12-04-2021

MonDAY, April 12, 2021
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Women officers grace Narsingdi administration
NARSINGDI : Narsingdi district
appears to be a unique emblem of
women empowerment as it gets female
Deputy Commissioner (DC),
Additional Deputy Commissioner
(Revenue), two Upazila Nirbahi officers
(UNO) and four executive Magistrates,
distinguishing the district
administration with performing duties
sincerely. The women officers are
contributing a lot to their respective
working place through their best
performances as they are being highly
praised by the locals.
The officers are keeping a mark of
competency in their respective
workplaces. Deputy Commissioner
(DC) Syeda Farehana Kawnine
received the National Primary
Education Medal 2018 from the Prime
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Minister as the best deputy
commissioner. In 2019, she received
the Public Addmisitration Medel from
the President for taking special
initiative called "Karmasangsthan
Narsingdi" to create employment for
the welfare of the unemployed youth.
At the same year, the DC became first
at the divisional level for a creative and
innovative initiative dubbed "Narsingdi
in the Advancement of Development
and prosperity of Narsingdi District".
She also received Integrity Award
2020 from the Divisional
Commissioner's Office, Dhaka for her
contribution to the practice of integrity.
In recognition of her unique role in
building of Digital Bangladesh,
Kawnine won the Digital Bangladesh
Award 2020 in the private category of
the technical sector at the government
level.
Additional Deputy Commissioner
(Revenue) Shahina Parvin has gained a
good reputation in the district after the
joining around a year ago.
Taslima Aktar is a popular UNO of
Narsingdi Sadar upazila. Many people
of the upazila compare her with a deity
as the UNO works very swiftly and
promptly. People of the upazila utter
her name with respect.
Romana yesmin is working at Polash
upazila of the district. This is an
important industrial area of the district.
She is working at the upazila facing
many challenges and has become a
successful officer. Local people also see
her as an honest officer and applaud
with respect.
Clash leaves one
dead in Barishal
BARISHAL : A man was killed and 10 others were injured in
a clash between two groups of villagers over establishing
supremacy at Sultani village in Mehendiganj upazila of
Barishal district early Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Saiful Sardar, 30, of Asha
village in the upazila, reports BSS,
Chairman of Dakkhin Ulania Union Parishad Habibur
Rahman said several hundred people equipped with lethal
weapons launched an attack on the village around 4 am,
triggering the clash.
A chase and counter chase- took place between the two
groups. At least 12 people were injured in the clash and they
were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared one
dead.
The attackers were the supporters of Milon Chowdhury,
chairman candidate of the Ulania Union Paishad election,
Milon Chowdhury, said Habibur. The election to the union
parishad was suspended earlier due to 'unavoidable reason'.
On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the
situation under control, said Abul Kalam, officer-in-charge of
Mehendiganj Police Station.
However, a number of houses and shops were also
vandalised during the clash, said the OC.
Additional police have been deployed in the area to avert
further trouble.
Farmers eyeing bumper
pulse production in
Rangpur region
RANGPUR : Farmers are expecting a bumper production of
different varieties of pulses as the harvesting process
continues in full swing in Rangpur agriculture region during
this Rabi season.
Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension
(DAE) said farmers exceeded the fixed farming target of
pulses by 125 percent despite cultivation of maize, chili and
vegetables on more land in the region.
"The DAE had fixed a target of producing 2,522 tonnes of
pulses from 1,938 hectares of land in all five districts of the
region this season," Additional Director of the DAE for
Rangpur region Agriculturist Khandker Abdul Wahed, told
BSS.
Farmers finally brought 4,358 hectares of land under pulse
cultivation, higher by 2,420 hectares or 125 percent against
the fixed farming target.
The fixed target included production of 1,331 tonnes of
lentil from 1,040 hectares of land, 775 tonnes of grass pea
from 555 hectares, 97 tonnes of 'Arhar' from 77 hectares, 47
tonnes of black gram from 40 hectares, 241 tonnes
mungbean from 205 hectares and 31 tonnes of cowpea from
21 hectares of land. "However, farmers have finally cultivated
lentil on 1,967 hectares of land, grass pea on 2,069 hectares,
'Arhar' on 65 hectares, black gram on 44 hectares, mungbean
on 197 hectares and cowpea on 16 hectares of land in the
region," he said.
"Farmers have already harvested lentil from 1,369 hectares
of land, producing 1,826 tonnes and grass pea from 1,691
hectares producing 2,229 tonnes," Wahed said, adding that
the harvesting process of pulses continues now in the region.
Currently, farmers are very happy getting lucrative prices
for their produced different varieties of pulses in all five
districts of Rangpur, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and
Nilphamari in the region. Wahed said the DAE and other
agriculture related organisations provided incentives,
training, quality seeds, latest technologies and inputs to
farmers to make the pulse farming programme successful.
9 die, 228 more test positive for
COVID-19 in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM : A total of 228 people
were tested positive for coronavirus in
the last 24 hours after testing 1847
samples at seven COVID-19
laboratories in the district. The
infection rate is 12.21 percent.
Among the newly detected patients,
204 are from Chattogram city and 24
from different upazilas of the district,
hospital sources said.
Meanwhile, a total of nine patients
died in the last 24 hours only in
Chattogram district. This is the highest
death in a single day in the district since
the onset of the corona pandemic in the
country. The number of coronavirus
(COVID-19) deaths in Chattogram
Man killed over extramarital
affair in Chattogram; wife
arrested
CHATTOGRAM : A man was allegedly killed by his wife
over extramarital relationship at Telipara village under
Barabkunda in Sitakunda upazila on Saturday.
Police recovered the body of Joynal Abedin alias Kala,
37 from a pond adjacent to his house in the area.
Quoting family sources, Abul Kalam Azad, officer-incharge
of Sitakunda Police Station, said Joynal got
married to Rima Akter eleven years ago. The couple has
been blessed with two daughters.
Recently, Rima developed an extramarital affair with
Shahadat, son of Shahabuddin. The couple used to lock
into altercations over the issue.
On Saturday morning, local people spotted the body of
Joynal in the pond and informed police. Later, police
recovered the body and sent it to the local hospital morgue
for autopsy. The body bore a stab mark and pennis of the
Joynal was also found cut off, said police. However, police
arrested Rima from Barabkunda bazar while she was
trying to escape the scene.
reached 423, Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi,
civil surgeon of Chattogram, told BSS.
Among the reported fatalities, 309
were the residents of the port city and
the rest 114 were from different
upazilas of the district. Health officials
said the number of COVID-19 cases
speedily rose to 44,318 in the district
where the infection and casualty rate
continues rising hurriedly again in
recent weeks.
"The infection rate is showing a
quickly rising trend again and recovery
rate declining continuously in the
district in recent weeks," Focal Person
of COVID-19 and Dr Sheikh Fazle
Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram,
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told BSS. The health expert of
Chattogram urged city dwellers again
and again to strictly follow health rules
and use masks due to continuous
increasing corona infections here.
Civil surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi
told BSS that among the total 44,319
coronavirus infected persons, 35,531
are the residents of the port city and the
rest 8788 are residents of different
upazilas of the district. "The number of
cured patients from the lethal virus
infection has reached 34,763 in the
Chattogram district with the recovery
of 63 more patients on Thursday," Dr
Rabbi said, adding that the percentage
of recovery rate stands at 78.45.