Looting and arson were reported in Akbarnagar village in Bhairab, Kishoreganj, after a clash between residents of two villages over the name of a market left two people dead. Local residents said 50 to 60 homes were looted and set on fire from Tuesday morning. They said Akbarnagar residents fled their homes on Monday after the violence, fearing cases, and people from the opposing side later targeted the empty houses.

Bhairab police station officer-in-charge Limon Bose said police went to the scene and brought the situation under control after receiving reports that some overenthusiastic people were setting fire to debris from homes damaged during the previous day's vandalism. Monday's clash, which lasted from morning until 2 p.m., killed Masud Mia and Hiron Mia of Mirarchar village and injured more than 50 people.

Police and local sources said tensions had long persisted over whether a bus stand market between Akbarnagar and Mirarchar in Kalikaprasad union would be named Akbarnagar or Mirarchar. A 10-member committee was formed at a Sunday meeting to find a solution within three days, but both sides clashed the next morning. No case had yet been filed over the deaths, police said.