PM's directive: 1,000 prisoners to be released from jail

In a fresh move, the government is going to release 1,000 prisoners under five categories. The decision was taken Saturday evening when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sat in a meeting with jail authorities where Home Minister Sahara Khatun was also present. The meeting was arranged after the Prime Minister inaugurated Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Jail Memorial Museum and Four National Leaders' Jail Memorial Museum inside the Dhaka Central Jail. The Prime Minister ordered the authorities concerned to properly make a list of 1,000 prisoners who are aged, females, disabled, children and those who are suffering from serious diseases. — UNB