An utter tragedy struck 13 years ago. Still only a ninth-grader, Rajshahi’s Sheuli Akter was married off owing to her family’s unimaginable struggle with poverty.
Detectives arrested nine alleged drug peddlers yesterday along with 88,000 pieces of yaba and 500 grams of crystal meth from Dhaka's Mohammadpur and Jatrabari area. The arrestees are: Nazim Uddin, Abbas Uddin, Nasir Uddin, Sheuli Akter, Kohinur Begum, Sanjit Das, Hasan Ali, Rashida Begum and Mousumi Akter.