Former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat was implicated in cases due to personal and political vengeance, his family members claimed yesterday.

Buet student and BCL activist Mujahidur Rahman Mujahid, an accused in Abrar Fahad murder case, yesterday confessed to a magistrate that he along with several others hit Abrar with a skipping rope.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has told the UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo that the killing of Buet student Abrar Fahad had nothing to do with freedom of expression.

BNP Vice-chairman Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed was granted bail yesterday, a day after his arrest under the Digital Security Act.

The name describes the role it is assigned. But in reality, the Directorate of Students’ Welfare at Buet seems to have nothing to do with the welfare of students.

About 55 percent of English and mathematics teachers in secondary schools have not been trained specifically to teach the two key subjects. This has been affecting the quality of education.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against eight members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam, including sacked Maj Zia ul Haque, in a case filed over the murder of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in 2015.

A High Court judge yesterday questioned whether the media in the country enjoys full freedom and whether fear is at play among journalists.

For nearly two years, Raushan Mahmud has been working as a cashier at a firm that produces garment accessories in Gazipur.

Buet unit Chhatra League leader Anik Sarkar yesterday confessed that he and some other accused kept hitting Abrar Fahad with cricket stumps until he became motionless.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday questioned the justification for continuing the agitation on the Buet campus over the killing of Abrar Fahad after the students’ demands were met by the university authorities.

The government seems to lack the will to arrest bad loans and restore corporate governance in the banking sector with the habitual defaulters working the system, analysts said.

Top-listed Bangladeshi fugitive Zeesan Ahmed, who was arrested in the UAE recently, had reportedly been freed on bail by a Dubai court on Thursday.

Buet student Abrar Fahad’s killing reflects a deeper failing by the Bangladesh government to bring those responsible for politically motivated abuses to justice, says Human Rights Watch.

Jubo League presidium yesterday called for a change in the leadership, alleging that many of its leaders had been using the organisation for their personal gains.

Hailed as a visionary and reformer, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed yesterday won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve the long-running conflict with neighbouring foe Eritrea.

Rab recovered Tk 1 crore in fixed deposit receipts and Tk 6.77 crore in cheques from Ward Councilor Habibur Rahman Mizan’s flat in the capital’s Muhammadpur yesterday evening, hours after he was arrested in Sreemangal.

The Buet authorities yesterday banned all political activities on the campus and suspended 19 students, mostly leaders of the university’s BCL unit, accused in Abrar Fahad killing case.

Meftahul Islam Zion, a key accused in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case, yesterday told a magistrate how Abrar was beaten to death with cricket stumps and skipping rope by him and some other Chhatra League leaders and activists.

Fathers of two of the suspects of Abrar killing yesterday said their sons should face the full force of law and demanded a separate investigation into how their meritorious sons got involved in the heinous crime while studying at a prestigious institution like Buet.