16-01-2022

SUNdAY, JANUARY 16, 2022 6
Nawab Salimullah is a pioneer of Muslim
education and politics: Muslim League
Nawab Salimullah has
sqcrificed his life for the
development of the
education system of the
Muslims. At a meeting of
the Muslim League in
Amritsar in 1908, Nawab
Salimullah said, "When I
saw that my nation, the
people of Hazrat
Muhammad (PBUH) was
being destroyed, I decided
that if necessary I would
destroy myself but I would
save this nation. He has been
trying to keep his word till
the last day of his life. Ruling
the state, seizing power was
not the goal of his politics,
but he worked tirelessly to
unite and educate the
uneducated Muslim nation
from the king to the fakir
forest by exploiting the rule
of British and Brahmanists,
a press release said.
The All India Muslim
League was established on
30 December 1906 at
Shahbagh in Dhaka on the
initiative of Nawab
Salimullah with the aim of
realizing the rights of
Muslims and making them
politically aware and united.
The instruction to establish
night schools in every area of
Dhaka immediately after
becoming Nawab was the
first step of his debut as an
educator. He demanded the
establishment of Dhaka
50 more test positive for Covid-19 in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI : As many as 50 more people have
tested positive for Covid-19 in four districts of
the division on Friday, taking the caseload to
1,00,427 since the pandemic began in March,
2020.
The new positive cases are showing a falling
trend compared to the previous day's figure of
117, said Dr Habibul Ahsan Talukder,
divisional director of health, reports BSS.
Meanwhile, the recovery count rose to 96,511
in the division after 32 patients were
discharged from the hospitals on the same day.
The death toll climbed to 1,694, including
688 in Bogura, 327 in Rajshahi with 209 in its
city and 175 in Natore as no new fatality was
reported during the past 24 hours, Dr Talukder
added. Besides, all the positive cases of Covid-
19 have, so far, been brought under necessary
treatment while 23,272 were kept in isolation
units of different dedicated hospitals for
institutional quarantine. Of them, 20,042 have
been released.
University in the spirit of
constantly making the future
generation suitable for
politics and social
competition. In response to
the lame argument that
there is not enough space for
a university in the report
given by the Simon
Commission, he paved the
way for the establishment of
Dhaka University with the
landmark decision to donate
approximately 600 acres of
land to the entire Baganbari
of Shahbag. But it is a
matter of regret that the
university does not
remember the Nawab even
on its birth-death-death
anniversary today, while
On the occasion of the 107th death anniversary of Nawab Sir Salimullah, a discussion
meeting and doa mahfil were held on Saturday in the capital. Photo: Courtesy
Two held
with ganja
in Rangpur
RANGPUR : The Detective
Branch (DB) of Rangpur
Metropolitan Police
(RpMP) arrested two
presumed drug traders
with two kilograms of
ganja from Taluk
Dharmodas area in the
metropolis on Friday
evening.
The arrested persons
were identified as Md
Solaiman Mian, 27, and
Md Saheb Ali Mian, 30, of
village Kafrikhal Bogura
Para in Mithapukur
upazila of the district.
"On a tip off, a team of
DB police led by Inspector
Shawkat Ali Sarker
conducted a raid and
arrested the two men with
ganja from the spot," a
press release issued by
Additional Deputy
Commissioner of Police
(DB and Media) of RpMP
Sajjad Hossain said.
"After filing a case in
this connection against
the arrested people under
the Narcotics Control Act
2018, the DB police
handed them over to
Tazhat police station of
RpMP," the release
added.
Two siblings
killed in
Feni road
accident
FENI : Two siblings were
killed and two others
injured as a private car hit
a roadside tree in Debipur
area on Dhaka-
Chattogram Highway
yesterday noon.
The deceased were
identified as Tushar, 40,
and his brother Biplob,
32. They were the
residents of Ichakhali
area under Mirsharia
Upazila of the district.
Eye witnesses said the
accident occurred at
around 12:30 pm as the
driver of the private car
lost control over the
steering. Tushar and
Biplob died on the spot,
said doctor Siful Islam of
Feni General Hospital.
The injured were sent to
Chattogram Medical
College Hospital for
treatment.
those who opposed the
establishment of Dhaka
University are remembered
with pomp and
circumstance. The inclusion
of Nawab Salimullah's
biography in the syllabus is
essential for informing the
new generation about
Nawab Salimullah.
On the occasion of the
107th death anniversary of
Nawab Sir Salimullah,
leaders made the remarks at
a discussion and prayer
meeting held on Saturday at
the Paltan office, chaired by
central member Atiqul
Islam. During the time,
party secretary general Kazi
Abul Khair, Bangladesh
NAP secretary general
Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan,
convener of Desh Bachao
Manush Bachao movement
Rakibur Rahman Ripon,
party standing committee
member Anwar Hossain
Aburi, vice-president Nazrul
Islam, Adv. Jasimuddin,
Additional Secretary
General Akbar Hossain
Pathan and Kazi AA Kafi,
Organizing Secretary Khan
Asad, Publicity Secretary
Sheikh A Sabur, Central
Leader Ad Aftab Hossain
Mollah, Ad Habibur
Rahman, Abdul Khaleq, Nur
Alam and others.
