Police freed Jubo League leader Ripon Sarkar after villagers protested his arrest in Bhangura, Pabna, saying no evidence linked him to sabotage.

Jailed Swechchhasebak League leader Shah Alam Khandaker attended his mother's funeral under three-hour parole while handcuffed, raising renewed questions about humanitarian treatment of detainees.

A Netrokona court has ordered the imprisonment of a local Jamaat leader accused of demanding Tk 2 million in extortion from a businessman and threatening to kill him if he refused to pay.