A 62-year-old Hindu trader was hacked to death by unidentified assailants inside his shop in Trishal upazila of Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, police said on Tuesday. The killing took place on Monday night at the Bogar Bazar intersection, Trishal Police Station officer-in-charge Muhammad Firoz Hossain told news portal bdnews24.com. According to police, the attackers assaulted Sarkar with sharp weapons, left him critically injured inside the shop, and pulled down the shutters before fleeing. Family members, who had been searching for him, later opened the shop and found Sarkar lying in a pool of blood. Bangladesh will hold parliamentary elections on February 12 - the first since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in massive country protests in August 2024.

Source: Indian Express February 10, 2026 14:16 UTC