Here is a brief recap on newsworthy events that took place at home and abroad until Friday evening
German Parliamentary Committee due Saturday
A 7-member delegation of the German Parliamentary Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development is set to arrive in Bangladesh Saturday on a five-day visit to assess the situation in the RMG Sector.
'West won't buy blood stained clothes'
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez has said western consumers will not buy clothes that are stained with the blood of Bangladeshi workers.
“The BGMEA and the government of Bangladesh must understand this simple message,” Menendez said in a statement issued regarding the anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh.
22 shanties gutted in Jamalpur fire
At least 22 shanties have been gutted in a devastating fire at Char Dakatia village under Dewanganj upazila of the district on Thursday.
Locals said the fire has broken out at the kitchen of one Hannan in the afternoon after the gas cylinder was exploded.
Boy flees from kidnappers, one held
Police have arrested a kidnapper after getting information from a school student, who managed to ran away from the abductors two days into his kidnap in Baraigram upazila in Natore.
The arrestee, Jony, son of Ruhul Amin, of Kalikapur village of the upazila, has reportedly abducted the class seven student Saimun Islam Shuvo on Wednesday.
9 trafficking victims return from Iran
Nine Bangladeshi migrants, who were abducted by a gang of human traffickers in Iran, have returned home on Friday morning.
A scheduled flight of Fly Dubai carrying the migrant workers arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 10:40am, said Executive Director of Rights Jessore Binoy Krishno.
