Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid has expressed his dissatisfaction after finding 40 to 60 percent of the toilets at Cumilla Medical College Hospital unusable. During a visit to the hospital, the minister, visibly upset by the unhygienic conditions, turned to the hospital's acting director and said, "Bring the sweeper and Harpic, I will clean them right now."
An 11-year-old child who used to sell water bottles on trains has been taken to hospital by a mentally ill man after being pushed off a moving train. The child said he was pushed down from the running train. Later, a mentally ill man took the blood-stained child, who was lying beside the railway line, to hospital. The incident took place in Kulaura of Moulvibazar on Wednesday (September 2) afternoon.
Police have arrested a young man named Kashem (30) in Shalikha, Magura, on charges of attempting to sexually assault a five-year-old child.
The government is planning to launch a nationwide one-meal nutritious food programme for students of government primary schools. According to the plan, from 2027, around 1.10 crore students from approximately 66,000 government primary schools will be brought under the programme. Currently, a pilot programme is running in 150 upazilas covering over 30 lakh students .
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Bangladesh National Party (BJP) Chairman Barrister Andalib Rahman Partha has said that people cannot be made good through regulations. However, regulations can be used to bring lawbreakers under the law. He said journalists must perform their duties from a place of ethical responsibility, ensuring that no one's life, career or dignity is unnecessarily harmed.
Two fishermen have been found dead and two others are still missing after a fishing trawler capsized in rough weather in Cox's Bazar's Maheshkhali. The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday (September 3) in the western part of the Sonadia Channel.