Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday strictly directed the ministries to find ways to gradually get rid of the huge amount of subsidies that have to be spent for various sectors.
The death toll from Thursday’s MV Abhijan-10 launch fire in Jhalakathi rose to 47 with the recovery of two more bodies from the Sugandha River while another injured succumbed to her injuries at Sheikh Hasina Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery today.
Putul Begum, from Dhaka’s Madartek, boarded the MV Abhijan-10 on Thursday evening to go to her sister’s home in Barguna along with at least seven family members for a holiday trip.