‘Peace’ school shut in Moulvibazar

Police have shut down a school that bears the name 'Peace' in Moulvibazar's Borolekha.

Running for nearly one-and-half years, Borolekha International Peace School is not a branch of the Peace schools ordered shut by the government, authorities claim.

Borolekha Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Moniruzzaman visited the school and closed it down in line with the existing embargo on Peace schools, our local correspondent reports.

"The school does not have any affiliation with Peace school," claimed Ahmed Mortuza, principal of the school. "We chose the name because it sounds good."

Upazila education officer Arabinda Karmokar said the school does not have registration.

OC Moniruzzaman said the school was shut down in line with the closure order on Peace schools. "We asked for documents relating to the financing of the school."

Police forces have been deployed on the school premises to effectuate the closure.