News Watch (3-09-2019)

Killer of Pathao rider Milon arrested

Detective branch (DB) of police arrested on Monday the alleged killer of Pathao rider Milon from capital's Shahjahanpur area. Md Nur Uddin Sumon was arrested around 3 am, Dhaka Metropolitan Police's (DMP's) additional commissioner (DB) Md Abdul Baten told newsmen at a briefing held at its media centre. — BSS

Mahbub new refugee relief commissioner

The government has appointed Joint Secretary Md Mahbub Alam Talukder as the new refugee relief and repatriation commissioner to Cox's Bazar, effective from September 05. He will succeed Additional Secretary Abul Kalam in the post, according to an order issued by the public administration ministry on Monday. The decision was made after the second botched effort to start the process of sending back the Rohingya refugees to their homeland on August 22.

— bdnews24.com