When Sohrab Ali Biswas of Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah was young, he could not pay school fees for four months due to money crisis. After 61 years, the 80-year-old has paid off the due monthly tuition fees of his school.

The rift between Awami League’s mayoral candidate Abul Khair Abdullah and his nephew Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, the incumbent mayor of Barishal, has turned into a violent face-off ahead of the city polls slated for June 12.