17-11-2021

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEr 17, 2021 6
Distric administration holds
view exchange meeting with
UP election in Islampur
oSMAN HARUNEE, ISLAMPUR CoRRESPoNDENT
A view exchange meeting was held in
Islampur on the occasion of Union Parishad
General Election-2021 scheduled to be held
on 26th November with the contesting
candidates on rules of conduct and law and
order.
Jamalpur Deputy Commissioner
Mursheda Zaman was the chief guest at the
meeting held at Faridul Haque Khan Dulal
Auditorium in Islampur on Tuesday
morning.
A view exchange meeting was held in Islampur on the occasion of Union
Parishad General Election-2021 scheduled to be held on 26th November on
Tuesday.
Photo: Osman Harunee
Drug traffickers becoming
aggressive in Shariatpur
STAFF REPoRTER
Drug dealer Shipon Sardar
and everyone in his family is
in drug business. They have
been caught with drugs more
than once by the law
enforcement agencies. But
the power and the gap
between the law are melting
again and again. After getting
out of jail, they got involved
in drug business again.
Against Shipon there are
multiple drug cases. He Kis
known in the area as Yaba
Kingpin. At the same time,
terrorist forces have been
formed. ordinary people of
the area who are unhappy
with their oppression. His
house is in Islampur union of
Damudya upazila of
Shariatpur. Victims of drug
trafficking come to Dhaka
and complain that the youth
of the area are on the verge of
destruction due to drug
trafficking. When ordinary
people of the area went to
protest, they were subjected
to various tortures and
threats. As a result, many
people are now enduring
these activities for fear of
their lives.
They allege that everyone
in Shipon Sardar's family is
involved in drug trafficking.
Under his leadership, his
father-in-law, brother-in-law,
wife and brother and other
relatives are involved in the
yaba business. Yaba is being
Shipon Sardar
sold through them in
different places of Shariatpur
district. At various times,
they were arrested by
members of the law
enforcement agencies with
drugs. But after being
released on bail, they started
dealing drugs again. In this
way, Shipon Sardar has
become the owner of crores
of takas by dealing in drugs.
He has built huge wealth and
luxurious houses with illegal
money.
At the same time, the
activities of the terrorist
forces are going on under his
leadership. The locals are
dissatisfied with their
extortion and various
criminal activities.
In this regard, Damudya
Police Station oC Farid
Hossain said, the police are
Candidates including Jamalpur District
Superintendent of Police Nasir Uddin
Ahmed, District Additional Magistrate
Sarkar Abdullah Al Mamun Babu, District
Election officer Golam Mostafa addressed
the meeting chaired by Islampur Upazila
Nirbahi officer Zahidur Rahman.
Speakers at the meeting gave directions
for maintaining an environment of free, fair
and peaceful elections and said that
necessary steps would be taken to break the
law.
active in dealing with drug
traffickers. Almost all the
drug dealers are being caught
by the police. However, they
are getting involved in the
same work again after being
released on bail.
Shipon Sardar's drug
business did not stop.
Meanwhile, uncle drug dealer
is running for the post of
member in Islampur Union
Parishad election this time.
Nannu Sardar and Shipon
Sardar are involved in yaba
business. Earlier, Nannu
Sardar had misappropriated
the money allocated for the
development of his village
majjid by dividing it without
doing any work. Together
with these drug dealers, drug
dealer Nannu Sardar is
running for the post of
member of Union Parishad.
There is no income but 20
families are given food every
day.
According to the locals,
such misdeeds are continuing
by influencing the voters.
Now Sipon Sardar has taken
initiative to distribute drugs
among the drug users again
during the free election
period. Locals said they did
not want to be named.
Shipon Sardar's misdeeds
will be stopped if the
members of the law
enforcement forces start their
activities.
