07-02-2021

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2021
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Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard Station Teknaf in a drive arrested 2 drug smugglers along
with 14,000 pieces of yaba tablets and seized a dinghy used for smuggling on Friday midnight
from Naf river.
Photo: Courtesy
bCg detains two drug traffickers along
with yaba tablets in teknaf
new jashore sp expressed interest
in working with journalists
shahid joy, jashore Correspondent:
jashore's new superintendent of
police proloy Kumar joardar said that
disturbing the peace in jashore which a
district of history and heritage, will not
be tolerated. there will be no criminals
or any of his forces in jashore.
action will be taken against those
involved in corruption, drugs, extortion
and crime. Case filed at the police
station, no money will be required to
make a gd he expressed interest in
working with journalists for this.
he said this while exchanging views
with journalists of jashore on the first
day of his tenure on thursday from
6.30 pm to 8 pm.
the superintendent of police said,
'the job of a police and journalist is the
same. journalists do a lot for the
society. the police are also part of the
society. partnership is essential for the
good of society. i promise, i will work in
the interest of cooperating with the
people.
he warned members of the police
that there would be no link between
corruption and drugs. if the police
unjustly tortures him, internal action
will be taken against him. i will see how
much crime can be controlled.
the sp said that bit policing or
community policing would be
strengthened in every area to facilitate
the work of the people. he said that
journalists can go to him in case of any
need.
he sought the cooperation of
journalists to build a beautiful jessore.
during the time, president of press
Club jessore Zahid hasan tukun,
former president ekram-ud-daulah,
editor ahsan Kabir, former editor sM
touhidur rahman, president of
jessore journalists union Faraji
ahmed saeed bulbul, general secretary
hr tuhin, aminur rahman Mamun of
desh tV were also present at the
occasion. the meeting was attended by
senior officers of jessore police.
Members of bangladesh Coast
guard station teknaf conducted an
operation and arrested 2 drug
smugglers along with 14,000 pieces of
yaba tablets and seized a dinghy used
for smuggling on Friday midnight. Lt.
Commander amirul haque, a media
officer at the bangladesh Coast guard
headquarters, made the
announcement on saturday, a press
release said.
Media officer Lt. Commander
amirul haque confirmed the incident
and said that the operation was
carried out by bCg station teknaf
under the leadership of Lt.
Commander sayedul Morsalin
(station Commander teknaf) on the
naf river in sabrang jalliapara 2
under teknaf police station. during
the operation, 1 dinghy boat was seen
crossing the border of Myanmar in
naf river and coming to the border of
bangladesh. when the boat looked
suspicious, Coast guard members
chased it with a speed boat and later
searched the boat and arrested 2 drug
traffickers with 14,000 pieces of yaba
tablets wrapped in polythene in 01
plastic packet.
the arrested drug smugglers
Mohammad nur (24) is the son of
Mohammad yunus of teknaf police
station in baraitali village of Cox's
bazar district and Mohammad Liakat
ali (18) is the son of nur islam of the
same village. the dinghy used in the
smuggling along with the two arrested
drug traffickers and the seized yaba
were later handed over to teknaf
Model police station for legal action.
he further said that regular
operations are being carried out in the
areas covered by the bangladesh
Coast guard to maintain law and
order, ensure public safety as well as
curb kidnapping, robbery and drug
control.
Jashore's new Superintendent of Police Proloy Kumar Joardar held a view exchange meeting with journalists of
Jashore on the first day of his tenure recently.
Photo: Shahid Joy
boat island inaugurated at
arunima resort in narail
huMaun Kabir, naraiL Correspondent:
boat island has been inaugurated at
the initiative of arunima resort golf
Club for bird conservation and bird
show. on Friday (February 5) evening,
the aesthetic boat island was officially
inaugurated in the middle of the vast
lake of the resort at panipara in narail.
boat island was inaugurated by Khabir
uddin ahmed, Chairman, arunima
resort golf Club and a member of the
governing body of bangladesh
tourism board.
the keynote speaker was tourism
writer and tourism expert Ziaul haque
hawlader. the occasion was presided
over by Mollah shahadat hossain,
general Manager of the resort. among
others, nature lover priyanka pihu
sarkar, eminent social worker and
teacher nazrul islam and resort official
Munib h Khandaker were also present
at the occasion.
