Officials say much-needed facility will have recreational areas, basic amenities, and children’s play zone; the primary purpose of the detention centre is to house foreign nationals who have entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas, until arrangements for their repatriation are made.

A Dhaka court sentenced deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in two corruption cases linked to alleged irregularities in land allocations under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol