05-01-2022

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Hiron-Hamida Education Trust distributed financial grants among poor meritorious students in
Habiganj on Tuesday.
Photo: Mamun Chowdhury
holy Quran and winter clothes distributed
among orphans in Bancharampur
ataur rahMan, BanCharaMpur Correspondent
holy Quran and winter clothes have
been distributed among the orphans on
the 78th founding anniversary of
Bangladesh Chhatra League in
Bancharampur upazila on tuesday.
the event was organized by the 7 no
ward Chhatra League of
Bancharampur Municipal Branch.
earlier in the morning, a procession
was brought out which paraded the
main roads of the city at the initiative of
upazila, Municipal and university
College Chhatra League. Later, a
discussion meeting and cake cutting
was held at Bancharampur Captain aB
tajul islam auditorium.
during the time, upazila parishad
Chairman and upazila awami League
president Md sirajul islam, upazila
awami League Vice-president and Vice
Chairman sayedul islam Bakul
Bhuiyan, Women awami League
general secretary jolly akter,
Bancharampur Municipal Mayor
tafazzal hossain, upazila self
Chasebak League president Mahmudul
hasan Bhuiyan, upazila Labor League
Convener ah aziz, upazila Chhatra
League president jewel ahmed and
general secretary alauddin sarkar
were among others also present at the
occasion.
hiron-hamida
education trust
provides student
grants in habiganj
MaMun ChoWdhury,
haBiganj Correspondent
Like every year in habiganj,
hiron-hamida education
trust has distributed
financial grants among the
poor meritorious students.
habiganj Municipality
Mayor ataur rahman selim
distributed cash at the
rajnagar government
primary school premises on
tuesday morning.
Chandni akhter, deputy
assistant engineer, power
development Board chaired
the occasion while among
others, habiganj press Club
president russel
Chowdhury, editor
habiganj samachar
newspaper valiant freedom
fighter golam Mostafa
rafiq, school Management
Committee president abdul
Motalib Mamraj, school
headmaster ismat ara
Begum spoke on the
occasion.
grants were distributed to
20 students this year,
funded by david Bradso and
judy Bradso of england.
Later, winter clothes were
distributed among the
helpless people. hironhamida
education trust
has been providing various
assistances to the helpless
poor of the society for the
last 10 years.
54,052 Covid-19 patients
recover in rangpur division
rangpur: the number
of recovered Covid-19
patients has reached
54,052 in rangpur division
where the pandemic
situation continues
improving consistently in
recent months, reports
Bss.
"the number of healed
Covid-19 patients reached
54,052 with the recovery of
17 more patients during the
last 24 hours ending at 8
am yesterday," divisional
director (health) dr abu
Md Zakirul islam told Bss.
the average recovery rate
of Covid-19 patients
currently stands at 96.92
percent in the division.
the 54,052 recovered
patients include 12,069 of
rangpur, 3,721
panchagarh, 4,370 of
nilphamari, 2,625 of
Lalmonirhat, 4,527 of
kurigram, 7,417 of
thakurgaon, 14,521 of
dinajpur and 4,802 of
gaibandha districts in the
division.
"Meanwhile, the number
of Covid-19 cases reached
55,767 as three fresh cases
were diagnosed after
testing 186 new samples at
the positivity rate of 1.61
percent on Monday in the
division," he said.
earlier, the daily Covid-
19 positivity rates were
2.40 percent on sunday,
zero percent on saturday,
0.64 percent on Friday,
6.58 percent on thursday
and 2.39 percent on
Wednesday last in the
division.
the district-wise break
up of total 55,767 patients
include 12,563 of rangpur,
3,835 panchagarh, 4,464
of nilphamari, 2,764 of
Lalmonirhat, 4,650 of
kurigram, 7,707 of
thakurgaon, 14,904 of
dinajpur and 4,880 of
gaibandha in the division.
since the beginning of
the Covid-19 pandemic, a
total of 3,07,835 collected
samples were tested till
Monday, and of them,
55,767 were found positive
with an average positivity
rate of 18.12 percent in the
division.
on the other hand, the
total number of casualties
remained steady at 1,251 as
no new death was reported
during the last 24 hours
ending at 8 am yesterday
from the division.
the district-wise break
up of the 1,251 fatalities
stands at 293 in rangpur,
81 in panchagarh, 89 in
nilphamari, 69 in
Lalmonirhat, 69 in
kurigram, 256 in
thakurgaon, 331 in
dinajpur and 63 in
gaibandha districts of the
division.
the average casualty rate
currently stands at 2.24
percent in the division.
among total 55,767
Covid-19 patients, 15 are
undergoing treatments at
isolation units, including
four patients at iCu and
two at high dependency
unit beds, after recovery of
54,052 patients and 1,251
deaths while 449 are
remaining in home
isolation.
