Some central leaders of the Awami League have met the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police in Narayanganj district, triggering accusations that they are trying to influence the mayoral polls.
‘Benefit Fraud’: Govt officials reimburse man after punishment
The Narayanganj district administration reimbursed some of the money a man spent for distributing relief among 100 people as punishment for seeking government food assistance.
The executive magistrate, who handed down the punishment, had claimed that seventy-five-year-old Farid Ahmmed Khan resorted to benefit fraud.
Locals, however, said the man, along with his family members, lives from hand to mouth and that the punishment became a huge burden on the person struggling to survive.
Farid s wife Hiron Begum said they had to borrow and spend around Tk 75,000 to arrange the food distribution.
Talking to The Daily Star last night, Farid said he got Tk 60,000. The district administration said the remaining Tk 15,000 would be given later, he added.
Two probe bodies formed on Shitalakkya launch capsize
Sun Online Desk
5th April, 2021 02:57:16
The government has formed two separate probe committees to investigate the launch capsize in the Shitalakkya river in Narayanganj on Sunday evening.
The fire service so far recovered twenty seven bodies after a Munshiganj-bound launch, carrying over 100 passengers, capsized in the river. However, many passengers of the launch are still missing.
Narayanganj Deputy Commissioner Mostain Billah has formed a seven-member probe committee, headed by Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Khadija Tahera Boby, to investigate the incident, said a Narayanganj Sadar upazila official.
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) also formed a four-member investigation committee, led by its director (Maritime Security) Rafiqul Islam, as per the directive of BIWTA Chairman Commodore Golam Sadeq.