26 candidates elected unopposed
in Malachhari UP election
DEEPoK SEN, MAHALCHHARI CoRRESPoNDENT
The third phase of UP elections will be held
in Mahalchhari upazila of Khagrachhari
district on November 28. Meanwhile, the
Upazila Election officer has confirmed the
news that 26 candidates, including the
chairman of four Union Parishads of the
upazila, have been elected unopposed
amidst widespread speculation surrounding
the election.
According to the Mahalchhari Upazila
Election office, after the announcement of
the election schedule, 13 people submitted
nomination papers for the post of chairman,
36 for the post of reserved women member
and 87 for the post of general member in 4
union parishads of Mahalchhari upazila.
Among them, 5 chairman candidates
withdrew their candidacies and a total of 29
candidates withdrew their candidacies
including 10 reserved women members and
14 general members.
According to sources, Rupendu Dewan,
the boat symbol candidate for the post of
chairman of Keanghat Union Parishad No. 3
of the upazila, has no rival and this Awami
League nominated candidate has been
elected unopposed as chairman. Besides, 6
candidates have been elected unopposed in
the reserved women's seat and 19 in the
general member post.
In the other 3 union parishads of the
upazila, Union Awami League president Gias
Uddin is contesting for the post of chairman
in the Myschhari union and the current
chairman Sajai Marma is contesting as an
independent candidate without getting the
boat symbol. There will be fierce
competition between these two candidates.
The present chairman of Sadar Union
Parishad No. 1 of the upazila is the current
president of Mahalchhari Upazila Awami
League, the most popular leader of the area
and the favorite leader of all people
irrespective of party affiliation, people close
to poor and miserable people, public leader
and present Labrechai Marma is contesting
as an independent candidate along with
Ratan Kumar Sheel, Chairman, President of
Bangladesh Awami League and nominee of
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Jubo League's
tri-annual
conference
held in
Gournadi
GIAS UDDIN MIA, GoURNADI
CoRRESPoNDENT
Mahilara Union Juba
League's tri-annual
conference was held at
Mahilara Government
Primary School Ground in
Gournadi on Monday.
Union Jubo League
President Kamal Hasan
presided over the occassion
while among othere Upazila
Jubo League President MA
Anisur Rahman, General
Secretary Syed Mahabub,
then Juba League President
Atiqur Rahman Shamim
and General Secretary Al-
Amin Hawlader and others
spoke.
Before
the
commencement of the
meeting, the activists of
Jubo League took part in the
colorful procession.
RMCH records
one more
fatality in
Covid-19 unit
RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi
Medical College Hospital
(RMCH) recorded one more
fatality in its Covid-19 unit
during the last 24 hours till
6am yesterday, reports BSS.
RMCH Director Brigadier
General Shamim Yazdani
said the female deceased
was a resident of Kushtia
district. She was suffering
from symptoms of Covid-
19.
The death toll due to
Covid-19 and its symptoms
reached 24 so far this month
with the new fatality.
However, the previous day's
fatality figure was also one.
However, Thursday's
death figure was zero after
four consecutive days. The
hospital recorded zero death
on November 7 after another
on october 31.
Earlier, the number of
casualties was 100 in
october, 167 in September,
340 in August, 566 in July
and 405 in June in the Covid
unit of RMCH, sources said.
Meanwhile, three more
patients were admitted to
the Covid-19 unit during the
last 24 hours, taking the
number of admitted patients
to 31, including five testing
positive for Covid-19, at
present.
Two other patients
returned home after being
cured in the unit during the
period.
Eight more people were
found Covid-19 positive after
testing 215 samples in
Rajshahi's two laboratories
on Monday, showing a 3.72
percent infection rate
against 4.04 percent on
Sunday.
48,520 hectares
land comes
under Boro
cultivation in
C'nawabganj
CHAPAINAWABGANJ: A
total of 48,520 hectares of
land will be brought under
Boro cultivation in the
district this season, reports
BSS.
