Other MoA event in Kushtia, Kumarkhali area, Bangladesh on Sat 19th September 2026

On September 19, a journalist identified as Mahbubul Ahsan Ullash, Kumarkhali Upazila (Sub-District) correspondent of Bangla TV, who had gone to report on a project in Kumarkhali Upazila (Sub-District) of Kushtia District, was assaulted, reports The Daily Star. The accused, Anwar Hossain, is a contractor carrying out road repair, drain construction, and streetlight installation work under the Urban Public and Infrastructure Development Project. Ullash said, “A group of 10-15 people attacked me with sticks and other weapons. Anwar, a paternal cousin of Kushtia-4 Jamaat lawmaker Afzal Hossain, also hit me with a stick. He told me that anyone who came to obstruct the work would have their hands broken.”