27-08-2020

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2020 6
Bangladesh Army provides
medical services in Chilmari
Golam mahbub, Chilmari Correspondent:
on the occasion of 100th birth
anniversary of Father of the nation
bangabandhu sheikh mujibur rahman,
free medical services and medicines
have been provided to pregnant
mothers, children and helpless people in
Chilmari, Kurigram by the 72nd
infantry brigade 30 bir of 66th infantry
division rangpur Cantonment of
bangladesh army.
lt. Col. md. hedayetul islam psC,
Commander, rangpur Cantonment 30
bir, inaugurated the day-long medical
service program at au Government
high school, thanahat on Wednesday
morning. under the supervision of
Captain mir ali ikram, 6 doctors
specializing in various subjects of
rangpur Cmh provided medical
services to more than 400 pregnant
mothers, children and helpless patients.
Chilmari upazila nirbahi officer aWm
raihan shah inspected the medical
service delivery activities at noon.
during the time, dr. Colonel md.
noman ali, Chief self adviser of
rangpur Cmh, dr. Col. Zinnia sultana,
dr. Col. ismat ara begum, dr. major
md. abu Kaiser, dr. Captain mushrata
shahrin sarkar and dr. Captain mst
roxana, senior Warrant officer md.
shahidul islam and Warrant officer
md. Faruk hossain along with various
ranks of army members and local
journalists provided overall support for
the medical services and medicine
distribution program.
The photo shows the ongoing project work to protect Surma High School and College from river erosion
in Patharia union.
Photo: M F I Sohel Talukder
Planning Minister saves various organizations
from river erosion in Patharia union
m F i sohel taluKder, daKshin
sunamGanj Correspondent:
heavy rains and landslides have caused
extensive damage across the country, as
well as government infrastructure and
homes on the banks of various rivers.
under the special effort of planning
minister ma mannan mp some public and
private organizations including surma
high school and College, patharia land
office, patharia Government primary
school, patharia post office which are
located on the right bank of the old surma
river in patharia union of dakshin
sunamganj upazila were rescued.
it is learned that due to the dedicated
efforts of planning minister ma mannan
mp, a number of public-private
establishments and infrastructures in
patharia union of dakshin sunamganj
upazila, bWdb are implementing a project
titled "surma river protection" on the
banks of the old surma river to protect
them from river erosion. according to the
office sources of bWdb sunamganj
division-2, erosion of old surma river in
patharia union of dakshin sunamganj
upazila of the district has been tackled
under the influence of climate change
under bWdb sunamganj division-2 in the
financial year 2018-19 and 2019-20
through multiple do letters of planning
minister ma mannan mp. the Water
development board undertook the project
at an estimated cost of tk 2.96 crore to save
various institutions in surma high school
and College, patharia land office, patharia
Government primary school, patharia post
office.
the project started work on july 1, 2019
and has already completed about 80% of
the work. the 223 m project will be placed
at the very bottom of the river with a
dumping bucket in the form of a ramp up to
the top of the river bank at once. the size of
a block is 40/40/20 cm. 19,400 blocks of
this size will be used. the size of another
block will be 35/35/35 cm, the number of
which is 31 thousand 228.
after visiting the area it was seen that
surma high school and College, patharia
Government primary school, patharia post
office and patharia land office are located
on the banks of the old surma river near
patharia bazar. at the same time, patharia
bazaar and the houses of many locals are
also located on banks of the river. had it not
been for the project, these establishments
would have vanished into the river at any
moment. if the project is fully
implemented, these establishments and
the houses of the common people will be
protected from river erosion. the work is
currently closed due to coronavirus
pandemic and floods. according to the
contractors, the workers are not working
due to the floods and the coronavirus.
however, they said that they will start work
and complete the remaining work in a few
days.
habibur rahman habib, general
secretary of patharia bazar business
Committee, said, " we are greatful to
planning minister ma mannan mp. he
has given this project to protect the
government and private sector including
surma high school and College, the only
school in our area. if this project had not
been implemented, this important flood of
ours would have been lost in the river this
time.
in this regard, principal of surma high
school and College aminul islam said, "i
have been repeatedly demanding the
minister of planning ma mannan mp
along with the school management
committee and the people of the area to
protect these structures from river erosion."
the minister has given many do letters
and has personally contacted various
ministries and passed this project.
in this regard, planning minister ma
mannan mp told this correspondent that
this project is a public importance project.
there are a lot of public and private
establishments here. had it not been for the
project, these institutions and the houses of
the common people would have been lost
in the river. he said the wind of
development is blowing in the country now.
new infrastructure, roads, bridges, schools,
colleges have been set up all around.
bangladesh is now the role model of
development. two more bridges will be
built over this river in patharia. Work has
begun on one. the work of the other one is
in progress.