Department of
Agricultural Extension
(DAE) officials here said
Boro paddy would be
cultivated on 12,100
hectares of land in sadar
upazila, 6,650 hectares in
Shibganj, 15,720 hectares
in Gomostapur, 8,200
hectares in Nachole and
5,850 hectares in Bholahat
upazila.
A total of 2,20,390
metric tonnes of rice has
been targeted to be
produced in the district,
they said.
Mahilara Union Juba League's tri-annual conference was held at Mahilara Government Primary
School Ground in Gournadi on Monday.
Photo: Gias Uddin Mia
IQAC's training workshop
inagurated at BU
A training workshop organize by
Institutional Quality Assurance Sol
(IQAC) titled 'Preparing SAR
improvement plan' was inagurated at
Barisal University. The workshop was
inaugurated at the Jibanananda Das
Conference Hall of the University on
Tuesday, a press release said.
Vice-Chancellor of BU Professor
Dr. Md Sadequl Arefin as the chief
guest inagurated the occasion.
During the time he said, education is
the backbone of a nation. With the
world-class competition around the
globe, a university would be focusing
on not only academic education but
also research and co-educational
activities.
otherwise, it will be impossible to
face this challenge. In this regard,
such training workshops will play a
helpful role in strengthening the
morale of the teachers and improving
the quality of education in the
university.
Barisal University IQAC Director
Vice-Chancellor of BU Professor Dr. Md Sadequl Arefin as the chief guest inagurated IQAC's training
workshop at the University on Tuesday.
Photo: Courtesy
20 more test positive for
Covid-19 in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI: Twenty more people have tested
positive for Covid-19 in four districts of the
division on Monday, taking the caseload to
99,153 since the pandemic began in March last
year, reports BSS.
However, the new positive cases show a
rising trend compared to the previous day's
figure, said Dr Habibul Ahsan Talukder,
divisional director of Health, adding that a total
of 18 people were infected on Sunday.
Besides, on october 20 last, the infection
figure was just four, which was the lowest-ever
in the division since the second wave of the
pandemic hit the country.
Meanwhile, the recovery count rose to 95,577
in the division after 17 patients were discharged
from the hospitals on the same day.
The death toll reached 1,678, including 685
in Bogura, 322 in Rajshahi with 204 in its city
and 175 in Natore as no new fatality was
reported during the last 24 hours span, Dr
Talukder added.
Besides, all the positive cases of Covid-19
have, so far, been brought under treatment
while 23,050 were kept in isolation units of
different dedicated hospitals for institutional
quarantine. of them, 19,658 have been
released.
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard continued search for missing people from
capsized lighter vessel Fardin-1 at Mongla port on Tuesday. Photo: Courtesy
Prof. Dr. Md Mohsin Uddin presided
over the training workshop and the
research person was Jagannath
University IQAC Additional Director
and Chairman of the Department of
Social Work Prof. Dr. Rajina Sultana.
BU IQAC Additional Director to
perform the program. Rahima
Nasrin. During the day-long training
workshop, 18 honorary members of
the Self Assessment Committee of
different departments of Barisal
University received training.
BCG continues
search for
missing people
from capsized
lighter vessel
A lighter vessel Fardin-1
with 7 crew members sank
near Harbaria 9 bay on
November 15 at 9:30. In
the wake of the incident, a
special rescue team from
Bangladesh Coast Guard
Base Mongla and BCG
Station Harbaria rushed to
the spot at around 10pm, a
press release said.
This information was
given by the media officer
of Bangladesh Coast Guard
headquarters Lt.
Khandaker Munif Taki on
Tuesday. He said
Bangladesh Coast Guard
ship Sonar Bangla also
took part in the rescue
operation. It is to be noted
that the Coast Guard
members were able to
rescue 2 out of 7 crew
members and the
operation by the Coast
Guard to rescue 5 missing
persons is continuing. The
rescued persons are
Raihan Chowdhury and
Md. Rubel.
He further said that the
names of the missing
persons are Mohiuddin,
Robiul, Nur Alam, Jihad,
and Samsu.