Bangladesh, Dec. 21 -- The High Court has ordered the ministry of women and children affairs, the ministry of social welfare and others concerned to submit within 40 days what measures they have taken for rehabilitation of street children. This order was passed by a HC bench during the hearing of a writ petition submitted by a Supreme Court lawyer seeking long-term steps for rehabilitation of floating children with no shelter for themselves.
The lawyer was apparently prompted to move the petition following the setting a 10-year-old boy on fire by some devil incarnate in Fakirerpul area. With 27 per cent of the boy's body severely burnt, he is now struggling to survive in the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Naturally, the HC al...