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Coast Guard seizes 6,050
kgs of adulterated shrimp
TBT Report
Through a statement, Lieutenant Commander
Labeeb Usama Ahmadullah, a media officer at
the Bangladesh Coast Guard headquarters
informed that the Coast Guard West Zone had
seized 6,500 kgs of jelly-injected shrimp on
May 18.
He said that on the basis of secret
information, on 18 May 2022, BCG station
Rupsha under Coast Guard West Zone
conducted a raid in Khan Jahan Ali Toll Plaza
area under Rupsha police station in Khulna
district. During the operation, a truck (Jessore-
T-11-4178) was transporting shrimp for sale in
Chattogram. At that time, Coast Guard
members searched the truck and arrested 2
people including 6,050 kg of shrimp. The
arrested persons are Md. Abdur Rahman (35)
from the North Kathia of Satkhira and Md.
Faruk Gazi (20) of Maniktala village of
Satkhira. Later, BDT 30,000 was fined to the
detained person. BDT 50,000 fine was
imposed on M/s Sabbir Transport (Satkhira),
BDT 25,000 to Zafar Fish and M/s. Monowara
Zafar Fish respectively. The seized 6,050 kg of
jelly-pushed shrimps were subsequently
buried in the ground in the presence of FIQC
representatives.
He further said that not only the image of the
country is being tarnished in the international
market with jelly-covered shrimp mixed with
waste, but also the people of this country are
being fed waste by selling it in the domestic
market.
Couple to die for
selling Khulna teen
to brothel in India
KHULNA : A Khulna
tribunal on Wednesday
sentenced a couple to death
for selling a 17-year-old girl
to a brothel in India.
Khulna Woman and Child
Repression Prevention
Tribunal Judge A Salam
Khan handed down the
judgment.
The condemned convicts
are-Shahin Sheikh and
Asma Begum.
According to the
prosecution, the convicts
took the girl to India with
promise of arranging a good
job and sold her there to a
brothel on October 19, 2009.
As her family failed to
trace out the girl they logged
a general diary against the
couple with local police.
Later, the family members
contacted Shahin who asked
them to provide Tk 20,000
to get back the girl.
The girl's mother lodged a
complaint with Khanjahan
Ali Police and on January
20, 2010, investigating
officer of the case Ashim
Kumar submitted a
chargesheet against the
couple.
Over 2.5 lakh children to be fed
Vitamin A+ capsule in Natore
NATORE : Over 2.5 lakh children aged
between six months to 59 months to be fed
with Vitamin A plus capsules during the
National Vitamin A Plus Campaign.
Natore Sadar Upazila Health and Family
Planning Officer Dr. Mahbubur Rahman
disclosed the information yesterday at an
orientation workshop with local journalists
held at the conference room of the Civil
Surgeon Office at 3 pm yesterday to make
the National Vitamin A plus Campaign-2022
a success.
The campaign will be conducted under the
auspices of the Public Health and Nutrition
Institute and National Nutrition Services
under the Ministry of Health and Family
Planning with the assistance of UNICEF.
Speaking at the workshop, Natore Sadar
Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer
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Dr. Mahbubur Rahman said normal growth
of children to be ensured as well as normal
eyesight and immunity also be enhanced
after taking Vitamin A plus capsule.
There is an opportunity to provide vitamin
A to the children through food diversification
and supplementary feeding, he said.
Medical Officer Mohammad Russell gave a
keynote address on the benefits and
implementation strategies of giving Vitamin
A capsules through PowerPoint
presentation.
According to the Civil Surgeon Office, a
total of 252,914 children in the district will be
given Vitamin A capsules from June 4 to 7.
Of these, 26,472 children (6-11 months)
will be given blue capsules and 2,26,442
children (12-59 months) will be given red
capsules.
School boy stabbed
dead by classmate
in Narayanganj
NARAYANGANJ : A 15-yearold
school boy was stabbed to
death by his classmate in front
of his school in Narayanganj's
Fatullah on Tuesday, reports
UNB.
Deceased Dhrubo was a
class-X student of Rabeya
Hossain High School and son
of Madab Chandra of Isdair
area in Fatullah.
The incident occurred in
front of the school in Isdair
area at around 9.30 pm,
where they gather to gossip in
a tea stall every day, said
locals. Yasin, a classmate of
the deceased, said Pius called
Dhrubo and took him to a
dark place near the stall and
stabbed him.
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