There have been allegations of an attempt to kill Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam, the central leaders of the anti-discrimination student movement, by running over their convoy with a truck while they were returning from the funeral of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Lohagara, Chattogram. The police have detained the truck along with the driver in this incident.

The incident took place at around 7:30 pm on Wednesday (November 27) at the Haji Road intersection in Chunati Union on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway.

Mumin Farhad, Second Officer of Lohagara Police Station, confirmed the truth of the incident to Barta24.com. He said, "We have detained the truck along with the driver in this incident and brought them to the police station. We are questioning him about the allegations of attempted murder. Details will be announced later."

The police officer also said that coordinators Hasnat and Sarjis were not in that vehicle. However, it was their convoy. There were four people in the black private car, including the driver. One of them was student movement leader Md. Ali Newaz. The names of the others are not yet known. However, although the front part of the private car was damaged in the incident, no one in the car was seriously injured.

Meanwhile, shortly before 10 pm, Chattogram coordinator Khan Talat Mahmud Rafi Nier went live on Facebook. In the title of the live, he complained about the assassination attempt and wrote, 'Our security is at risk. May Allah protect us. On our way back from visiting the grave of martyred advocate Saiful Islam Arif Bhai, an attempt was made to kill us by running over us with a truck at approximately 7:30 pm.'

The 1200 MW coal-based power plant located in Matarbari in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox's Bazar has arrived with coal after 31 days after being closed for a long month due to coal shortage.

On Wednesday (November 27) morning, the Panamanian flagged ship 'Declan Duff' arrived at the Matarbari Coal Power Plant's own jetty, bringing 69,600 metric tons of coal.

Matarbari Coal Power Plant Managing Director Nazmul Haque said, 'The plant was closed for the last 31 days due to coal shortage, but during this time we were able to complete the maintenance work of the units and arrange to bring coal from Indonesia. We will return to power generation very soon.

The private BGC Trust University authorities have cancelled the studentship of a student named Shuvo Kanti Das after a picture of his being involved in the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram went viral on social media. Shuvo was a 4th semester student of the 36th batch of the university's law department.

A notice signed by BGC Trust University's registrar, Dr. SM Shoaib, informed about this.

The notice said that the decision was taken at a meeting of the department's academic committee held on Wednesday (November 27).

Earlier, a picture of a group of youths with country-made weapons in their hands went viral on Facebook. His acquaintances confirmed that one of the people in the picture is Shuvo Kanti Das. Another video that went viral shows that the youths in the picture participated in the murder of Alif. The university authorities took this disciplinary action against Shuvo after receiving preliminary evidence of his involvement in the murder.

Meanwhile, the Office of the Chief Adviser said that six people detained as suspects in the murder of Saiful Islam have been identified through video footage.

The Facebook post said that the Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has detained at least six people suspected of the murder. The six people have been identified through video footage.

Former Superintendent of Police Babul Akhter has been granted bail in the murder case of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.

On Wednesday (November 27) afternoon, a High Court bench comprising Justice Md. Atowar Rahman and Justice Ali Reza granted him bail.

Earlier, SP Babul Akhter had applied for bail in the court of Chattogram's Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Jasim Uddin on August 14. Later, on August 18, the judge rejected his bail and issued an order.

Mitu was murdered at 7:15 am on June 5, 2016 at the GEC intersection in the city. He was going to the GEC intersection to drop his son on a school bus. At that time, three miscreants on a motorcycle surrounded Mitu and shot him dead. Babul Akhter filed a case in this incident at Panchlaish Police Station in the city. The PBI submitted the final report in the case to the court on May 12 this year. On the same day, Babul Akhter's father-in-law Mosharraf Hossain filed a case against Babul Akhter and eight others at Panchlaish Police Station on charges of Mitu's murder. Babul has been in jail since May 17 in this case.