“Your bullets will pierce my heart first, before they hit any student" -- these were the last words which Rajshahi University's former proctor Prof Shamsuzzoha told the Pakistani forces before being shot. He later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital.

The house of Lieutenant Commander Mozzem Hossain, the number two accused in the historic Agartala Conspiracy Case, was destroyed in a massive fire in Pirojpur on Friday.

Former deputy speaker and valiant freedom fighter Col(retd) Shawkat Ali was laid to eternal rest at his village in Shariatpur district on Tuesday.