Yet another year of the killing of Tanwir Muhammad Taqi in Narayanganj passed by and the investigating body, Rab, like the past nine years, said the investigation is still ongoing, prolonging the wait of Taqi’s parents for justice.

Rownak Rehana routinely dusts the trophies her son had won in different competitions and the books he used to read.

The headline of a report by this daily marking the sixth anniversary of the murder of 17-year-old Tanwir Muhammad Taqi succinctly captured the absurdity of the investigation that ensued in its wake, calling it “a never-ending probe”.