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Prisoner ‘missing’ from Ctg jail: Jailer withdrawn, 2 jail guards suspended
Prison authorities on Sunday withdrew the jailer and deputy jailer of Chattogram Central Jail for their negligence in discharging duty as a murder accused inmate went missing from prison.
Two prison guards of the jail were also suspended in this connection.
The withdrawn jailer, Rafiqul Islam, was attached to the headquarters of the Department of Prisons. The deputy jailer, whose name could not be known immediately, was attached to the office of Deputy Inspector General of Prisons in Chattogram.
The suspended prison guards are Younus Mia, assistant chief prison guard, and his colleague Nazim Uddin.
Chittagong Bureau and Senior Correspondent,
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Published: 07 Mar 2021 04:08 PM BdST
Updated: 07 Mar 2021 04:08 PM BdST
Authorities have withdrawn a jailor and a deputy jailor from duty at Chattogram Central Jail and handed temporary suspensions to two other prison officials after an inmate disappeared. );
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The jail authorities also filed a departmental case against another official, while a three-strong committee was assembled to investigate the incident.
Jailer Rafiqul Islam was attached to the Department of Prisons, said Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Md Mominur Rahman Mamun. Deputy Jailer Abu Sadat was reassigned to the Office of Deputy Inspector General of Prisons in Chattogram.
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Karachi
February 7, 2021
Educators and academics have expressed reservations over a recently-passed bill from the Senate for making the teaching of Arabic compulsory at all the educational institutions, saying that the economic prospects of teaching Arabic are low and adding more languages to the curriculum will further deteriorate the teaching standards of mathematics and science subjects.
A few days earlier, the Senate of Pakistan passed the Compulsory Teaching of Arabic Language Bill 2020, to make Arabic a compulsory subject at all the educational institutions.
Talking to The News, a number of educators said the legislators should try to fill the loopholes of the educational system instead of overburdening the students. They opined that about 74 per cent of students from grade I to X were learning two languages Urdu and English – as compulsory subjects. Likewise, learning their mother tongue in various regions of the country was also compulsory for the students from grade