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THuRSDAY, JANuARY 7, 2021

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Control law and order situation

without creating panic among common

people - Magura police super Zohirul

The wall of a house under construction for homeless shelter project collapsed in Rampura

village of Chukaibari union in Dewanganj upazila.

Photo: Shamsul Huda

Homeless shelter project collapsed

in Jamalpur

Rokibul Hoque Dipu, Magura

Correspondent: I like to control law

and order situation without creating

panic among common people , told

newly posted police super in Magura

Muhammad Zohirul Islam . He spoke

in a view exchanging meeting with

journalists .

Police super told , drug addiction has

turned into a fatal disease. Only law

enforcing is not sufficient to control

drug . I would like to rehabilitate drug

peddlers and traders as well as enforce

law against them . Social movement

will be run to motivate the drug addicts

Police super added , no other identity

of culprits will be considered . The

misdeed of culprit matters to me.

Finally he told, they will be treated

with minus tolerance rather than zero

tolerance who are fundamentalist and

Magura Muhammad Zohirul Islam in a view exchanging meeting with journalists

Photo : Rokibul Hoque Dipu

Shamsul Huda, Dewanganj

correspondent: An old woman

named Mamata Bewa (60) was injured

when the wall of a house under

construction of a homeless shelter

project collapsed in Rampura village of

Chukaibari union in Dewanganj upazila.

The ten feet high wall fell on her and the

whole body of the old woman was

covered with bricks. The incident took

place in front of Tarnati Rubel (25).

While trying to rescue his Nani, Rubel

also got injured in his leg. The incident

took place at 1:30 pm last Saturday. The

people of area admitted Mamata to

Dewanganj Sadar Hospital.

Patient's physical condition was

critical and she was transferred to the

district hospital. She was transferred

from there again for better treatment

and is currently admitted to

Mymensingh Charpara Hospital.

Speaking about Mamta's physical

condition, grand-daughter Parvin (24)

said that her grandmother now can

speaks softly, move both hands.

News of the death had already spread

from the hospital twice. Relatives worry

that even if Mamata survives, she will

spend the rest of her life by lying in bed.

Locals complain that the Dewanganj

Upazila Project Implementation

Committee is constructing 172 houses

under the homeless Shelter Project

under the chairmanship of the Upazila

Nirbahi Officer. From there, the house

work is to be done under the supervision

of the Upazila Chairman and the Union

Chairman, but Shyamal Chandra group,

the proprietor of Durga Enterprise, is

working on 100 houses through special

lobbying.

Not every house has been built from

the beginning using quality construction

materials like gravel, sand, rod, cement.

The contractor does not make any

inquiries of the works. This is how Durga

Enterprise is working. District

Administrator Enamul Haq visited the

demolished house. During the

inspection, the deputy commissioner

went to see another house nearby. He

informed that a three-member inquiry

committee has been constituted by

A.D.C Shafiqul Islam in this incident.

Action will be taken against those who

are found to be corrupt in the

investigation. At the end of the visit, he

went to see Mamata Bewa at the hospital

and took charge of her treatment.

15 labourers, family

members get

financial support in

Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI : Some 15

occupational labourers and

family members were given

financial support worth

Taka 3.90 lakh aimed at

facilitating them to

overcome their financial

hardship.

The support was provided

on behalf of the Bangladesh

Labourers Welfare

Foundation under the

Ministry of Labour and

Employment for various

purposes including

occupational illness and

fatalities of the institutional

and non-institutional level

employees.

Rajshahi District

Administration at its

conference hall distributed

the bank cheques among the

enlisted persons of four

districts in Rajshahi region

on Tuesday afternoon.

Deputy Commissioner

Abdul Jalil accompanied by

Additional Deputy

Commissioner Shariful

Haque, Divisional Director

of the Department of Labour

Enamul Haque and Deputy

Inspector General of the

Department of Inspection

for Factories and

Establishments (DIFE)

Mahfuzul Haque Bhuiyan

distributed the financial

support.

