The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has warned that stern action will be taken if anyone is found guilty of depriving physically and mentally challenged children of admission to mainstream schools. She also said the government would consider tax exemption for those corporate institutions and private entrepreneurs that would employ disabled people in their respective institutions.
Police yesterday filed a case with Tongi police station accusing 3,000 unknown people said to be involved in the clashes between garments (RMG) workers and police at Ershad Nagar in Tongi in Gazipur district on Saturday. Meanwhile, another person died from wounds at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) that raised the death toll to 3.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday warned the law enforcers that if anyone of them was found guilty of extrajudicial killings, stern action would be taken against them. She made her government's stand clear when Human Rights Ambassadors of the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany Arjan Hamburger, Amold de Fine Skibsted and Gunter Nooke called on her at the Prime Minister's Office.
Hasina warns ministers over poor job, graft allegations; tells top bureaucrats not to clutch at excuses
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday categorically warned her cabinet colleagues that she will not hesitate to remove them from offices if they fail to fulfil her party's election pledges to the people, or if allegations of corruption are brought against them.
