24-10-2022

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awami Dalia Zilla Parishad election Management Committee organized a press conference on
Saturday night at the Panchagarh Press Club hall.
Photo: Md anamul Haque
Press conference held in Panchagarh
MD aNaMUl HaqUe, PaNCHaGaRH
CoRReSPoNDeNt:
Awami League leaders held a press
conference after Abu Toybur Rahman
was defeated in the Panchagarh Zilla
Parishad election. Abu Bakar Siddique,
the former legal affairs secretary of the
district Awami League and convener of
the district council election committee,
held a press conference at the
Panchagarh press club on Friday
afternoon. He is the younger brother of
the candidate. In the press conference,
he said that District Awami League
President, Railway Minister Nurul
Islam Sujan and General Secretary
Anwar Sadat did not work for Awami
League candidate in the Samrat
election. They worked for the winning
independent candidate Abdul Hannan
NMI principal
pays tribute to
Bangabandhu's
tomb
MeHaDi HaSaN, tUNGiPaRa CoRReSPoNDeNt:
Chattogram National
Maritime Institute (NMI)
Principal Captain Ataur
Rahman paid tribute by
placing wreaths at the tomb
of Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman in
Tungipara. On Sunday
afternoon, he laid wreaths
and paid tributes at the
tomb of the Father of the
Nation.
Later he recited the holy
Fateha, and prayed for the
forgiveness of the souls of
Bangabandhu and his family
members who was killed on
August 15, 1975.
Officials of Chattogram
National Maritime Institute
were present at this time.
BCG seize 12500
kg of jelly-pushed
shrimp
Bangladesh Coast Guard
Station Pagla seized
approximately 12,500 kg of
jelly-pushed shrimp. On
Sunday at noon, Coast
Guard Headquarters media
officer Lt. Commander
Khandaker Munif Taqi gave
this information. He said, on
the basis of secret
information, a special
operation was conducted in
the Dhaleswari Bridge area
under the leadership of
Station Commander Lt.
Shams Sadekeen Taran by
Bangladesh Coast Guard
Station Pagla on October 23,
2022 at approximately 0230
hours. During the operation,
07 passenger buses from
Khulna to Chattogram were
searched and approximately
12,500 kg (312 maunds) of
poisonous jelly-pushed
shrimps were seized, with an
estimated market value of
Tk 1crore 50 lakh taka. As
the real owner of the jellypushed
shrimp could not be
found, no one could be
arrested. Keraniganj Upazila
Senior Fisheries Officer Md.
Salim Reza was present in
the said expedition.
He further said that later, in
the presence of the Fisheries
Officer, the seized jellypushed
shrimps were
destroyed by burying them
on the ground.
Sheikh during the night. In response to
this press conference, the Awami Dalia
Zilla Parishad Election Management
Committee organized a press
conference on Saturday night at the
Panchagarh Press Club hall. Stating
that Abu Bakar Siddique gave false
information in the press conference,
the speakers said that Abu Bakar
Siddique is not the convener of the Zilla
Parishad Election Management
Committee.
Awami League candidate lost
because of his younger brother. Ariful
Islam Pallab, former organizing
secretary of district Awami League,
read a written statement at the press
conference.
He said Abu Bakar Siddique, the
younger brother of Abu Towabur
Rahman, the nominated candidate of
Awami League in the recently
concluded Zilla Parishad election, lost
the chairmanship in the 2016 Zilla
Parishad election and took back the
money given to the voters for voting by
fear of lawsuits and muscle power. It
had an impact on this election. Awami
League candidate got 231 votes in Zilla
Parishad election due to district leaders
including District Awami League
President and General Secretary not for
his personal image.
He also said that Abu Bakar Siddique,
being a senior leader of the party, spoke
against the decision of everyone
including the party chairperson, which
is against the party hierarchy of the
organization. He drew the attention of
the party president to take
organizational action against the party
leaders for making false claims.
Chattogram National Maritime institute (NMi) Principal paid tribute to
bangabandhu's tomb.
Photo: Mehadi Hasan
Over 3.33cr Covid-19 jabs
administered in Rangpur
RaNGPUR: The number of
administered Covid-19 jabs rose to three
crore 33 lakh 61 thousand and 196 in
Rangpur division with the inoculation of
more 63,579 doses as the first, second and
booster doses on Saturday, reports BSS.
