News Watch- (26-2-2019)

Workshop for new MPs begins today

A two-day workshop for the newly- elected members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at the oath-taking room of the JS today (Tuesday). Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will inaugurate the workshop at 10.00am. — BSS

House help burned dead in city fire

A domestic help was burned to death as a fire broke out in a flat of building at Dakhshin Bishil under Darus Salam thana on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Liza Akhter, 17, daughter of Nazrul Islam, hailing from Barguna district. She used to work on the 4th floor of seven-storey 'Johura Garden' building on road no 5. — UNB

Four 'forest robbers' die in Sundarbans 'gunfight'

BAGERHAT, Feb 25: Four suspected forest robbers, including the chief of infamous 'Arif Bahini', were killed in a reported gunfight between their cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Jongrar Canal of Sundarbans in Mongla Upazila on Monday. —UNB