22-10-2021

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BCG rescues 1
more dead body
from Meghna
On October 17 an engine
driven passenger wooden
trawler and cargo sank in
Char Patila area of Bhola
district due to bad weather
and storm along with 9
passengers, a press release
said.
Lt. Khandaker Munif
Taki, media officer at the
Bangladesh Coast Guard
headquarters, confirmed the
information on Thursday
morning.
He said the Coast Guard
South Zone later rescued 6
of the 9 passengers in the
trawler alive and the dead
body of a child. The Coast
Guard recovered the body of
the last person missing in
the accident ( Mst Bilkis
Begum-50) on Wednesday.
Two held with
fermented wine,
phensedyl in
Rangpur
RANGPUR: The Detective
Branch (DB) of Rangpur
Metropolitan Police (RMP)
seized 10 litres of
fermented wine, 40 bottles
of phensedyl and arrested
two presumed drug traders
from different places here
on Wednesday night,
reports BSS.
"On a tip off, a special
team of police led by
Additional Deputy
Commissioner of Police
(DB) of RMP conducted an
anti-drug drive at Muslim
Para area and arrested a
man with 10 litres of
fermented wine," s press
release said yesterday.
The arrested person is
Md Golam Rasul, 48, son
of late Jalal Uddin of
Alamnagar Pirpur area in
ward no-27 of the
metropolis.
In another anti-drug
drive led by Police
Inspector Md Mostafizur
Rahman, the DB police
seized 40 bottles of
phensedyl and arrested a
youth from Medical Purbo
Gate area in the
metropolis.
The arrested person is
Md Arif Hossain, 24, son of
Md Amjad Hossain of
Munshipara near
Munshipara Graveyard in
Ward no-19 of the
metropolis.
The DB police filed two
separate cases under the
Narcotics Control Act-
2018 against the arrested
persons and handed them
over to Kotwali police
station of RpMP today, the
release added.
Ctg records ever
lowest 0.35pc Covid-19
positivity rates
CHATTOGRAM: Chattogram
district recorded ever lowest
Covid-19 positivity rate of
0.35 percent while only six
fresh cases were reported
after testing 1684 samples
during the last 24 hours till
Thursday morning, reports
BSS.
The Covid-19 situation is
improving consistently
during the last few months,
Civil Surgeon Dr Ilias
Chowdhury told BSS.
With the newly infected
cases, the number of
coronavirus (COVID-19)
patients stands at 102,142 in
the district.
"The number of cured
patients from the lethal virus
stood at 87,504 in the
district with the recovery of
28 more patients in last 24
hours," Dr Ilias said, adding
that the percentage of
recovery rate is 85.66.
With one new death
recorded in the last 24
hours, the death toll stood
1,317 in the district.
A total of 1,681 infected
patients are now undergoing
treatment at designated
hospitals here.
Members of Coast Guard South Zone recovered dead body of the last
person missing of Meghna trawler capsize recently. Photo: Courtesy
New building of Sreepur
Municipality inagurated
RAZIB PRODHAN, SREEPUR CORRESPONDENT
A new building of Sreepur Municipality of
Gazipur has been inaugurated. The new
building was inaugurated by Gazipur-3 MP
Iqbal Hossain Sabuj on Wednesday afternoon.
During the time, Municipal Council Mayor Md
Anisur Rahman, Panel Mayor Amjad Hossain
BA, OC Khandaker Imam Hossain, Sreepur
Model Police Station, Upazila Nirbahi Officer
Tariqul Islam and Municipal Secretary Sarkar
Dalil Uddin Ahmed were among others also
present at the occasion.
The newly constructed municipal building
has been constructed with BMDF and
municipal revenue at a cost of around Tk 6
crore, according to the municipal authorities.
Anisur Rahman, the mayor of the
municipality, said that he had been operating
in a rented house since the formation of the
municipality in 2000. He said that a lot of
money has been spent on this. As the new
building is in its own place, the cost will no
longer be the same, the Municipal Accounts
Department said. There are about 20 car
parking facilities on the ground floor of this
multi-storied building. At the main entrance of
the building there is a plaque engraved of
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman.
Regarding the newly constructed
municipality, Panel Mayor Amjad Hossain BA
of Sreepur Municipality said, "Today, 20 years
after the announcement of the municipality, we
have got a new municipal building." We are all
happy that the municipal office has its own
place. The total cost of construction of this
municipal building has been estimated at Tk. 6
crore, of which Tk. 1 crore is from the municipal
revenue sector.
A new building of Sreepur Municipality of Gazipur has been inaugurated
recently.
Photo: Razib Prodhan
Rangpur records no Covid-19
death in 24 hours
RANGPUR: Rangpur division recorded
no Covid-19 related death during the last
24 hours ending at 8 am yesterday as the
pandemic situation continues improving
in the last more than two months, reports
BSS.
"Earlier, no Covid-19 fatality was
recorded on May 16 last and on
September 12, 13, 14, 20, 22, 26, 29 and
30 and October 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 last in the division,"
Divisional Deputy Director (Health) Dr
Abu Md Zakirul Islam said yesterday.
