The driver of the bus that killed a Barisal University student has been arrested from Khasherhat village in Patuakhali district.
The arrestee is Jamil Hossain, 27, a driver of Travels Paribahan in Narayanganj and son of Haidar Ali of Patukhali district.
A team of police arrested Jamil from a house around 11pm on Friday, said Md Shafiqul Islam, Commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police.
Maya Fauzia Mim, a student of Statistics Department of the university, was killed when a bus hit her around 9pm on Wednesday.
The students of the university blocked the Barisal-Kuakata-Barguna-Bhola regional routes after the accident.
Vehicular movement on the route remained suspended till 10 pm on Friday following the demonstration, said Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bandar police station.