06-06-2022

MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2022
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On the occasion of World Environment Day, Rahela-Hazrat Model School and Agricultural
Technology Center, Trishal, Mymensingh has jointly organized a tree sapling distribution program
and discussion meeting.
Photo : Mominul Islam
Around two
lakh students
to appear in
SSC exams in
Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI : Around two
lakh students are going to
appear in the Secondary
School Certificate (SSC)
examinations under the
Board of Intermediate and
Secondary Education
(BISE), Rajshahi this year.
Already, 270 examination
centres have been finalized
and sending of examination
materials and other inputs
have started.
Prof Ariful Islam,
Controller of Examinations
of BISE, told the local
journalists that 1.96 lakh
students are scheduled to
take part in the
examinations this year and
1,86,251 of them are regular
and 10,154 others are
irregular.
The examinations will be
held from June 19 like other
education boards in the
country, he added.
RAJSHAHI : Entrepreneurs
should work with innovations
for substantial and
sustainable expansion and
promotion of their business.
They should also have basic
knowledge related to expand
their business together with
making those profitable
through attaining trust of the
buyers in general.
Business experts came up
with the observation while
addressing a daylong seminar
titled "Business expansion
and necessity of knowledge
resources to face business
related challenges" at
Nanking Darbar Hall in the
city on Saturday.
The Department of Patent,
Design and Trademarks
hosted the seminar with
participation of businessmen,
chamber
leaders,
entrepreneurs and other
stakeholders. Registrar of the
department Zanendra Nath
Sarker, Deputy Registrar
Kankon Chakma and
Assistant Registrars Kousik
Uddin and Habibur Rahman
conducted the training
sessions as resource persons
disseminating their expertise
Ex-mayor of Dhamrai
municipality jailed
in graft case
DHAKA : A Dhaka court
yesterday sentenced former
mayor of Dhamrai
municipality Dewan Nazim
Uddin to four-year
imprisonment in a case
lodged for amassing illegal
wealth and concealing
information about his assets.
Judge Sheikh Hafizur
Rahman of Dhaka Special
Judge Court-9 pronounced
the judgment yesterday in
presence of the convict and
sent him to jail afterwards
with conviction warrant.
'Massive tree plantation
crucial for a safer planet’
RANGPUR : Massive tree plantation has
become crucial for a safer planet by reducing
environmental degradation that threatens
life, livelihoods, ecosystems, habitation and
civilization.
Officials and experts viewed this on
Sunday at a discussion jointly organised by
the district administration and Department
of Environment (DoE) at the conference
room of the Deputy Commissioner in
observance of the World Environmental
Day-2022
Elaborate programs, including rally,
painting competitions for children on
environment, distribution of saplings, tree
plantation, distribution of prizes and cultural
functions, were taken in observance of the
day.
Earlier, government and NGO officials,
environmentalists, students, teachers,
politicians, professionals, civil society
members, community leaders and elite,
participated in a rally that paraded the city
streets.
Divisional Commissioner Md. Abdul
Wahhab Bhuiyan attended the discussion as
the chief guest with Deputy Commissioner
Md. Asib Ahsan in the chair.
Rangpur Metropolitan Police
Commissioner Abdul Alim Mahmud,
Divisional Director of the DoE Syed Farhad
Hossain, Superintendent of Police Md.
Ferdous Ali Chowdhury and Deputy Director
of the DoE Md. Mizanur Rahman addressed
the discussion as special guests.
Syed Farhad Hossain discussed the
ongoing environmental degradation being
caused by climate change due to global
warming and massive steps taken by the
government to cope with the situation.
He narrated severe consequences of
climate change and environmental
degradation and urged all to work unitedly in
saving the planet from unthinkable
catastrophes through tree plantation and
other measures.
The speakers laid importance on reducing
emission of industrial smokes, release of
poisonous wastes, indiscriminate felling of
trees and ensuring better water and waste
management to reduce environmental
degradation.
Abdul Alim Mahmud called upon all
concerned for innovating and adopting
effective technologies alongside tree
plantation to cope with the adverse impacts
of climate change to keep crop production
increasing for food security.
