Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday ordered making a list of errant and controversial leaders and activists and expelling them from the party, insiders said. She expressed annoyance over the rifts and divisions between leaders of different units and asked the party men to resolve the internal conflicts, or to dissolve the committees concerned. Hasina, also the prime
KOLKATA/ MURSHIDABAD: A Congress candidate from Murshidabad succumbed to Covid infection in Kolkata on Thursday, while three other candidates in the poll fray from across the political spectrum have been infected as the state has continued to record spike in cases since late-March, coinciding with the commencement of the eight-phase polls.
Rezaul Haque alias Mantu Biswas, 46, who was contesting from Shamsherganj in Murshidabad, tested positive on Wednesday after he fell ill while campaigning. Haque was tested for Covid infection after he felt breathless and was admitted to a nursing home in Jangipur. He was shifted to a hospital in Kolkata late on Wednesday, where he died on Thursday.