Sahabuddin (50), Ajibar (30), Ajiron (40) and Moushumi Begum (22)
have been accused of beating and injuring the head of a housewife
named Banu (30) in Roumari of Kurigram for demanding money for
sewing clothes.
Photo : Badshah Saykot
Meanwhile, 23 more people have been sent
to home and institutional quarantine afresh
while eight others were released from isolation
during the same time.
Of the 50 new cases, 25 were detected in
Bogura, followed by 18 in Rajshahi city, four in
Pabna and three in Joypurhat districts.
With the newly detected patients, the
district-wise break-up of the total cases now
stands at 28,588 in Rajshahi including 23,114
in its city, 5,690 in Chapainawabganj, 6,493 in
Naogaon, 8,500 in Natore, 4,806 in Joypurhat,
21,943 in Bogura, 11,463 in Sirajganj and
12,944 in Pabna.
A total of 1,15,686 people have, so far, been
kept under quarantine since March 10, 2020 to
prevent community transmission of the deadly
coronavirus (COVID-19).
Of them, 1, 14,464 have, by now, been
released as they were given clearance
certificates after completing their 14-day
quarantine.
BGB members in Cox's Bazar recovered 200,000 pieces of Burmese
yaba worth at tk 6,00,00,000 (six crore) yesterday. Photo : Courtesy
Training on
modern land
digitization in
Morelganj ends
M. PALASH SHARIF, MORELGANJ
CORRESPONDENT:
In Morelganj, Bagerhat, a
training on modern land
digitization process with the
participation of service
recipients, service providers
and civil society
representatives was ended
on Saturday.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer
Mohammad Jahangir Alam
inaugurated the two-day
training. Upazila Assistant
Commissioner (Land)
Mohammad Ali Hasan
addressed the training held
at the Upazila Parishad
meeting room. Upazila Vice
Chairman Mozammel
Haque Mozam and Women
Vice Chairman Fahima
Khanam were present as
special guests at the training
workshop.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer
Md. Jahangir Alam,
Assistant Commissioner
(Land) Md. Ali Hasan,
Upazila Sub-Registrar Perth
Mukherjee and Fakirhat
Upazila Union Land Deputy
Assistant Officer Md. Zakir
Hossain imparted thematic
training in the two sessions.
The workshop was
attended by land assistants
of different unions of the
upazila, union secretaries,
union chairmen, teachers,
document writers and
others.
One held
with Indian
leaf bidis in
C'nawabganj
CHAPAINAWABGANJ :
Members of Rapid Action
Battalion (RAB) arrested
an alleged smuggler with
63,360 pieces of
contraband Indian leaf
bidis from Shibganj in
Chapainawabganj district
last night.
The arrested is Md Jewel
Ali, 28 of Parchowka
Purbopara under
Monakasha union of
Shibganj upazila in the
district, reports UNB.
RAB said, acting on
information, an operation
team of RAB-5 from
Chapainawabganj camp
conducted a raid at
Dadanchak Bhutpara
under Durlavpur union of
Shibganj upazila at 8:30
pm and arrested Jewel
with the bidis.
Later the arrested person
was handed over to the
police of Shibganj thana
with a case.
RAJSHAHI : Farming of broccoli, a nonconventional
winter vegetable, has
gained popularity as many of the
grassroots farmers are getting more
income from the vegetable cultivation
compared to other conventional ones in
the region, including its vast barind
tract.
Acreage of the vegetable is rising
gradually by dint of its lucrative market
price and gradually mounting demand.
Like the previous couple of years, the
newly harvested vegetable along with
other ones has appeared in the local
markets abundantly at present making
both the sellers and buyers happy.
As a whole, the vegetable has brought
a diversification in the kitchen markets
besides a new dimension in the local
economy, experts' sources said.
Muktar Ali, 46, a farmer of
Hatibandha area in Godagari upazila,
has cultivated broccoli on around one
bigha of land and he's harvesting his
cash crop for the last couple of days with
satisfactory yield and market price.
"I have been selling broccoli at Taka 20
per piece since the beginning of harvest,"
said Ali, adding broccoli is more
profitable than some other
contemporary vegetables like
cauliflower and cabbage.
He has also gained success from his
previous year's farming on 10 katha of
land.
"I have around 400 plants on one
bigha of land this year," said Hasim
Blankets have been distributed among 1300 cold-hit people in Rajnagar of
Moulvibazar. These blankets were distributed at the initiative of Rishij Shilpi
Gosthi established by the late Fakir Alamgir, a vocalist of Swadhin Bangla Betar
Kendra and organized by the Upazila Administration. Photo : Forhad Hussain
97.12pc Covid-19 patients
recover in Rangpur division
RANGPUR : The average recovery rate of
Covid-19 patients has reached 97.12 percent
in Rangpur division where the daily
positivity rate is showing a rising trend in
recent days.