"Among the administered Covid-19 jabs
on Saturday, 300 doses were inoculated
to the children aged 5-11 years as the first
doses," said Divisional Deputy Director
(Health) Dr. Md. Habibur Rahman
yesterday.
So far, a total of 5,08,050 children aged
5-11 years of 1,600 primary level
educational institutions were
administered with the first dose of the
Covid-19 jabs in the division.
Till Saturday, a total of 1,41,62,743
people got the first doses of Covid-19 jabs,
and of them, 1,32,55,190 got the second
doses and 58,88,263 as the booster doses
in the division.
Meanwhile, the total number of Covid-
19 patients rose to 64,933 as two fresh
Covid-19 cases were diagnosed after
testing 208 new samples on Saturday in
the division.
The number of recovered Covid-19
patients remained steady at 63,579 as no
more patients healed during the last 24
hours ending at 8 am yesterday in the
division.
"Besides, the number of casualties
remained steady at 1,292 as no new death
was reported during the last 24 hours,"
Dr. Rahman added.
bangladesh Coast Guard Station Pagla seized approximately 12,500 kg of
jelly-pushed shrimp.
Photo: Courtesy
3 die as
launch
collides with
bridge in
Shariatpur
SHaRiatPUR: Three
people were killed and two
others injured as a
passenger launch collided
with a bridge in the
Kuchaipur union area
under Gosairhat upazila
here early yesterday,
reports BSS.
The deceased were
identified as Tanji Molla,
23, Shakil Ahmed, 25 and
Sagar Ali, 23.
Quoting locals, police
said an iron tank
attached to the launch
fell on the victims while
they were asleep after the
vessel collided with the
bridge at around 4:30
am, leaving two people
dead on the spot and
three injured.
The injured were taken
to Gosairhat upazila health
complex where the duty
doctors pronounced one
dead.
Later, police seized the
vessel along with two
workers.
Gosairghat UNO Kafi
bin Kabir told BSS that
immediately after the
accident, the site was
inspected and necessary
monetary assistance
were provided to the
injured.
The district administration
also provided Tk 25,000
to each deceased's
family for interment.
Fire guts cotton mill in Kurigram
baDSHaH SayKot, KURiGRaM CoRReSPoNDeNt:
A cotton mill and two warehouses of Ma
Garments were gutted in a fire in BSCIC
Industrial Estate of Kurigram. Locals saw
the fire around 10 am on Sunday morning
and informed the fire service. On receiving
the information, 4 units of fire service of
Kurigram, Ulipur, Rajarhat and Lalmonirhat
were able to bring the fire under control after
2 hours of effort. However, the cause of the
fire and how much money has been lost is
not yet known.
According to mill workers and locals, when
the fire started from the cotton mill machine,
efforts to extinguish it failed. After informing
the fire service, 4 units of fire service brought
the fire under control.
Locals said that mill owner Mohsin Ali
Umra is out of the country to perform
Omrah Hajj.
Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Rashedul
Hasan, BSCIC Industrial Estate Additional
Director Jahangir Alam, Rangpur Divisional
Fire Service Deputy Director Md. Jaseem
Uddin visited the scene. They promised to
take measures after determining the amount
of damage after the fire came under control.
Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Rashedul
Hasan said that the owner of the mill is out of
the country to perform Omrah Hajj. The
extent of damage will be determined and
informed to higher officials.
Md Jasim Uddin, Rangpur Divisional
Deputy Director of Fire Service and Civil
Defense, said that after receiving the
information, 4 units of the fire service came
and started working and brought the fire
under control. There are other mills
including jute mills next to this cotton mill in
BSCIC Industrial Estate. Fire service
personnel were vigilant to prevent other
mills from causing trouble. The fire service
official said that a report will be given after
the investigation. The fire service official said
that a report will be given after the
investigation.
Jahangir Alam, deputy general manager of
Kurigram BSCIC Industrial Estate, said that
the fire service was informed as soon as the
fire broke out. Later 4 units of fire service
brought the fire under control. He said that
further measures will be taken after
determining the amount of damage.
a cotton mill and two warehouses of Ma Garments were gutted in a fire in
bSCiC industrial estate of Kurigram.
Photo: badshah Saykot
Diverse innovations show dreams
of Rajshahi silk industries revival
RaJSHaHi: Golden tradition of silk
industries is expected to revive within a
shortest possible time with
breakthrough innovation of high
yielding varieties of silkworms and
mulberry plants, reports BSS.