"in the meantime, the
number of citizens who got
the first dose of the Covid-
19 vaccine rose to
81,20,95480, and among
them, 55,81,771 got the
second dose and 17,946 got
the booster dose of the jabs
till Monday in the
division," dr islam added.
principal of rangpur
Medical College professor
dr. Md. Mahfuzar rahman
urged people to sincerely
abide by the health
directives and hygiene
rules to prevent any
probable wave of the newly
detected omicron strain of
the deadly virus.
Holy Quran and winter clothes have been distributed among the
orphans on the 78th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Chhatra
League in Bancharampur Upazila on Tuesday. Photo: Ataur Rahman
Meeting on establishing
tea auction center held
in rangpur
rangpur: a views-sharing meeting on
setting up a third tea auction center in
panchagarh was held at the conference room of
the divisional Commissioner in the city on
Monday afternoon, reports Bss.
Bangladesh tea Board (BtB) organized the
meeting, a press release said yesterday.
Chairman of BtB Major general Md.
ashraful islam, ndc, psc, attended the meeting
as the chief guest with rangpur divisional
Commissioner Md. abdul Wahhab Bhuiyan in
the chair.
BtB Member (Finance and trade) and joint
secretary dr. nazneen kawsar Chowdhury
delivered the welcome address at the meeting.
deputy Commissioners of rangpur,
panchagarh, Lalmonirhat and thakurgaon
districts in the tea growing northern region,
BtB officials, stakeholders of the tea industry,
representatives of different chambers and
Bangladesh small tea garden owners'
association, small tea farmers participated in
the event.
addressing the meeting, the BtB Chairman
highlighted the issue of setting up a new tea
auction center in the northern region.
For this, he put emphasis on forming an
association consisting of local tea traders and
stakeholders soon to set up a tea auction center
in the northern region.
Members of the new association will gain
practical experience in this regard by visiting
Chittagong and srimangal tea auction centers.
"the next decision will be taken after
convening a meeting with the participation of
all concerned and discussing the issue for
setting up a tea auction center in the northern
region," he said.
the release noted that tea produced in tea
factories of the northern region is currently
being sold at Chittagong and srimangal tea
auction centers.
due to the distance, the quality of tea
produced in tea factories of the northern region
and its price at these auction centers is
declining and the factories have to bear the
relatively high transportation cost.
"due to this problem, the continuous success
and huge prospect in the boosting tea industry
of the northern region is being challenged. as a
result, there is a need to set up a tea auction
center in north Bengal," the release added.
Blankets have been distributed among orphans, madrasas and more than
500 extremely poor families in Haridia of Louhajang upazila. Photo: TBT
govt allocates
19,700 blankets
for cold-hit
people in narail
naraiL: the government
has allocated a total of 19,700
blankets for the poor and
distressed cold-stricken
people of 39 unions and three
municipalities in the three
upazilas of the district,
reports Bss.
district relief and disaster
Management office sources
said a total of 470 blankets
have been allocated for each
of the union parishad and
Municipality.
they said the allocated
blankets have already been
sent to the upazila authorities
and the concerned authorities
have started to distribute the
blankets among the cold-hit
distressed people.
Blankets distributed in
orphanage, madrasa's
and extremely poor
people
Md Manik Mia, Louhajang
Correspondent
Blankets have been
distributed among orphans,
madrasas and more than
500 extremely poor families
in haridia of Louhajang
upazila. the blankets were
distributed at the expense of
Wasim Farooq, founder and
chief coordinator of
Facebook-based
humanitarian group 'safe
Bangladesh Chai'.
on tuesday afternoon,
more than 500 blankets
were distributed among
haridia darul ulum ah
ahad Munshi Qawmi
Madrasa, haridia rabeya
khatun adarsh Mahila
Madrasa, gawdia karimiya
Qawmi Madrasa and
helpless poor people of
gaodia union.
during the time, Wasim
Farooq, the founder of the
organization, Louhajang
press Club general
secretary. Manik Mia,
Monir hossain sikder,
founder of haridia rabeya
khatun adarsh Mohila
Madrasa, selim Mollah,
president of haridia Ward
awami League, titu sikder,
general secretary and newly
elected member, Md. emon
hossain, journalist tariqul
islam sim and others were
also present.
