Kushtia is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna administrative division. Khulna (population ~660,000) is the third-largest city of Bangladesh, located on the bank of the rivers Rupsha and Bhairob. ...
In the Kushtia district, a PBCP extremist, Mezbaur Rahman, was killed in an encounter with police personnel in the housing area of the town.
Billal Hossain, belonging to the Haroon faction of the PBCP, was killed in an encounter between the RAB personnel and PBCP extremists at Goalbathan in the Khulna district.
September 24: Asadul, a 'district commander' of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, was killed in crossfire between police and the outfit's cadres in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district.