A group of students at Jahangirnagar University burned an effigy of Delawar Hossain Sayeedi, who was convicted of crimes against humanity, in protest against allegations that obstacles were placed in the way of the burial and guard of honour for freedom fighter Manik Pashari.
The identities of 10 people who died in a fire at Tuptup Resto Resort at Patuartek Beach, Inani in Cox’s Bazar have been confirmed through DNA testing.
Five people, including a child and three women, were killed and at least eight others injured when a lorry ran over passengers of a bus stranded on the Dhaka–Chattogram Highway in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram early today.
Former and current students of Kushtia District School have demanded reconsideration of the initiative to organize a rally of the 11-party alliance on the school ground on October 31 next. They have sought the intervention of the district administration and school authorities to protect the educational environment, safety of students and tradition of the institution.
There is still no decision on withdrawing the road blockade in Sajek, in Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila. The indefinite programme, called by the Sajek Gonoadhikar Raksha Committee and the Sajek Karbari Association on three demands, entered its fifth day on Monday (October 26). Vehicular movement on the Sajek road remains suspended because of the blockade, though law enforcement personnel are patrolling key points.
Manoranjan Roy, 55, assistant headteacher of Sukhdebpur Government Primary School in Parbatipur, has allegedly been beaten to death during a reconciliation meeting over a road dispute in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur. Police have detained one person on suspicion of involvement in the incident.