Train fares
to remain
unchanged
News Desk
An increase in fuel prices has prompted a hike in bus and launch transport fares but the government has no plans to change the price of train tickets at present, according to Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan, reports bdnes24.com.
Even though locomotives run on diesel, Sujan on Saturday assured that railway fares would not be affected by the additional fuel costs. While the private sector plays a major role in road, shipping and aviation services in Bangladesh, railway services are wholly state-run.
Speaking to reporters at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station, Sujan said, “So far, we have not taken any decision to increase the train fare. If it was the case that we were facing massive losses due to a rise in fuel prices then we would be thinking of raising the fare.”
The government has increased the price of diesel by Tk 15 per litre to Tk 80 in light of a volatile international oil market. As a result, government subsidies for the railways will increase.
“Train services are subsidised by the government. Railways have to pay a lot of subsidies. Instead of Tk 10, maybe it [the subsidy] will have to be increased to Tk 12. That is why we have not taken any decision on raising the fares.”
Schoolgirl found dead in city
News Desk
Police recovered the body of a schoolgirl named Sana Rezwan (14) at Gulshan in the capital.
Police said Sana’s body was recovered in front of the house at 48/1, 41 Road, Gulshan-2 on Saturday morning.
Citing the family, the police said that Sana committed suicide by jumping from the 10th floor at around 2.30 pm, after being sentimental about any behaviour of her
The body was recovered around 4.30 am, police said adding they were investigating whether he had committed suicide or died of other causes.
The body was sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue for autopsy.
Gulshan Police Station duty officer SI Shilpi Akhter said Sana, a sixth-grade student of Sunbeams School in Uttara and daughter of Rezwan Selim – a garment trader, used to live with her parents on the 10th floor of the 12-storey building. She was the younger of two sisters.
The aunt of the deceased has filed a suicide case with the police station.
Woman stabbed to death in
Jatrabari
News Desk
Police have recovered the body of a woman at her home in Dhaka’s Jatrabari after she was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband.
The law enforcers say their eight-year-old son was the lone witness to the murder.
The man, Abdul Jaher, 40, who worked as a day labourer or a rickshaw driver, fled the scene after the incident on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com.
Victim Rupa Akter, 30, worked as a domestic aide. Neighbours rushed to the house after hearing the child’s cry for help, said Shah Iftekhar Ahmed, a deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. “They spotted Rupa’s body with a stab mark on her chest. She died at the scene.”
Police believe the man killed his wife while she was sleeping over a domestic dispute.
“The child woke up after hearing his mother’s screams. He saw his father holding a knife,” said Mazharul Islam, chief of Demra Police Station.
Rupa’s body was sent to Sir Salimullah Medical College for post-mortem examination.
