financial-hardship

Relatives are counting the days to see the lifeless faces of their loved ones for the last time. The bodies of five Bangladeshi workers killed in a fire in Saudi Arabia will be brought back to Bangladesh on Saturday. Their bodies are returning home after a long wait of two and a half months. They had been kept in a cold storage facility in Saudi Arabia due to delays in confirming their identities. Mohammad Saiful Islam, Deputy Commissioner of Naogaon, confirmed the matter to journalists,...

Mohammad Faruk once worked as a helper on a local tempo. His daily duties included helping passengers get on and off, collecting fares and assisting the driver. He sometimes had to spend days without food because of his family’s financial hardship. He also had to wear clothes given to him by others. Yet his dream of continuing his education never stopped. That Faruk is now a third-year student in the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Chittagong. He is managing his own edu...