Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission has stared investigation into the death Younus Muhammad Shahidunnabi Jewel, who was beaten and burnt to death by a mob in Lalmonirhaton Thursday following a rumour of demeaning the Holy Quran.

Journalist Suborna Nodi may have been killed by hired criminals over filing of a dowry case against her former husband and in-laws, police said after primary investigation.

Justice Amirul Kabir Chowdhury, a former judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court and the first chairman of National Human Rights Commission dies at the age of 78.

Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Kazi Reazul Haque urges the authorities concerned to ensure punishment of the culprits who attacked Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal yesterday.