'Peace' school shut in Moulvibazar

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

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.

During a visit to the area yesterday, this correspondent found the school shut in Ghulsha village shut.

The school has four teachers and over 40 students in different classes from playgroup to Class V.

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

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.

The school was shut down in line with the closure order on Peace schools, said the OC.