SAA event in Jashore, Shankarpur area, Bangladesh on Sat 3rd January 2026

On January 3, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader, Alamgir Hossain, 55, who was the joint general secretary of Jashore Municipality Ward-7 BNP, was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Shankarpur of Jashore town in Jashore District, reports The Daily Star. The incident occurred when Alamgir was in front of the councillor's office in the area around 7:30 pm. A group of people suddenly opened fire, police said, quoting locals, adding that one of the bullets pierced the left side of his head and he collapsed on the spot, bleeding profusely. Anindya Islam Amit, acting organisational secretary of the BNP's Khulna divisional unit, said BNP leaders and activists were systematically killed even during the Awami League government's tenure, and now it is occurring in the same manner.