Other MoA event in Rajshahi, Sipaipara, Charghat Sub-District area, Bangladesh on Fri 27th February 2026

On February 27, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activist identified as Ershad Ali, 65, a Yusufpur union BNP member and follower of Rajshahi-6 lawmaker Abu Sayeed Chand, was beaten to death suspectedly by supporters of a rival faction, followers of Anwar Hossain Uzzal, a former district BNP vice-president who had sought the party nomination for the same constituency, in Sipaipara Village in Charghat Upazila (Sub-District) of Rajshahi District, reports The Daily Star. Tension flared after Juma prayers over a disagreement on who would be chief guest at a gathering, Uzzal or MP Chand; Later, while returning home after Taraweeh, Ershad was attacked by several men who beat him with sticks, killing him.