The chief guest stressed on massive tree
plantation and taking effective steps to
reduce environmental degradation to save
agriculture, ecology, biodiversity and
ecosystems and adapt to adverse impacts of
climate change for a safer planet.
Entrepreneurs urged to work with innovative thinking
on the business promotion
issue.
BSCIC deputy general
Manager Zafar Bayazid and
President of Bangladesh Silk
Industries Owners
Association Liakat Ali also
spoke. Registrar Zanendra
Nath Sarker said availing
patent and trademarks is
needed before marketing any
of the innovative products and
urged the entrepreneurs to be
careful in this regard.
He told the attending
businessmen
and
entrepreneurs that when any
product becomes popular, its
brand value becomes more
than the total assets. So, the
innovators should receive the
patent, design and
trademarks of his product
first.
Mr. Sarker also said the
present government has been
extending requisite facilities
to the business sector and
urged the entrepreneurs to
expand their business after
deriving total benefits of the
state facilities.
Upazila Ansar rally has been held with all Ansars of Tahirpur upazila of
Sunamganj. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md. Raihan Kabir addressed the rally as the
chief guest at the office of Upazila Ansar VDP. Photo : Jahangir Alom Bhuiya
Pabna Deputy Commissioner Biswas Russell Hossain addsressing a discussion
meeting at the conference room of Pabna Deputy Commissioner yesterday on the
occasion of World Environment Day.
Photo : Abdul Hamid Khan
World Environment
Day observed
in Narail
NARAIL : The World
Environment Day-2022 was
observed in the town
yesterday in a befitting
manner.
Marking the day, a rally
participated
by
environmentalists, students,
teachers, politicians,
professionals, civil society
members, community
leaders and elite, was
brought out in the town
yesterday morning and it
paraded different streets.
A discussion, organised by
the Department of
Environment (DoE), was
also held at the Conference
Room of the Deputy
Commissioner.
Deputy Commissioner Md
Habibur Rahman addressed
the discussion as the chief
guest while Additional
Deputy Commissioner Md
Fakrul Hasan was in the
chair.
It was addressed, among
others, by Zila Parishad
secretary Dr Md Lutfor
Rahman, Civil Surgeon Dr.
Nasima Akhter and
municipality mayor
Anjuman Ara.
Bangladesh is a
land of communal
harmony: Rangpur
Mayor
RANGPUR : Mayor of
Rangpur Mostafizar
Rahman Mostafa has said
Bangladesh is a land of
communal harmony and
people will never allow any
evil force to destroy
communal peace.
"The prevailing communal
harmony glorifies
Bangladesh globally," he
said this while addressing a
meeting organized by
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist
Christian Unity Council
(BHBCUC) on Saturday
afternoon as the chief guest.
President of Rangpur City
unit of the organization
Subrata sparkler Mukul
presided over the
"Introduction of Rangpur
District and City
Committees of BHBCUC
and its Rangpur Divisional
Representative Meeting'
held at Shilpokola Academy
auditorium in the city.
Presidium Member of the
Central Committee of
BHBCUC Manoranjan Sheel
Gopal MP, formally
inaugurated the meeting
and delivered a welcome
speech.
Joint General Secretary of
the Central Executive
Committee of BHBCUC Shri
Ramen Mandal addressed
the event as the keynote
speaker.
Presidium Member of the
Central Committee of
BHBCUC Khoka Ram Roy,
its Organizing Secretary
Gopal Chandra Barman,
Joint Organizing Secretary
Lakshmi Kant Roy Sumon,
Central Executive
Committee Members Shri
Nikhil Majumder and Dr.
Rathindranath Sarkar
addressed as guests of
honour.
Presidents and General
Secretaries of the district
and upazila units of
BHBCUC from all eight
districts of Rangpur division
addressed the event.
Greeting leaders of
Rangpur district and city
units of BHBCUC, Mayor
Mostafa said people of
different faiths, castes,
creeds and religions have
been living together on
Bangladesh soil in peace,
harmony and friendly
environment setting up a
glaring example of
brotherhood globally.
