News in Brief-(2023-06-13)
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
650 slum children get basic needs in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, June 12: Around 650 children, including 320 girls, coming from 20 slums and other disadvantaged and underprivileged communities and families, are getting basic needs for their physical and mental development in the city. On behalf of the 'Alokito Shishu Project', they are being provided various services related to education, health, food security, nutrition, livelihood, psychosocial support and protection in Drop in Centre (DIC) and shelter facilities. Rajshahi Regional Centre of Caritas Bangladesh has been implementing the two-year project aimed at protecting the rights of street children. Officials of the project revealed this while addressing a media campaign at its DIC at Padma Residential area in the city on Monday to mark the World Day Against Child Labour 2023. — BSS
Constable suspended for beating street child
Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) suspended a police constable for allegedly beating up a street child for stealing a gas lighter on Sunday. The suspended police was identified as Md Shawkat, a constable of CMP traffic division. The incident took place on Sunday at a shop near the police box in Tiger Pass area under Kotwali police station of the city. Chattogram Metropolitan Police Commissioner Krishna Pada Roy came to know about the incident after a 30-second video footage of the incident went viral on social media. Later, the CMP commissioner ordered the suspension of the policeman. — UNB
Discussion on nutrition held in Manikganj
MANIKGANJ, June 12: A discussion on the 'Nutrition for the elderly people' on the occasion of the National Nutrition Week- 2023 was held at the conference room of the Civil Surgeon under the auspices of the Public Health Nutrition Institution (PHNI) on Monday. The function chaired by Superintendent of Manikganj 250-bed Hospital Dr. Mohammad Bahauddin was addressed, among others, by Dr. M R Parvej, Social Service Officer Md. Niaz Morshed and former District Education Officer (DEO) Md. Abdul Monnaf Khan. The speakers said nutritious food is essential for healthy living specially for the growing up of babies and for the elderly people. Nutritious foods help to keep a man of all ages free from many kinds of diseases. — BSS