Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday handed over the body of the Bangladeshi teenager who was shot dead by its members on Wednesday while the Bangladeshi prime minister was visiting India. A team of Kotwali Police Station with the help of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members received the body of the teenager around 4:30 pm and handed it over to his family, said Tanvirul Islam, in-charge of Kotwali Police Station. Earlier in the day, the BSF members from Raiganj sector, agreed to return the body around 4 pm after holding a flag meeting with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) -29, held in the morning at Pillar no. 314/4 S of Dinajpur frontier. Also read: Bangladeshi teen shot dead at Dinajpur border, BSF claims “self defence” Bangladeshi teenager Minhazul Islam Minar, 17, son of Jahangir Hossain of Askorpurup union was shot dead and another injured by Indian Border Security Force (BSF), near the border in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur, authorities said on Thursday. Local people found the bullet-hit body in Haripur Teliapara area of the border, said Khanpur Union Parishad Chairman Abu Bakar Siddique. Minar was a class IX student of Khanpur High School. Minara Begum, mother of Minar lodged a complaint against five people with Kotwali Police. Also read: BSF to hand over body of Bangladeshi teenager after 5 days “Legal steps will be taken against those involved in the killing after recording a case,” said OC.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday afternoon will hand over the body of the Bangladeshi teenager who was shot dead by its members on Wednesday after five days of the killing. The BSF members agreed to return the body around 4 pm after holding a flag meeting with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) -29, held in the morning at no 314/4 S Pillar of Dainur frontier. Bangladeshi teenager  Minhazul Islam Minar, 17, son of Jahangir Hossain of Askorpurup union was shot dead and another injured by Indian Border Security Force (BSF), near the border in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur, authorities said on Thursday. Read: BGB-BSF DG-level border conference begins in Dhaka Local people found the bullet-hit body in  Haripur Teliapara area of the border this morning, said Khanpur Union Parishad Chairman Abu Bakar Siddique.  

Priyanka Bhadra, a 16-year-old college student from Sirajganj, has been nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize by Netherlands-based Kids Rights Foundation. She has been nominated for the prize under the ‘gender equality’ category. Read: Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries Prianka’s brother Dipankar Bhadra Dipto said that his sister’s name came among the nominees in KidsRights Foundation’s website (kidsrights.org) under gender equality category. Prianka, daughter of Dipak Kumar Bhadra of Sirajganj’s Darga Road is a first-year (science) student of Sirajganj Govt. College.  She is a child journalist, writer and activist. She has been advocating for the safety of the girls. She worked with many organisations and raised her voice against the child-rape in Bangladesh.  She is a child journalist for hello.bdnews24.com and shishubarta.com. Read: Journalists from Philippines, Russia get Nobel Peace Prize She mostly makes articles and videos to raise awareness regarding rape, child marriage and other daily issues related to safety. Last year, 17-year-old Sadat Rahman from Narail won International Children’s Peace Prize for his involvement in setting up a social organisation and mobile app "Cyber Teens" to stop cyberbullying and violence against children. The International Children’s Peace Prize is awarded annually to a child who fights courageously for children’s rights. This years nominees once again demonstrate that children are changemakers.