A man was killed and 18 others were injured during the clash between the police and BNP leaders and activists at the Naya Paltan area in the capital on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Mokbul Ahmed.
He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 3:30 pm while on duty doctors declared him dead around 3:45 pm.
Meanwhile, police detained BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas from the party’s Naya Paltan central office on Wednesday afternoon.
He was detained by law enforcement agencies during the clash between BNP activists and the police.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir reached the party’s Naya Paltan office after hearing the news of the clash.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul