<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the party’s conference held in Derai upazila of Sunamganj had no connection with the death of a man.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">“He died from heart related complications. I request the media to not circulate misinformation on Awami League,” Quader said.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">He made the remark to media after attending the 29th meeting of the National Road Security Council at Bangladesh Road Transport Authority headquarters in Dhaka.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">On Monday, a 27-year-old man named Azmal Hossain Chowdhury alias Arman died and 40 people were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League during its triennial conference in Derai upazila of Sunamganj district.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">A tense situation was prevailing in the area over the conference and during the event on Monday, two factions of AL engaged in a heated argument over position on the podium set up for the conference, said Saiful Alam, officer-in-charge of Derai Police Station.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">At one stage, the argument turned into a violent clash as brick chips were hurled and a chase and counter-chase took place.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Arman was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries in the afternoon, said the OC. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>