In observance of the 100th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman, Bangladesh Army provided free medical services and medicines among pregnant mothers,
children and helpless people in Chilmari upazila on Wednesday.
Photo: Golam Mahbub
Mahila Parishad holds discussion
meeting in Madhukhali
shahjahan helal, madhuKhali
Correspondent:
a discussion meeting
organized by the
madhukhali district branch
of bangladesh mahila
parishad in collaboration
with the health and social
Welfare sub-Council and
the Forest and environment
sub-Council was held on the
impact, violence and actions
to be taken on women and
girls due to Covid-19
infection in the upazila on
Wednesday.
president of bangladesh
mahila parishad,
madhukhali district branch
and member of the district
Council suraiya salam
presided over the discussion
at the auditorium of
Madhukhali District Branch of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad organized a
discussion meeting on the impact, violence and actions to be taken on
akhchashi mahila College in
the upazila. among others,
principal of Women's
degree College dilip Kumar
Goswami, legal aid
secretary of madhukhali
district branch of
bangladesh mahila
parishad and madhukhali
upazila Vice Chairman
(Women) morsheda akter
mina and Vice president
Khuku, jasmine islam ulka
were also present at the
occasion.
'Our goal is to ensure nutritious
and safe food': BARI DG
Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Milton Chandra Roy as the chief guest distributed health materials
among the students to prevent coronavirus at the initiative of voluntary organization 'Moyna
Protibondhi Mahila Unnayan Samity' in Joypurhat on Tuesday. Photo: Masrakul Alom
Health materials to prevent coronavirus
distributed in Joypurhat
masraKul alom, joypurhat
Correspondent:
health-nutrition and population
activities and health materials to
prevent coronavirus was distributed in
joypurhat at the initiative of private
voluntary organization 'moyna
protibondhi mahila unnayan samity'
the department of health-education
and Family Welfare, in collaboration
with the ministry of health and Family
Welfare.
marking the occasion, sadar upazila
nirbahi officer milton Chandra roy
addressed the distribution function as
the chief guest at the teghar high
school auditorium while headmaster
of the school sanwar hossain chaired
the occasion on tuesday. among
others, sadar upazila medical officer
of the Family planning department
dr. umme Kulsum, lutfe akbar
Chowdhury raja, General secretary of
joypurhat library and Club, executive
director of prottasha sangha, dr.
nazrul islam, abdur rashed biswas,
executive director of orbit social
Welfare association, lutfiara begum,
executive director of moyna
protibondhi mahila unnayan samity'
and student lamia were also present
at the occasion.
the ceremony was attended by more
than one hundred and fifty female
students of the school and masks,
soap, sanitary napkins, vitamin C, zinc
tablets were distributed among the
participating students. the chief guest
called upon the students to be more
vigilant in raising public awareness on
the prevention of coronavirus and to
be more aware of self-nutrition and
population activities.
shamsul haque bhuiyan,
GaZipur Correspondent:
director General of
bangladesh agricultural
research institute (bari)
dr. md. nazirul islam said,
"as a result of the current
government's agri-friendly
policy, we have already
achieved food selfsufficiency.
our goal now is
to ensure nutritious and safe
food for the people of the
country."
he said this while speaking
as chief guest at a day-long
training workshop titled
'insects and diseases
management by using bio
pesticides based technology
in fruits and vegetables' at
the seminar room of the
institute on Wednesday,
organised by the
entomology division of
bari. a total 35 teachers' of
different department of Kazi
azimuddin College, Gazipur
were participated at the
training workshop. the
programme is arranged with
the fund of 'development
and expansion of biorational
based integrated
pest management
technologies of vegetables,
Director General of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
Dr. Md. Nazirul Islam as the chief guest addressed a day-long training
workshop' at the seminar room of BARI on Wednesday.
Photo: Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan
fruits and betel leaf project'.
bari director (research)
dr. md. miaruddin and Chief
scientific officer & head of
plant pathology division dr.
Firoza Khatun were present
as special guest. Chief
scientific officer & head of
entomology division and
project director dr.
debashish sarker presided
over the function. principal
scientific officer of
entomology division dr.
nirmal Kumar dutta gave
the welcome address while
senior scientific officer of
entomology division dr.
md. akhtaruzzaman sarker
conducted the function.
speaking as the chief guest,
bari director General dr.
md. nazirul islam said in our
country, the farmers
indiscriminately use
pesticides to control insects
and pests in their crops
which are extremely
harmful to public health.
as a result, the incidence of
various diseases including
cancer is increasing. so we
need to use organic
pesticides in our crops.
this will reduce the health
risks.