Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 348 Sat. May 21, 2005  
   
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Tales of the living and the dead
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A relative yesterday consoles a wailing Akhter Banu, left, who has lost his father Abdus Salam Dorji to Tuesday's Jamuna launch disaster on his way back home with Tk 57,000 and 2.5-tola gold jewellery for her marriage, a traumatised mother, top right sitting on the ground, grieves the death of her son Abdus Samad in Tuesday's launch mishap on Jamuna, while Shahidul Islam bottom right sits with his family members on return home narrowly escaping death yesterday. Both the 18-year-old youths hail from Habibpur village, Charghat, Rajshahi. PHOTO: STAR