He called upon the people
of all religions and faiths to
further cement the peaceful
communal coexistence and
strengthen brotherhood
among the people of all
faiths and work unitedly in
the process of building a
developed Bangladesh by
2041.
Protecting biodiversity
from further degradation
underscored
RAJSHAHI : Generating awareness
among the public in general can be the best
way of survival of all living beings through
protecting the environment and wildlife
from further degradation.
Environment has been facing a serious
threat due to various natural and manmade
catastrophes posing an identical threat to the
planet Earth at present. So, all the
government, non-government and volunteer
organizations should forward and work
together.
Experts and administrative officials came
up with the observation while addressing a
post-rally discussion on the issue.
The Department of Environment (DoE)
and District Administration jointly
organised the discussion at Shilpakala
Academy auditorium in observance of the
World Environment Day-2022.
"Only One Earth: Living Sustainably in
Harmony with Nature" was the main theme
of the day.
On the occasion, prizes were distributed
among the winners of art competitions for
children.
Commissioner of Rajshahi Division GSM
Zafarullah and Commissioner of Rajshahi
Metropolitan Police Abu Kalam Siddique
addressed the discussion as chief and special
guests respectively, while Deputy
Commissioner Abdul Jalil was in the chair.
Mahmuda Parveen, Deputy Director of
DoE, Rajshahi, welcomed the participants.
Prof Sabrina Naz, Director of the Institute
of Environmental Sciences in Rajshahi
University, illustrated the aspects of
protecting the environment besides its
harming factors during her keynote
presentation.
She also said emphasis should be given on
providing positive incentives for the
reduction of emissions from deforestation
and forest degradation and enhancing
biodiversity conservation as well as
promoting sustainable development goals of
the region.
Dr Naz identically mentioned that
substantial and sustainable reduction of
plastic pollution can be the vital means of
protecting water bodies and environment as
well from further degradation.
Currently, plastic pollution is being judged
as a major threat to the whole ecosystem. So,
creating public awareness on the issue has
become indispensable.
Commissioner Zafarullah expressed
concern over an increasing use of plastics for
packaging perishable foods. He said city
corporations and municipalities across the
country are not yet ready to adopt the
strategy of reduce, reuse and recycle, a 3R
strategy formulated by DoE.
He called for creating awareness among all
concerned including the younger
generations to prevent environmental
degradation that severely threatens the
existence of the whole planet, its habitation
and civilization.
Earlier, a colourful rally was brought out
from the city's Bangabandhu Crossing and
that ended at the meeting venue after
parading main thoroughfares of the city.
On the occasion of World Environment Day in Barishal, a rickshaw rally was
organized by the Non-Government organizations in Barishal demanding 100%
renewable energy as per Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan. Photo : Md Shah Jalal
A human chain was formed at Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district yesterday
on the occasion of World Environment Day. Photo : Sayed Ahmed
1.28,587 Covid-19 booster doses
administered in Rangpur Saturday
RANGPUR : As many as 1,28,587 booster
doses of Covid-19 jabs were administered
in Rangpur division on Saturday as the
weeklong Covid-19 booster dose campaign
began across the country.
Health officials said a total of 1,40,030
more doses of Covid-19 jabs were
administered on Saturday raising the
number of inoculated vaccines to two crore
82 lakh 81 thousand and 294 doses in the
division.
Health officials said, among the 1,40,030
doses of the jabs inoculated on Saturday,
1,439 were administered as the first doses,
10,004 as the second doses and 1,28,587
as the booster doses.
"Till Saturday, a total of 1,35,37,711
people got the first doses of Covid-19 jabs,
and of them, 1,28,76,505 got the second
doses and 18,67,078 got the booster
doses," Divisional Director (Health) Dr.
Abu Md. Zakirul Islam told BSS.
Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19
infected patients remained steady at
64,143 in the division as no fresh positive
cases were diagnosed after testing 28 new
samples on Saturday.
The number of healed Covid-19 patients
remained steady at 62,785 in the division
where no new patients recovered during
the last 24 hours ending at 8 am on
Sunday.
"Besides, the number of casualties
remained steady at 1,284 in the division as
no new deaths were reported during the
last 24 hours," Dr. Islam added.