Health officials said 20 more Covid-19
patients recovered during the last 24 hours
ending at 8 am on Saturday raising the total
number of healed patients to 54,298 in the
division.
"The Covid-19 recovery rate continues
rising during the last four months in the
division," Divisional Director (Health) Dr
Abu Md Zakirul Islam told BSS.
The 54,298 recovered patients include
12,277 of Rangpur, 3,722 Panchagarh, 4,370
of Nilphamari, 2,625 of Lalmonirhat, 4,527
of Kurigram, 7,428 of Thakurgaon, 14,543 of
Dinajpur and 4,806 of Gaibandha districts in
the division.
Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19 cases
reached 55,909 as six new patients were
diagnosed after testing 74 new samples at
the positivity rate of 8.11 percent on Friday in
the division.
Earlier, the daily Covid-19 positivity rates
were 13.66 percent on Thursday, 10.84
percent on Wednesday, 4.11 percent on
Tuesday, 13.50 percent on Sunday and 13.58
percent on Saturday last in the division.
The district-wise break up of total 55,909
patients include 12,622 of Rangpur, 3,838
Panchagarh, 4,469 of Nilphamari, 2,775 of
Lalmonirhat, 4,653 of Kurigram, 7,710 of
Thakurgaon, 14,954 of Dinajpur and 4,888
of Gaibandha in the division.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19
pandemic, a total of 3,09,561 collected
samples were tested till Friday, and of them,
55,909 were found positive with an average
positivity rate of 18.06 percent in the
division. On the other hand, the total
number of casualties remained steady at
1,252 in the division as no new death was
reported during the last 24 hours ending at 8
am on Saturday.
The district-wise breakup of the 1,252
fatalities stands at 293 in Rangpur, 81 in
Panchagarh, 89 in Nilphamari, 69 each in
Lalmonirhat and Kurigram, 256 in
Thakurgaon, 332 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 55,909 Covid-19 patients, 26
are undergoing treatments at isolation units,
including six patients at ICU and three at
High Dependency Unit beds, after recovery
of 54,198 patients and 1,252 deaths while
333 are remaining in home isolation.
"Meanwhile, the number of citizens who
got the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine rose
to 91,23,504, and among them, 59,02,234
got the second dose and 59,653 got the
booster dose of the jabs till Friday in the
division," Dr Islam added.
Chief of Divisional Coronavirus Service
and Prevention Task Force and Principal of
Rangpur Medical College Professor Dr Bimal
Chandra Roy urged everyone to sincerely
abide by the health directives to remain safe
and prevent spread of the lethal virus.
Students are taking Covid vaccine to prevent coronavirus at Raiganj of
Sirajganj.
Photo : Shusanto Kumar
Broccoli farming gains popularity in Rajshahi
Uddin, 35, another farmer of Imamganj
village under the same Upazila, adding
he's expected to make profit from
vegetable farming.
Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer
Atanu Sarker told BSS that many of the
farmers are seen showing their interests
towards the vegetable farming as its
demand is gradually increasing.
Many farmers are cultivating the
seasonal cash crop in the area as they are
getting a better market price of their
yield compared to many other crops.
"I'm heavily satisfied with getting the
seasonal vegetables regularly since the
winter season began," said Ambia
Ferdousi Khanom, a housewife of
Boaliapara area in Rajshahi city.
Currently, she buys broccoli at Taka 30
per piece.
Azizul Islam, a vender of Shayampur
area, has been selling the vegetable more
or less every day for the last three to four
weeks. Demand for the vegetable has
increased to a greater extent, he added.
Additional Director of Department of
Agricultural Extension (DAE) Sirajul
Islam said initiative has been taken to
expand the farming of the cash crop
among the farmers in general.
He said broccoli is a winter vegetable
with high nutritional content. It is full of
vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
It looks like cauliflower but its colour is
green and not milky white like
cauliflower. Soil condition and winter
weather in the region are favourable for
broccoli cultivation.
Side by side with other conventional
winter vegetables, the cash crop is seen
appearing in the local markets everyday
bringing diversity in the vegetable
markets both wholesale and retail ones.
The non-conventional winter vegetable
has started turning into a conventional
one.
He said there is a bright prospect of
broccoli farming commercially in the
country's northwest region. Taking
advantage of the situation, farmers are
seen showing their interest in cultivating
Broccoli as a result of better output and
market price.
Agriculturist Islam added the
vegetable could easily be cultivated in
the normal farming field as it is more
tolerable to high-temperature than
cauliflower and cabbage. Nutritive value
of the crop is more than any other winter
vegetables including cabbage and
cauliflower.
Dr Mazharul Islam, Principal
Scientific Officer of Bangladesh
Agriculture Research Institute, said
broccoli is gradually becoming popular
among the urban people and the
Chinese restaurants together with the
grand hotels. They are using broccoli for
making soup and other delicious foods.
The farming method was almost
similar to the cabbage and cauliflower.
At least 40,000 to 50,000 plants could
be produced per hectare in 65-70 days,
he said.