Regional updates: West Bengal health expansion and South Asian news

Various regional developments have been reported across South Asia. In India, the West Bengal government has expanded the West Bengal Health Scheme, allowing state government employees and retirees to access medical treatment at AIIMS facilities in Kalyani, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, and Deoghar without prior permission.

In Bangladesh, the government is planning formal meetings with NGOs to improve coordination in disaster management and reduce overlapping efforts. Additionally, a 27-member advisory committee for the National Citizen Party (NCP) has been formed in Monpura, Bhola, with freedom fighter Alauddin appointed as convener.

In other news, four fishermen in Patuakhali were sentenced to 16 days in prison for violating fishing bans to catch Hilsa fish. In Netrokona, a journalist named Lutfuzzaman Alif Fakir was shot and killed in a suspected planned attack. Meanwhile, the Home Minister visited a hospital in Dhaka to check on a police inspector who was seriously injured during a robbery in Khulna.