location: Sylhet
notes: On December 19, in northeastern Sylhet, a bus passenger was burnt to death when opposition activists (BNP) set ablaze two vehicles and vandalized more than a dozen other vehicles. Violence erupted after baton-wielding police dispersed hundreds of activists of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) trying to rally to mark the country's 40th independence anniversary.
target_text: location: Sylhet, fatalities: 1