In an unprecedented manifestation of hatred, the lawyers of Joypurhat Bar Samity asked Jatiya Adivasi Parishad (JAP) to replace 26 water glasses which some Adivasi people used to drink water on Thursday. This has deeply hurt the entire indigenous community in Joypurhat. “The incident was unexpected in a modern civilised society,” said JAP Secretary
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Largest limestone reserve discovered
GSB sees it as feasible mine The Geological Survey of Bangladesh yesterday discovered a limestone deposit in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat. Moonira Akhter Chowdhury, Director General, Geological Survey of Bangladesh, told The Daily Star that the limestone deposit appears
Kidney, Liver Trade: 10 hospitals involved
Organ trader makes confession Tareque Azam, the key suspect of a network of organ trade in the country, gave his confessional statement before a Joypurhat magistrate court yesterday. In his confession, he named some hospitals, clinics and doctors involved in the illicit business, said F Karim, officer-in-charge of Kalai Police Station in
Liver traders go on the prowl
Lure poor into selling portion of their organs; hospitals in Dhaka say no way to check wrongdoing Twenty-three-year old Mehdi Hasan from Bamongram in Kalai upazila had been lured into selling his kidney but ended up losing a part of his liver. Md Abdus Sattar, who used to sell vegetables in Kalai, had enticed him ... Read more
3 arrested for ‘trade in kidney’
Police arrested three men from Bohuchi village under Kalai upazila of Joypurhat on Sunday night for their alleged involvement in kidney trade. The arrestees are Md Abdus Sattar, 40, Golam Mostafa, 28, and Abdul Karim, 32, of the same village. Acting on information, a team led by the officer-in-charge of Kalai Police Station raided two