SAA

SAA event in Noakhali District, Begumganj Sub-District area, Bangladesh on Thu 6th August 2026

6th August 2026

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On August 6, unidentified assailants opened fire targeting a Noakhali Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader, Haji Abul Kashem, 65, in Chowmuhani market of Begumganj Upazila (Sub-District) of Noakhali District, but injured his close associate, a pharmacy owner Mohammad Yasin Sentu, 47, instead, reports The Daily Star. The bullet, however, missed Kashem and struck his close associate after Sentu pushed Kashem out of harm’s way.

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Noakhali District ( Begumganj Sub-District area )

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