the keynote speaker tourism expert
Ziaul haque hawlader said the boat
island, built in the middle of the vast
waters modeled on the Maldives, would
be much more helpful in meeting the
needs of birdwatchers and nature lovers
as well as ecotourism. Khabir uddin
ahmed, chairman of the resort, said in
his keynote address that a boat island
resembling a "picture boat" has been
built to give the visitors a chance to enjoy
the birds chirping and flying. arunima
resort golf Club is an important part of
the development of ecotourism and
overall tourism in bangladesh. this boat
island will play an important role in
creating bird sanctuaries at the resort
and bird watching for bird lovers.
Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Pvt) Ltd. (BIFPCL) Managing Director Engineer
Kazi Absar Uddin Ahmed paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman in Gopalganj's Tungipara on Friday. During the time, Deputy Project Director Md. Rezaul
Karim, Chief Procurement Officer Md. Mofizul Islam, General Manager Debashish Nath and Mihir
Kumar Mohanty were among others also present at the occasion. Photo: Titash Chakraborthey
project planning and review workshop held in habiganj
Md MaMun Chowdhury, habiganj Correspondent:
a district project planning and
review workshop has been held in
habiganj under the haor region
infrastructure and Livelihood
development project (hiLip) under
the Local government engineering
department (Lged). the workshop
was held on thursday (February 4)
from morning till noon at Lged's
habiganj conference room.
Lged habiganj executive engineer
Md. abdul bashir presided over the
function while Lged dhaka project
director gopal Chandra sarkar was the
chief guest. during the time, Md.
habibur rahman, smritam
Khashanbis, Md. sadekur rahman,
consultants of the project mentioned
from dhaka Md. habibur rahman,
smritam Khashanbis, Md. sadekur
rahman and Md. Zakir hossain were
also present at the occasion.
speaking at the meeting, Chief guest
project director gopal Chandra sarkar
said, "we have to fulfill our
responsibilities." in no way can it be
neglected. sustainable development has
taken place in the haor area through the
project as everyone has worked
together. which has come for the
welfare of the grassroots people.
success comes from doing the right
thing. we need to work more
dynamically in the coming days.
Boat Island has been inaugurated at the initiative of Arunima Resort Golf Club in Narail on Friday
for bird conservation and bird show.
Photo: Humaun Kabir
bangabandhu hi-tech park generates
massive hopes in rajshahi
District Project Planning and Review Workshop has been held in Habiganj recently under the
Haor Region Infrastructure and Livelihood Development Project (HILIP) under the Local
Government Engineering Department (LGED).
Photo: Mamun Chowhury
rajshahi: the bangabandhu
sheikh Mujib high-tech park, which is
being constructed in rajshahi, has been
generating high hope among the young
entrepreneurs and others concerned in
terms of generating job opportunities,
reports bss.
as a whole, around seventy-five
percent of the physical infrastructure
development works of the park has
already been completed.
however, construction works of
sheikh Kamal it incubation and
training Centre at the park has been
completed creating working scopes for
100 start-ups and 500 it professionals.
the 62,000 square-feet it
incubation centre with energy efficient
state of the art office of building have
multipurpose training facilities, high
quality start-ups, rainwater harvesting
and renewable energy sources.
all sorts of business environments
were ensured for attracting investors
from both home and abroad.
space allotments were already
handed over among ten young
entrepreneurs in the sheikh Kamal it
incubation and training Centre and six
of those have started work with around
200 youths.
it may be mentioned that the park is
being built on 30.67 acres of land in
nabinagar area adjacent to rajshahi
metropolis aimed at establishing
knowledge-based it industries
together with ensuring an area-based
development.
bangladesh hi-tech park authority
has been implementing the taka
287.11-crore project initiated by the
information and Communication
technology division with the main
thrust of creating scopes for the new it
entrepreneurs and employment
generation.
employment opportunities for
around 14,000 youths both male and
female will be created upon successful
implementation of the project by june,
2021, said engineer Fazlul haque,
director of the project.
the infrastructure development
works included land development, a
ten-storey sajeeb wazed joy silicon
tower in the area of 2.70 lakh squarefeet,
substation and generation
building, internal roads and drains,
boundary wall and high-speed
internet.