Blankets have been distributed among the cold-hit people in Chilmari of Kurigram on Tuesday.
Photo: Golam Mahbub
rakuB disburses tk 60-cr CMsMe
loans in northwest zone
rajshahi: rajshahi krishi unnayan Bank
(rakuB) has disbursed taka 60-crore loans to
the cottage, micro, small and medium
enterprise (CMsMe) sector under the
government's stimulus package in country's
northwest region in the last 2020-2021
financial year, reports Bss.
the government announced the bailout
package for the CMsMe sector with an aim to
help the stakeholders overcome the Covid-19
fallout and the rakuB attained 100 percent
target in terms of disbursing the CMsMe loan.
rakuB Managing director abdul Mannan
said the loans were disbursed among 1,478
entrepreneurs to revive their CMsMes that
have been badly affected by CoVid-19 impact
in almost all 16 districts under rajshahi and
rangpur divisions.
he said Bangladesh Bank (BB) has allocated
taka 60 crore to rakuB for the sector in two
phases.
under the stimulus package, 160 women
entrepreneurs received taka 7.64-crore loan
assistance.
abdul Mannan said the money from the fund
has been disbursed among small and mediumscale
farmers, including those in the poultry
and dairy sector, in rural areas, at five percent
interest.
"small and medium-scale farmers in rural
areas received loans from the fund, and they
are using the money to yield agricultural
products, flowers, fruits, fish and poultry," he
added.
in the current 2021-22 fiscal year, BB has
also provided taka 50 crore to rakuB for
distribution to the CMsMe sectors and it has
already disbursed 70 percent of the targeted
loan.
"We are very much hopeful about attaining
the cherished targets of disbursing loans in
these sectors within the stipulated time," he
added.
small and marginal women entrepreneurs
and others who were not capable of paying
collateral are being given priority in terms of
disbursing CMsMe loans.
CMsMe promotion is very important for
reducing the existing gap between rural and
urban areas besides recouping the losses
caused by the adverse impact of the corona
pandemic.
rakuB has set a target of disbursing
agricultural loans of tk 3,000 crore in the
country's northwest (nW) region during the
current fiscal year to help increase crop
production and boost rural economy.
the specialised commercial bank will
distribute the loans through its 383 branches in
all 16 districts under the two divisions.
target has also been set to recover loans of
tk 2,600 crore, including classified loans with
tk 580 crore, and raise deposit collection to tk
500 crore, he said.
abdul Mannan said target has been fixed
to disburse loan of tk 950 crore for crop
production, tk 150cr for fisheries, tk 250
crore for livestock, tk 10cr for farm and
irrigation machinery, tk 750cr for CMsMe,
tk 540 crore continuous loan, tk 50 crore
for microcredit and poverty alleviation and
tk 300 crore for others during the current
fiscal.
as the largest development partner in
agriculture as well as agro-based industry
sector of the northwest Bangladesh, currently,
the bank has adopted the effective work plan
which is being implemented at the grassroots
level to attain all the targets within the
stipulated time.
Blankets distributed
among cold-hit
people in Chilmari
goLaM MahBuB, ChiLMari
Correspondent
Blankets have been
distributed among the
cold-hit people in Chilmari
of kurigram. the blankets
were distributed on the
personal initiative of Md.
obaid ullah al Masood,
Md & Ceo, rupali Bank
Limited.
upazila parishad
Chairman shawkat ali
sarkar Birbikram
distributed blankets
among more than 800
winter victims at Chilmari
government College
ground on tuesday
afternoon. during the time,
upazila nirbahi officer
Md. Mahbubur rahman,
acting principal of
Chilmari government
College Md. aratuzzaman
Latif, assistant professor
ayub ali, Branch Manager
and senior principal
officer of Madhabdi
Baburhat Branch of rupali
Bank Md. razzakul haider
ainur rashid and jubo
League joint convener
Zahid anwar palash were
among others also present
at the occasion.