Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- A tender box has been looted after a hand bomb was detonated during a violent clash between two groups over the rightsto collect rent from a market in Rajshahi's Paba Upazila.

A man was stabbed and injured amid the mayhem, which occurred in the Naodapara area on Monday afternoon, according to Masuma Mostarin, chief of Shah Makhdum Police Station

The injured, 42-year-old Shakilur Rahman Ron, a resident of the Firozabad area of Chandrima Thana. He was rushed to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for treatment.

Citing witnesses, police said the Upazila administration had issued a notice for the lease of 12 markets in Paba for the Bengali year 1432. Monday marked the final day for submissions of tenders.

Tensions escalated...