Bangladesh Sericulture Research
and Training Institute (BSRTI) has
innovated 20 silkworm and 15
mulberry plant varieties after a long
research creating massive hope of
revitalization of the prestigious silk
sector.
BSRTI Senior Scientific Officer (SSO)
Faruque Ahmed told BSS that silk
production will be enhanced by around
12 to 15 percent together with
decreasing the dependence on import
of silk yarn amid the variety innovation
recently. Farmers will also be benefited
enormously by virtue of the innovation.
Since the immemorial time, Rajshahi
has been famous for silk but its legacy
was on the verge of wane for the last
couple of decades. BSRTI has started
showing the dreams of the golden day's
silks again in the region.
Faruque Ahmed said they conducted
the research under a five-year project
for production enhancement of silk
through technology development
expansion and skilled manpower
generation.
Through the Taka 35.66-crore
project, 20 silkworms and 15 mulberry
plants have been added to the present
stock cumulating the number of
silkworms to 114, while mulberry
plants to 38.
Apart from this, mulberry variety has
been elevated to 84 from 60, while
silkworm variety to 114, including 27
high yielding ones, from 85 in BSRTI's
germplasm bank with the development
of the 35 new varieties.
By dint of the innovation of 20
silkworm varieties, production of 70 to
75 kilograms of silk could be possible
from per 100 disinfectant eggs within
less time, while the previous figure was
60 to 65 kilograms.
Besides, 40 to 47 tons of mulberry
leaves could be produced per hectare of
land yearly amid innovation of the 15
mulberry varieties, whereas the
previous figure was 30 to 37 tons.
Another SSO Rumana Ferdus Bint-
A-Rahman said the newly developed
varieties will be expanded to the
grassroots farmers as soon as possible
so that they can derive total benefits of
the research outcomes.
BSRTI Director Kazi Rafiqul Islam
told BSS that they are encouraging the
farmers towards mulberry farming as
main crop with the ultimate goal of
boosting silk production. Currently,
mulberry plants are being cultivated on
homesteads and roadside vacant
places. He also said intercropping
mulberry trees with some other
vegetables and spices is being
promoted among the farmers aimed at
uplifting the silk production.
Rafiqul Islam mentioned prospect of
the intercropping is very bright to boost
additional income from the same land
together with silk cocoon production
throughout the region.
Professor Dr Nuzhat Ara of the
Department of Zoology of Rajshahi
University said the prospect has been
increased with extension of mulberry
cultivation on around 8,000 hectares of
land including roadside plantation
throughout the country for the last
couple of years.
National Road Safety Day
celebrated in Patnitala
HaSaN SHaHRiaR Pallab, PatNitala
CoRReSPoNDeNt:
National Road Safety Day was
celebrated in Patnitala by Nirapad
Sarak Chai(Ni-Sa-Cha) bus stand's
Ni-Sa-Cha office, and a rally was
held. Hasan Shahriar Pallab,
Convenor of Patnitala Upazila
Branch, Nirapad Sarak Chai presided
over the event. Joint convener Md.
Abdur Gafur, joint convener
Morshedul Alam, member secretary
Yunusar Rahman was present in the
event.
Various issues of National Road
Safety Day were discussed in the
presence of all the committee
members. Ni-Sa-Cha convener
Hasan Shahirar Pallab said in the
said event, everyone should be made
aware through our organization;
everyone should be properly
informed about their responsibilities.
When professionals or pedestrians
are aware of their responsibilities,
road accidents will surely decrease.
The social movement has been going
on for 29 years to make the roads
safer. To make the roads safer, let us
all fulfill the responsibility and duty
National Road Safety Day was celebrated in Patnitala by Nirapad
Sarak Chai(Ni-Sa-Cha).
Photo: Hasan Shahriar Pallab
properly to implement the directive
given to reduce the global road
accidents by 50% by 2030.
Later at 12.00 pm a discussion
meeting and rally was held in the
hall of Patnitala upazila with the
initiative of upazila procession and
Ni-Sa-Cha. Under the
chairmanship of Upazila Nirbahi
Officer Romana Afroz, Mr.
Shahiduzzaman Sarkar, Member of
Parliament of 47-Naogaon-2,
President of the Standing
Committee on Law and Judiciary
Affairs, was present as the chief
guest.
Upazila Parishad Chairman Md. Abdul
Gaffar and Vice Chairman Rahad and
other members of Ni-Sa-Cha were
present as special guests. Ni-Sa-Cha
Patnitala upazila convener Hasan
Shahriar Pallab conducted the program.