09 June 2014 :

A total of 1071 inmates are on death row in jails across the country, State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan said. Asduzzaman was replying to a tabled question from Morshed Alam, MP (Noakhali-2) in the parliament. Currently, the jails are holding 66,465 prisoners, including 19,713 sentenced to various jail terms.
There are 45,593 under-trial prisoners, he said. The government spends Tk 36.46 lakh on food for the prisoners daily Asaduzzaman said. Answering to a question of Nurul Islam Sujan MP (Panchagar-2), the state minister said the government plans to raise police manpower by 50,000 to maintain law and order.