30-12-2020

WeDneSDAY, DeCeMBeR 30, 2020
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Members of BCG Station Chandpur under Dhaka Zone in a drive on arrested 2 people along with 75 lakh meters
of illegal current net from Gachatala Bridge area adjacent to Wireless Junction on Tuesday. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh Coast Guard seizes
huge quantity of illegal nets
A special operation was conducted by
BCG station Chandpur under dhaka
zone on tuesday morning to curb the use
of illegal nets on the basis of secret
information in the area of Gachatala
Bridge adjacent to Wireless Junction.
during the operation, two persons were
arrested with a truck (dhaka metro-no-
15-42-62) heading towards harina from
munshiganj with an illegal current net of
75 lakh meters, a press release said.
the arrestees were identified as md.
Arif (32), son of Akbar sikder, from
Abdullahpur area of munshiganj and md.
Abdul Barek (42), son of Abdul mannan
Bepari from pathak kandi village of
madaripur. the seized nets were later
destroyed by fire in the presence of the
executive magistrate and the upazila
senior Fisheries officer. the two
detainees were fined tk 5,000 each by a
mobile court through an executive
magistrate.
the Coast Guard has continued and
will continue to conduct regular
operations in the areas covered by the
Bangladesh Coast Guard to maintain law
and order, ensure public safety as well as
curb kidnapping, robbery, drug control
and fishing with illegal current nets.
Bridge built over Chela canal brings
light of hope of rural people
Aminul islAm Azir, ChhAtAk
Correspondent:
the people of the area are
dreaming of developing a beautiful
bridge over the Chela canal in
Bhatgaon union of Chhatak upazila
of sunamganj with the aim of 'village
will be city' announced by the prime
minister.
Built by the local government
department, this beautiful bridge is a
beacon of hope for the affluent rural
people of the area. the bridge was
officially inaugurated by supreme
Court Justice Barrister iman Ali on
october 5 last year. sunamganj
deputy Commissioner Abdul Ahad
and other government officials were
present at the inaugural function.
the 6-meter-long bridge was built
over the Chela canal on the moinpur-
Aliganj road in the Anujani area of
the Jalalpur-Baratuka road under
the important bridge project. the
local government department wants
to complete the construction and
renovation work of the connecting
road of the girder bridge constructed
at a cost of tk 3.24 crore by next
June. to this end, a delegation led by
lGed sunamganj executive
engineer mahbub Alam inspected
the road adjacent to the bridge on
Wednesday. Chhatak upazila
engineer Abul mansur mia, deputy
Assistant engineer rajat kanti das
and other people of the engineering
department were present at the time.
the road to be constructed will
cross the north side of the bridge
through the village of Chelarpar and
meet the bridge adjacent to moinpur
Bazar. once the work on the link
road is completed, a large population
of several villages including
moinpur, kurshi, Chelarpar,
Anujanani will be able to enjoy easy
travel facilities. in addition,
hundreds of students from 2 high
schools, 2 primary schools and 2
madrasas located on the side of the
road will be relieved of their
hardships and farmers will be able to
take advantage of marketing their
produce as there are a few small and
big hats and bazaars along the road.
Currently, school-madrasa students
and locals are looking at the bridge as
a beacon in the area. shamsul islam,
nazmul hossain and Golap mia of
Chelarpar village, who are expecting
benefits, said that the construction of
Anujani Bridge is the result of long
standing demand of the locals.
Freedom fighter Abdul khalik, dr.
noor Ali of Anujani village, kibria
said, this bridge will improve the
living standard of the rural people of
this area. it will be possible to take
the sick patient to the medical center
easily. Anujani Bridge is a milestone
in the development of the present
rural-friendly government. mahbub
Alam, executive engineer of lGed
sunamganj, said the bridge was built
keeping the alignment of the road.
road construction has been delayed
due to successive floods. road work
will begin soon. he expressed hope
that the road work would be
completed by next June.
Golam kabir mollah elected mayor
for second time in a row
milon siddiki, dhAmrAi
Correspondent:
municipal Awami league
president Golam kabir
mollah has been elected
mayor for the second
consecutive term in dhamrai
municipality election. Golam
kabir mollah has been
elected mayor by winning
through huge margin of
votes.
