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Special flights cancelled Migrant workers protest in Dhaka 18 April 2021
Migrant workers block the road in front of the Saudi Arabian Airlines office in Dhaka\ s Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, after their flights were cancelled on Saturday.
Staff Reporter :
Several hundred migrant workers demonstrated at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Saturday following cancellation special flights.
They also blocked capital s Karwan Bazar intersection, halting traffic movement on the road.
On the first day of the beginning of the special flights, a total of 14 flights were scheduled to take off and land at the HSIA.
But seven of the flights were cancelled due to lack of landing permission in countries and passengers, official sources said.
Man brutally killed in Bogura
A man was brutally killed by unidentified assailants in Bogura’s Sadar upazila on April 14, 2021. Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
A man was brutally killed by unidentified assailants in Bogura s Sadar upazila early today.
The deceased was identified as Shafiul Islam Piplu (35), a resident of the Madidali Uttar Para of the upazila and used to work at a grocery store in Raza Bazar area of the town, reports our Bogura correspondent quoting Selim Reza, officer-in-charge of Bogura Sadar Police Station.
The incident took place around 12:00am at Matidali area when Shafiul was returning home after closing the store, the OC said.
37 turtles rescued in Bogura; 2 held
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A team of Wildlife Crime Control Unit (WCCU) rescued 37 turtles from Tinmatha area of Bogura town this morning.
The team also detained two people Rabindra Chandra Das (58) and Rafiqul Islam (53) of Bogura Sadar upazila – during the drive, Ashim Kumar Mollick, inspector of the Wildlife Crime Control Unit, told The Daily Star.
The duo are involved in illegal trading of turtles for years, our Bogura correspondent reports quoting the WCCU official.
Ashim Kumar said, We rescued the turtles from the duo around 9:00am today with the help of Team for Energy and Environmental Research (TEER), a local organisation that works for environment.
A worker was killed as a mosquito coil factory in Bogura Sadar upazila caught fire this morning. The deceased, Belal Hosen (25), was a worker at "One Mosquito Coil" factory, reports our local correspondent quoting Humayan Kabir, officer-in-charge of Bogura Sadar police station. Belal had stayed back after work last night and slept in the factory, the police official said.