News Watch- (29-4-2019)

Principal admits to ordering associates to kill Nusrat

Principal SM Siraj-ud-Daula of a Feni madrasa has confessed to ordering the fatal arson attack on student Nusrat Jahan Rafi for her refusal to drop sexual abuse charges against him, police say. He gave the orders to his students and associates Nur Uddin and Shahadat Hossain Shamim from jail, police said, citing Siraj's confessional statement given in a Feni court on Sunday.

—bdnews24.com

BIWTA to build two cargo terminals

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will build two cargo terminals at Pangaon and Ashuganj ports aiming to transport fertilizer, wheat, maize, cement and other goods in river routes smoothly. It was disclosed at a city workshop Sunday. — BSS