After the victory of the boat
symbol in the last election,
the municipal mayor Golam
kabir mollah was widely
discussed through various
developmental activities. to
maintain the continuity of
development, this time the
Awami league nominated
him again for the boat
symbol, and the loclas were
satisfied with the
development activities and
elected Golam kabir mollah
as the mayor for the second
time in a row with 23,110
votes.
meanwhile, the nearest
rival Bnp-backed mayoral
candidate dewan nazim
uddin monju got 1,503 votes
and the other rival islami
Andolan Bangladesh's
mayoral candidate Qazi
shawkat hossain got 262
votes.
the total number of voters
in dhamrai municipality is
42,644. of these, three
mayoral candidates got
24,885 votes. in this
election, voting was held
peacefully by eVm system.
district administration stand beside
cold-hit people in dighinala
ABdul JAlil, diGhinAlA Correspondent:
Blankets have been distributed
among cold-hit people at the initiative
of khagrachhari district administration.
deputy Commissioner pratap Chandra
Biswas distributed blankets among the
poor people of taidupara, Jharnapara,
milon karbari, seemana para and
rathichandra karbari para areas at the
raninagar police will be for
the people: oC
s m sAiFul islAm, rAninAGAr
Correspondent:
md. shaheen Akanda, a new
officer in charge of raninagar police
station, said police would work
alongside the people to maintain
law and order including the safety
of raninagar residents. in that case,
if the people become aware and
inform their problems directly to
the police station, legal action will
be taken in case of urgent
investigation. i will work with local
school groundsof seemana para school
in dighinala on tuesday afternoon.
during the time, blankets were
distributed among more than 300 coldhit
people. poor people were happy to
get blankets in winter.
deputy Commissioner pratap
Chandra Biswas said, 'winter is more
prevalent in the hilly areas. Blankets are
distributed among the cold-stricken
journalists, civil society, political
leaders, the business community
and the people to prevent drug
terrorism and child marriage.
he added that the law will operate
at its own pace. i will not bow down
to any particular group in its proper
application in the public interest.
the government will keep me in this
police station for a few days, i want
to give legal services to the people as
a police of humanity. even if i leave,
people can say that the police do a
good job. he made the remarks at a
people every year. in the first phase of
this year, 18,500 blankets have been
distributed in the entire district at the
initiative of the district administration.
more blankets will be distributed in
phases. '
during the tiem, dighinala upazila
nirbahi officer mohammad ullah,
local up members were present at the
time.
Khagrachhari Deputy Commissioner Pratap Chandra Biswas distributed blankets among cold-hit
people in various areas of Dhighinala on Tuesday.
Photo: Abdul Jalil
view exchange meeting with
journalists at the raninagar press
Club's own building on tuesday
afternoon.
press Club president sm saiful
islam presided over the meeting
while among others, oC
investigation tariqul islam,
General secretary of the press Club
ohedul islam milon, former
president harunur rashid, former
General secretary shahidul islam
and shah rukh hossain Ahad were
also present at the occasion.
The spectacular bridge built by the local government department, is a beacon of hope for the affluent
rural people of Bhatgaon union of Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj. Photo: Aminul islam Azir
846 homeless people to get brick-built houses in Gaibandha
GAiBAndhA: A total of 846 homeless
people of all the seven upazilas of the
district will get brick built houses having
shed with corrugated iron sheets free of cost
from the government this year, an official
said, reports Bss.
district and upazila administrations are
implementing the construction works of
the houses under the Ashrayan project-2 of
the prime minister office (pmo).
After completion of the construction
work, the houses would be handed over to
the homeless people. Among 846 homeless
people, 105 will get brick-built houses in
sadar upazila, 272 in sundarganj upazila,
120 in Gobindaganj upazila, 179 in
sadullapur upazila, 75 in Fulchhari upazila,
35 in shaghata and 60 in palashbari upazila
deputy Commissioner (dC) Abdul
matin himself is superintending the
construction works. talking to Bss, Abdul
matin said with the completion of the work,
the houses would be handed over to the
selected beneficiaries formally.
Apart from this, more 17 houses were
also being built at the direct supervision of
the district administration with the
financial support of the solvent and well-off
persons of the district, he said. hearing the
news of providing houses to homeless
people free of cost, a number of
beneficiaries burst into tears with joy and
happiness and wished good health and
long life of prime minister sheikh hasina.
they also thanked the premier for
building brick built houses for them.
Md. Shaheen Akanda, a new officer in charge of Raninagar Police Station held a view exchange meeting with
journalists on Tuesday.
Photo: TBT