Speaking on the occasion,

Abdul Jalil said the present

government is pledged to

ensure occupational safety

and legitimate rights. To this

end, the government under

the dynamic and visionary

leadership of Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina has been

working relentlessly.

He said the workers play a

vital role in the country's

economic development.

"But, they remained

neglected in occupational

health. They met accidents

several times while on duty,

causing a loss to the national

economy," he said.

The newly constructed four-storey modern post bungalow of the district

council has been inaugurated in Monpura upazila of Bhola district. Mr.

Abdullah Al Islam Jakob MP, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing

Committee on the Ministry of Youth and Sports on Wednesday

Photo : Taybur Rahman (Tuhin)

No development to stop during

Sheikh Hasina's tenure : MP Jakob

Taybur Rahman (Tuhin), Char

Fashion Monpura Correspondent: The

newly constructed four-storey modern post

bungalow of the district council has been

inaugurated in Monpura upazila of Bhola

district. Mr. Abdullah Al Islam Jakob MP,

Chairman, Parliamentary Standing

Committee on the Ministry of Youth and

Sports inaugurated the 4-room post bungalow

at 11 a.m. on Wednesday (January 6).

At the same time, Jakob said no

development will stop during the tenure of

Sheikh Hasina's government. The building

was constructed at a cost of around Tk 3

crore with the district council's own funds.

Monpura Upazila Awami League President

and Upazila Chairman Mrs. Selina Akhter

Chowdhury presided over the inauguration

ceremony of the newly constructed Dak

Bungalow building. Also present on the

occasion were Upazila Mahila Vice

Chairman Parveen Akhter Rebu, Upazila A-

League General Secretary and North

Sakuchia UP Chairman Md Zakir Hossain.

AKM Shahjahan, vice-president of Upazila

A-League, Monir Miah, Upazila Nirbahi

Officer, Officer-in-Charge of Monpura Police

Station and other leaders and workers of the

organization were present.

One held with 995 grams

of heroin in C'nawabganj

CHAPAINAWABGANJ : Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug peddler with

995 grams of heroin from Shibganj upazila in the district Tuesday night.

The arrested person was identified as Md. Abdul Matin, 35 of Bholamari Chandpur village

under Shahbajpur union of Shibganj upazila of the district.

RAB said, an operation team of RAB-5 from Chapainawabganj camp, on secret

information, conducted a raid at Hajarbighi Telipara village under Shahbajpur union of the

upazila at 7:45 pm and arrested Abdul Matin with the heroin. Later, the arrested person was

handed over to the police.

Newly-appointed Rangamati Superintendent of Police (SP)Mir Muddasser Hossain held an

exchange meeting with journalists working in Rangamati. At the Polwel Cafeteria in Rangamati

this exchange meeting was held on Tuesday. Police officers at the meeting and Rangamati Press

Club President Shawkat Hossain Rubel and general secretary Anwar Al Haque, Co-worker print

and electronic media journalists were present.

Photo: Md.Shaqfiqur Rahman

Potato farming exceeds target by

2.63 percent in Rajshahi division

RAJSHAHI : Potato farming has

exceeded the target by 2.63 percent

during the current season in Rajshahi

division because of mounting interests

among the farmers in general to the

vegetable crop farming, reports BSS.

The latest official data said the

Department of Agriculture Extension

(DAE) has set a target of producing

around 37.58 lakh tonnes of potato from

1.60 lakh hectares of land in all eight

districts under the division during the

current Rabi season.

DAE Additional Director Sirajul Islam

said target has been set to produce 13.61

lakh tonnes of potato from 57,677

hectares of land in four districts under

Rajshahi Agricultural Zone, while 23.98

lakh tonnes from 1.02 lakh hectares in

four other districts of Bogura zone.

