The Thai Embassy in Dhaka has donated food and student uniforms to an orphanage run under the patronage of Binajuri Smashan Vihara in Raozan of Chattogram to celebrate the 50 years of diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and Thailand. Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Makawadee Sumitmor and diplomatic officers from the Thai Embassy donated food and student uniforms to Dhammakatik Orphanage Thursday. Read: 50 Years of Diplomatic Ties: Thai Embassy to host photography, video contests The event was part of the Royal Thai Volunteer Project. The project was initiated by King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua of Thailand as a tribute to King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit for their contributions and efforts to improve the livelihood of the people. Sangharaja of Bangladesh and Buddhist monks at Binajuri Smashan Vihara welcomed the Thai delegation.

A seven-year-old madrasha student was found dead with his throat slit at an orphanage in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Iftekhar Malikul Mashfique, a student of Allama Hazrat Sheikh Asiar Rahman Farooque Orphanage and Madrasha located in the Charandwip area of the upazila. READ: Fire in Ctg garment factory brought under control: Fire Service MD Abdul, officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station, said Mashfique’s body was found inside the orphanage around 9am. As the news spread, local residents gathered at the orphanage and demanded police action. READ: 3 fined Tk 23 lakh for irregularities in scraping grounded ship in Ctg "The body has been sent to the local hospital morgue for an autopsy. A probe is on," the OC said.

The accused staffer of a state-run orphanage- ‘Chotomoni Nibas’ in Sylhet- has given a confessional statement in the murder case of a two-month-old infant  Friday. Sultana Ferdousi Siddiqa, employed by  the Department of Social Services as a nanny, gave her statement after police produced her before Sylhet Metropolitan Court of magistrate Saifur Rahman and prayed for remand, said officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station SM Abu Farhad. On Friday, Sultana was arrested in a murder case filed by Sub-inspector of the police station Mahbubul Alam Mandal. Also read: Nanny at state-run orphanage suffocated 2-month-old to death: CCTV Chhotomoni Nibas is a state-run orphanage located in Bagbari of Sylhet city run by the Department of Social Services. According to police sources, closed-circuit camera footage of July 22 captured the disturbing footage of Sultana throwing the crying infant, Nabil Ahmed, out of his bed before shockingly suffocating him to death with a pillow. Later, she tried to destroy the evidence of the murder with the help of other staffs and officials of the orphanage, said police. On July 24 , a case of Unnatural Death  was filed at the police station to cover up the incident. The murder of Nabil was buried with his body after a post-mortem. On August 12, the case called attention of Deputy-Commissioner of SMP Azbahar Ali Sheikh and he immediately rushed to the orphanage with OC Abu Farhad and investigation officer of the case SI Mahbub. Also read: Four children drown on Eid day As the incident of murder became evident from the CCTV footage, DC immediately asked to arrest the nanny. Police said legal action will be taken against the authorities of the orphanage upon investigation as they were also involved in hiding the murder. However, deputy director of Sylhet Social Service department Nibas Dash claimed no one tried to hide the murder as Sultana was immediately removed from her post, and a case was filed with the police station to investigate the matter. The CCTV footage was also salvaged and handed to police, he said. Director of the department Shandip Kumar Singha said finding  the involvement of the nanny in a primary investigation, a report was sent to Dhaka office for taking action against her. Identity of orphan Nabil OC SM Abu Farhad said on June 12 Gowainghat station police handed over the then one month old orphan to Chotomoni Nibas, after he was born to a mentally ill homeless woman. At the orphanage, he was named Nabil Ahmed and nanny Sultana Ferdousi Siddiqa was given the responsibility of taking care of him. On the morning of July 23, Nabil was found dead in his bed.