Kishoreganj, Feb. 18 -- Bhairab highway remained suspended for two hours on Tuesday as locals blocked the highway, protesting the death of 2 schoolboys in Madhyapara area in Katiadi upazila of the district.

The deceased were identified as Ali Akbar, 13, an eighth-grader of Madhyapara High School and son of Faruk from Madhyapara village, and his cousin Junaid, 12, a sixth-grader of the same school and son of Ferdous from the same area.

Witnesses said when the boys were going to their school's sports event on a motorbike a bus hit the motorbike, leaving Ali Akbar dead on the spot.

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Junaid was rushed to a hospital with critical injuries where he succumbed to his injuries.

Enraged by the deaths, local...