The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has announced the preliminary squad for the Singapore match, including Hamza Chowdhury, Shamit Som and Fahamidul Islam.

Sumon Reza returned to the 26-man squad announced this afternoon. Sumon was in the World Cup qualifiers in March last year. This time, he returned after playing well in the Federation Cup.

Three of the 23-man final squad for the last India match - Shakil Hossain, Sohel Rana (Junior), and Chandan Roy - have been dropped.

The primary team has three goalkeepers—Mitul Marma, Sujan Hossain and Mehedi Hasan Shrawan.

Apart from goalkeeper Shraban, there are eight other footballers from Bashundhara Kings - Sheikh Morsalin, Mujibur Rahman Johnny, Saad Uddin, Sohel Rana, Tariq Kazi, Topu Barman, Faisal Ahmed Fahim and Rakib Hossain.

Bangladesh will play against Singapore in the second match of the Asian Cup qualifiers on June 10 at the National Stadium in Dhaka. For that purpose, the preparation camp will start from May 30. Before the Singapore match, Bangladesh will also play a warm-up match against Bhutan on June 4 at the same venue.

Bangladesh drew 0-0 with India in their first match in the third round of the Asian Cup qualifiers on March 25. Singapore, which is in the same group, also drew with Hong Kong. As a result, all four teams are now level on points.

A school student riding a motorcycle was killed and two others were injured when a tractor hit him in Birol Upazila of Dinajpur. The accident occurred at around 9:30 am on Wednesday in Uttar Bahla village of Bijora Union of the upazila.

The deceased, Mohana Akhter (14), is the daughter of Mizanur Rahman of Laxmijal area of Bijora Union. She was a student of class 8 of Raghupur High School. Mohana's uncle, motorcycle driver Habibur Rahman (45), and Mohana's girlfriend, Ritu Akhter (14), daughter of Ariful Islam of the same village, are undergoing treatment at Dinajpur Medical College Hospital after being seriously injured in the incident.

Talented director Mostafa Sarwar Farooqui and actress Nusrat Imroz Tisha got married out of love. That was in July 2010. Almost 15 years later, Farooqui, who was the cultural advisor to the interim government, revealed that the depth of love between this star couple began in Comilla; while shooting a drama.

The main event of the 126th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was held in Comilla on Sunday. In the afternoon, the event organized at the auditorium of the Comilla District Shilpakala Academy was attended as the chief guest by Cultural Affairs Advisor Mostafa Sarwar Faruqi. While giving a speech on the memories of the national poet's love in Comilla, he also spoke about his own love.

Mustafa Sarwar Faruqi said, 'I have a deep love for Comilla. You know I have come to Comilla many times to shoot. My love means the one I married later, Tisha (Nusrat Imroz Tisha); the depth of my love began in Comilla. When I came to do a production called "Carom". Not only Nazrul has love memories in Comilla, Nazrul's younger brothers also have love memories.' The advisor further said, 'Whenever I came to shoot in Comilla, we would discuss which places have memories of Nazrul.'

The body of teenager Amir Hossain (14) was lying on the green grass of the field. Rice dishes, water jugs and glasses were scattered around. He was returning home after feeding his father Fazlu Mia, who worked in the haor, lunch. Amir was killed by lightning on the way.

The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in the field of Baktarpur village in Laxmipur union of Doarabazar upazila of Sunamganj. Amir Hossain also lives in the same village. He was a class 10 student of the local Liakatganj High School and College.

Doarabazar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Zahidul Haque said, Amir's father was working in the haor. He had taken rice for his father in the afternoon. He was returning home in the afternoon after feeding his father rice. At that time, there was thunder and lightning. After reaching the field next to the village, he died on the spot due to a sudden lightning strike.

Begum Hasina Momtaz, principal of Liaquatganj High School, said, "We are all shocked to hear the news of his death."

Amid heated discussions in the political arena over the idea of the resignation of Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus, Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Shafiqur Rahman and Nayeb-e-Amir Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher met with Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman. The meeting took place last Saturday night. Earlier, the two top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami met with Professor Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna.

It is learnt that after leaving Jamuna, they went to Dhaka Cantonment and met the Army Chief. Jamaat leader Abdullah Mohammad Taher confirmed the meeting with the Army Chief. He said that the meeting took place due to the interest of the Jamaat leaders.

Outrage has swept through parts of Bangladesh after footage surfaced showing demonstrators setting fire to images of a blogger known as Musammoth Afsana Ahmed Busra. The individual stands accused of spreading inflammatory content online targeting Islam and respected religious scholars.

The demonstrations—led by members of Jamaat-e-Islami, and enraged Muslims — have taken a furious turn, with many demanding the harshest punishment for what they describe as blasphemy of the highest order.

Protesters allege that on her blog, www.peoplewithoutwalls.com  the blogger details claims of being sexually abused by her Arabic Teacher during childhood. However, they argue the real outrage lies in his broader accusations, which they say aim to undermine Islamic scholarship by portraying clerics as paedophiles. One particularly incendiary piece suggests that by modern standards, the prophet Muhammad was a paedophile and the epidemic of child brides in Bangladesh is rooted in false religious hadith.

Religious groups and clerical bodies have condemned the writings in the strongest terms. They assert the blogger has crossed every line of decency and reverence, and some are calling for justice to be served swiftly and severely.