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eviction drive
begins in city's
Lautala area
dhaKa : eviction of illegal
establishments surrounding
Lautala canal at Basila of the
city's Mohammadpur began
on Monday morning,
reports UnB.
dhaka north City
Corporation (dnCC) Mayor
Md. atiqul islam was
present during the drive. he
said that the canals must be
freed to save the city from
waterlogging. Lautala canal
will be freed and connected
to the Buriganga to create
water flow in it.
every canal in the city will
be freed of occupants
accordingly, he said.
the drive started with
evicting the illegally
occupied truck terminal in
the area. along with the
Mayor, other dnCC officials
were present during the
drive.
Youth held
for raping
minor in 2017
dhaKa : the rapid action
Battalion (raB) has nabbed
a youth from the Chaturi
Choumohuni area of
anowara upazila in
Chattogram for allegedly
raping a five-year-old girl in
2017, reports UnB.
the accused has been
identified as Md Shipon, 27,
son of Md Selim, a resident
of Keshua village in
Chandanaish upazila, the
elite force said in a
statement on tuesday.
according to the case
statement, Shipon lured the
minor to his house on
February 18, 2017, while she
was playing outside her
house. Later, he allegedly
violated the girl.
the girl's mother filed a
complaint at the
Chandanaish police Station
on the same day, according
to the statement.
Used tin and plastic drums and gallons are being recycled for reuse. The picture is taken from
Trimohini area of the capital on Tuesday.
Photo: PBA
int'l Customs day today
dhaKa : the international Customs
day will be observed in the country
today as elsewhere in the world with the
theme "Scaling up Customs
transformations by embracing a data
Culture and Building a data ecosystem".
Marking the day, the national Board
of revenue (nBr) will organize a
seminar at hotel interContinental here
today. agriculture Minister dr abdur
razzaque, State Minister for Shipping
Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury and
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of
Commerce and industry (FBCCi)
president Md. jashim Uddin will attend
the event.
on the eve of the day, president M
abdul hamid and prime Minister
Sheikh hasina issued separate messages
wishing success of all programmes of the
day.
in their messages, the president and
the prime Minister greeted all concerned
including officials and employees of the
customs department, service recipients
and stakeholders.
president abdul hamid, in his
message, said customs plays a very
The meeting of Karimganj Upazila Task Force Committee on Implementation
of Smoking Tobacco Products (Control) Act was held on Tuesday. Photo: TBT
important role in the field of
international trade or export-import.
the major responsibility of
Bangladesh customs is to ensure safe
international trade and create a
business-friendly environment in the
country, he said, adding that for this
reason, there is no alternative but to
improve overall organizational
efficiencies, including infrastructural
development.
he said the present government has
focused on modernization of the
customs department, including
automation of customs management,
simplification of export-imports
procedures, liberalization of trade-tariff,
introduction of national single window,
data analysis and modern ricks
management to prevent smuggling and
forgery.
"i think that with the implementation
of technology-based modern customs
management, dishonest practices in
import-export will fall and thus
country's revenue earnings will
increase," said the president.
in her message, prime Minister
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Sheikh hasina said since 2009, the
present government has taken
multifaceted steps to attract local and
foreign investments with a view to
ensuring inclusive economic
development in the country.
"we have formulated revenue policy
based on wCo data Model and data
Standard. along with taking steps to
ensure safety of asycuda world, the
government has signed memorandum
of understanding with different
countries with a view to building a
modern information bank," she said.
the prime Minister hoped that
Bangladesh Customs would be more
successful in enhancing dynamism in
revenue collection, preventing maltrade,
preventing financing for militancy
and terrorism and ensuring
transparency and accountability by
exercising their professional skills and
implementing the reforms.
"with the collective efforts of all, we
will be able to build the "Sonar Bangla"
as dreamt by Father of the nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur rahman,
insha'allah," she added.
Karimganj Upazila task Force
Committee meeting held
Shah Md Sarwar, KiShoreganj
CorreSpondent
the meeting of Karimganj Upazila
task Force Committee on
implementation of Smoking tobacco
products (Control) act was held under
the chairmanship of Upazila nirbahi
officer taslima nur hossain.
Upazila health and Family planning
officer and task Force Member
Secretary dr. riyad Shahed rony
moderated the occasion at the Upazila
parishad Conference room on
tuesday while Kishoreganj journalist
welfare Council president and trainee
lawyer Shah Md Sarwar jahan spoke at
the occasion. during the time, Youth
development officer Md. amanullah
darji, Kiraton Up Chairman Md.
rafiqul islam, Zafarabad Up Chairman
abu Sadat Md. Sayem, dehunda Up
Chairman Ma hanif, Sutarpara Up
Chairman Md. Kamal hossain, joyka
Up Chairman Md. humayun Kabir,
noabad Up Chairman Md. Mostafa
spoke. , Kadir jungle Up Chairman arif
Uddin ahmed Konak, president of
anti-drug organization ibne abdullah
Shahjahan were also present at the
occasion.during the meeting, it was
decided to convene a regular task force
meeting every three months to ensure
proper implementation of tobacco
Control act, increase in taxes, stop sale
of counterfeit and low-priced bidi
cigarettes, reduce availability of
tobacco, stop advertising, alert
monitoring and conduct mobile court.
in addition, the assistant
Commissioner (Land) and three
other heads of educational
institutions were included in the
committee and Karimganj Upazila
parishad premises were declared
smoke-free. at the suggestion of the
president, the Chairman assured the
people and their respective Union
parishads to be smoke free.
pandemic leaves Mexican
schoolchildren lagging behind
MeXiCo CitY: nearly two years after the
pandemic first shut her classroom, Mexican
schoolgirl elena delgado is struggling to
avoid falling far behind in her studies-like
millions of other children around the world,
reports BSS.
another wave of coronavirus infections
gripping Mexico following the emergence
of the highly contagious omicron variant
have forced the nine-year-old to return to
remote learning.
"i really miss spending time with my
friends. i also miss the teacher a lot," she
said.
elena is striving to catch up with what
non-governmental organization the
espinosa Yglesias Study Center says could
be between one and three years of lost
learning for Mexican students.
it is a global problem-in Brazil, the
learning loss for high school students is
estimated to be one year, compared with
half a school year in Belgium, according to
a study published by the center in
September.
"when i study online, i fall further
behind," elena said, surrounded by dolls
and toys in her bedroom.
"when i'm in the classroom i can stop
and ask the teacher to rewrite what was on
the blackboard," she added.
the schoolgirl has taken private remedial
classes in subjects including math and
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english, said her mother elena Cabanas, a
41-year-old lawyer. worries about the
economic fallout of the pandemic led her
parents to remove their daughter from a
private school early in the crisis.
She joined the 90 percent of Mexican
students between the ages of three and 18
who attend free public schools.
"during the whole of the second year at
the public school she only had about five
virtual classes and didn't learn anything,"
said Cabanas.
disappointed, the mother decided to put
elena back in private education, but she
had her repeat the second grade.
elena's mother worries that her daughter
struggles with mathematical calculations.
"when i was nine years old i already
knew the multiplication tables from top to
bottom," she said.
Some children have been even less
fortunate.
in the 2020-2021 academic year, 5.2
million students between three and 29
years old dropped out of basic and higher
education in Mexico due to Covid-19 or for
economic reasons, according to official
data.
in response to the pandemic, president
andres Manuel Lopez obrador's
government introduced a home learning
program via television, but with little or no
interaction with students.
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