was shot dead by India's Border Security Force (BSF) near the Duttagram border in Kulaura Upazila, Moulvibazar.