But, fortunately, the farmers have

brought around 1.64 lakh hectares of

land consisting 60,721 hectares in

Rajshahi zone and 1.03 lakh hectares in

Bogura zone taking advantage of the

suitable climatic condition and other

requisite facilities provided by the

government, he added.

Meanwhile, the newly harvested

potatoes have been appearing in the local

markets abundantly for the last couple of

weeks making both the farmers and

consumers happy.

"I'm buying newly appeared potatoes

every day at Taka 40 per kilogram from

vendors," said Ambia Ferdousi Khanom,

a housewife of Boaliapara in Rajshahi

city, adding she's happy over the fresh

vegetable.

Ashraf Ali, a farmer of Hatkanpara

village under Durgapur Upazila, has

cultivated potatoes on 35 bigha of land.

He's happy over his present farming

condition. Ali told BSS that many of his

co-villagers are getting lucrative market

price of the crop at present.

Altab Hossain, 54, another farmer of

Mougachhi village under Mohanpur

Upazila, has cultivated the crop on

around 170 bigha of land in Krishnapur

area of Tanore Upazila.

"I had cultivated the cash crop on 110

bigha of land in the same area in the

previous season. I had harvested around

8,800 mounds of potato and my profit

was around Taka one crore after selling

those," said Hossain. He's also very much

hopeful about this year's farming.

Like the previous year, Ershad Mondal,

another farmer of the same upazila, has

brought around 100 bigha of land under

potato farming. He said the potato is

being sold at around Taka 1,400 to 1,500

per mound in wholesale markets, which

is much higher than the previous years.

Many other commercial farmers are seen

passing their busy times in nursing their

cultivation plots at present for catching

the lucrative market price.Mijanur

Rahman, an operator of deep-tube-well

in Krishnapur village, said the farmers

are seen cultivating potatoes more

instead of Boro paddy in the Barind area

and the Tanore and Godagari Upazilas in

particular.

He identically mentioned that the

farmers are interested in potato farming

as it's being adjudged as a less-irrigation

consuming crop than the boro paddy,

which is a good sign in terms of lessening

the gradually mounting pressure on

underground water in the dried barind

area.

More than 12.58 lakh community

people of 2.66 lakh households are also

being motivated and encouraged

towards farming of various less-water

consuming crops including potato to

reduce the pressure on underground

water with intervention of the 'Integrated

Water Resource Management (IWRM)'

project. Simultaneously, commercial

potato farming has been expanded to the

dried lands in massive ways during the

last couple of years in the vast Barind

tract as a result of promoting irrigation

facilities by the Barind Multipurpose

Development Authorities (BMDA).

3 lakh pieces of blankets distributed

in Rangpur division

RANGPUR : The government already distributed three lakh pieces of blankets

among cold-stricken poor, distressed, disabled and transgender people in Rangpur

division.

Officials said the blankets and other warm clothes are being distributed in brief

functions arranged abiding by the health directives in the division in the wake of

the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

So far, the Prime Minister's Relief Fund has allocated over 2.76 lakh pieces of

blankets for distribution among cold-hit people of all eight districts in Rangpur

division. Besides, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has allocated

Taka 5-lakh for each district administration and Taka 6-lakh for each upazila

administration in addition to allocations for municipalities to purchase blankets

and warm clothes for the purpose.

In Rangpur, distribution of 51,600 pieces of blankets allocated by the Prime

Minister's Relief Fund was completed among cold-stricken poor and distressed

people to mitigate their sufferings across the district.

The Divisional Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, Upazila Nirbahi Officers,

mayors of different municipalities, upazila and union chairmen and public

representatives are continuing distribution of the blankets and warm clothes.

"Meanwhile, 460 pieces of blankets, allocated by the Prime Minister's Relief

Fund, were distributed among cold-stricken people in each union of all 58 upazilas

of the division," Divisional Commissioner Abdul Wahhab Bhuiyan told BSS.

He said the government would continue distribution of blankets among cold-hit

people of all eight districts in Rangpur division throughout the winter season to

stand beside them and mitigate their sufferings.

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