Major General Shakil Ahmed has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). The public administration ministry issued a notification in this regard on Thursday. The current BGB DG Maj Gen Shafeenul Islam has returned to Armed Forces Division of Bangladesh Army, it added. READ: Deaths in Thakurgaon firing ‘unexpected’: BGB chief

A Dhaka court on Monday granted interim bail to Ekattor TV's head of news Shakil Ahmed in a case filed by a woman accusing him of having sexual relationship with her  and forcing her to abort the foetus.   Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge’s Court Judge KM Imrul Kayes passed the order during a hearing on the bail plea submitted by the accused on December 6. Earlier on November 8, Shakil got four weeks of anticipatory bail after surrendering to the High Court. READ: Evaly scam: Mithila, Faria get anticipatory bail On November 4 a female presenter of a private television channel filed the case against him at Gulshan police station. In the complaint the presenter said Shakil cheated her with a false promise of marriage. But when she got pregnant with his child he forced her to abort it and later refused to marry her. Shakil denied the allegations as false and fabricated. READ: Expelled Sramik League leader Tufan gets bail in money laundering case

Dhaka, July 30 (UNB) - The visually-impaired are often seen as the burden of a family and educationally they usually cannot be expected to compete with able-bodied students of the country but Md Shakil Khan, a visually-impaired HSC examinee, has proven otherwise obtaining GPA-5 this year.