Anis Mondol

The BNP, poised to form the government, has lost seven out of eight parliamentary seats in Kushtia, Chuadanga and Meherpur, largely due to internal rifts, alleged land grabbing and extortion by party activists, and the nomination of unsuitable candidates.

As dusk falls, a woman and a man move from one tea-and-snack stall to another, asking for votes.

For years, garbage from Kumarkhali Municipality in Kushtia has been dumped on both sides of the Kushtia–Rajbari regional highway along a 500-metre stretch, due to the absence of a designated landfill site.

The BNP leader Sharif allegedly lured the victim teacher with a false promise of marriage