UNB, Jessore :At least 15 students of a school were injured as a picnic bus plunged into a ditch at Kashempur in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district on Saturday.Witnesses said the bus carrying 37 students of Bagharpara Pilot High School of Jessore fell into a roadside ditch when its driver lost control over the steering while moving towards Shelaidaha of Kushtia for picnic, leaving 15 students injured.Kumarkhali thana officer-in-charge Lutfar Rahman said the injured students were admitted to Kushtia General Hospital and Kumarkhali Health Complex.Earlier on February 15, seven schoolchildren drowned when a bus carrying them home from a picnic plunged into a pond in Chougachha upazila of Jessore.PM to visit Sylhet on Feb 28Sylhet CorrespondentPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit in beach town Sylhet on a day-long tour on February 28. District administration officials said the Prime Minister will formally inaugurate newly constructed Sylhet Cricket Stadium during the visit.Later, she will speak in a meeting with govt officials and local Awami League leaders in Sylhet circuit house. Meanwhile, a preparatory meeting of the district administration to success PM’s visit was held in the conference room of Deputy Commissioner (DC) on Monday evening. DC Md. Shohidul Islam presided over the meeting.