The number of Covid-19 fatalities
remained steady at 1,239 in the division.
The district-wise break up of the 1,239
fatalities currently stands at 293 in
Rangpur, 80 in Panchagarh, 88 in
Nilphamari, 68 in Lalmonirhat, 69 in
Kurigram, 252 in Thakurgaon, 326 in
Dinajpur and 63 in Gaibandha of the
division.
The average fatality rate currently
stands at 2.24 percent in the division.
Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19
cases reached 55,240 as seven new
patients were diagnosed after testing 356
samples of Rangpur division at the daily
positivity rate of 1.97 percent on
Wednesday.
"The district-wise break up of total
55,240 patients include 12,446 of
Rangpur, 3,800 Panchagarh, 4,437 of
Nilphamari, 2,737 of Lalmonirhat, 4,636
of Kurigram, 7,604 of Thakurgaon, 14,723
of Dinajpur and 4,857 of Gaibandha in
the division," he added.
Divisional Director (Health) Dr Md
Motaharul Islam said a total of 2,90,271
collected samples were tested till
Wednesday, and of them, 55,240 were
found Covid-19 positive with an average
positivity rate of 19.03 percent in the
division.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19
pandemic, the number of healed patients
reached 52,875 with recovery of 15 more
infected patients on Wednesday in the
division where the average recovery rate
currently stands at 95.72 percent.
The 52,875 recovered patients
include 11,307 of Rangpur, 3,671
Panchagarh, 4,341 Nilphamari, 2,625
Lalmonirhat, 4,527 Kurigram, 7,268
Thakurgaon, 14,350 in Dinajpur and
4,786 Gaibandha districts in the division.
Among the 55,240 patients, 45 are
undergoing treatments at isolation units,
including four critical patients at ICU
beds and five at High Dependency Unit
beds, after recovery of 52,875 patients
and 1,239 deaths while 1,080 are
remaining in home isolation.
"Meanwhile, the number of citizens who
got the first dose of the Covid- 19 vaccine
rose to 44,50,117, and among them,
21,16,787 got the second dose of the jab
till Wednesday in the division," he added.
Chief of Divisional Coronavirus Service
and Prevention Task Force and Principal
of Rangpur Medical College Professor Dr.
AKM Nurunnobi Lyzu the overall Covid-
19 situation continues improving
satisfactorily in Rangpur division.
2 more test positive
for Covid-19 in
C'nawabganj
CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Two
more persons tested positive
for Covid-19 during the last 24
hours till last morning,
raising the total number of
infection to 5,909 in the
district, reports BSS
During the time, 57
samples were tested as two
persons were detected
positive for Covid-19,
showing the infection rate
3.50 percent, civil surgeon
office sources confirmed.
Among the newly
detected patients, one is
from sadar upazila and
another from Gomostapur
upazila.
A total of 22 patients are
undergoing treatment in the
district. Of them, 18 are
getting treatment in
dedicated Covid hospital
and others at home.
Meanwhile, 158 patients
have died of Covid-19 and
5,729 have recovered from
the disease so far here, the
sources added.
Alleged terrorist
Al-Amin vying for
AL nomination
GAZARIA CORRESPONDENT
Meghna Ghat under
Munshiganj district's
Gazaria upazila has become
a haven for various types of
criminal activities including
terrorism, extortion, illegal
installations, oil theft,
robbery and murder.
Al-Amin Pradhan, son of
late Gias Uddin Pradhan of
Tetitala village in Balua
Kandi Union, Gazaria
Upazila, is in control of all
these crime. Al-Amin
Pradhan is also Awami
League General Secretary
of Balua Kandi Union.
Other members of the
family, including Pradhan
are professional terrorists.
There are half a dozen
cases against them in
different police stations in
Munshiganj district.
Various types of cases
including murder,
snatching, kidnapping,
yaba trade, rape, robbery,
extortion weapons cases
are filed against him.
Al-Amin Pradhan was
arrested on October 17 last
year by members of the law
enforcement forces along
with foreign weapons.
Since then he has been the
general secretary of the
Awami League. He was not
expelled from the Union
Awami League even after
his arrest with arms. Each
member of the family,
despite repeated arrests by
law enforcement agencies,
including RAB-4, for arms
and extortion, managed to
get out of the loopholes by
spending large sums of
money and resuming
extortion. There have been
attacks and allegations
against members of the law
enforcement agencies.
This time the Al-Amin
Pradhan has taken to the
field with crores of taka to
get a boat symbol ticket for
the Union Parishad
elections
Locals said that Pradhan
is self-proclaimed Balua
Kandi general secretary of
the Awami League. Awami
League leaders and
activists claim that such
horrible terrorists and
extortionists, drug and
arms dealers have been
nominated for the boat, but
the slogan that the leaders
and workers of Balua Kandi
Union will work for any
other candidate instead of
the boat is now on the lips
of the people.
Advocacy meeting on project
startup held in Jaldhaka
HAFIZUR RAHMAN, JALDHAKA CORRESPONDENT
An advocacy meeting of Dove Self Esteem
Project (DSEP) startup has been held in
Jaldhaka Upazila of Nilphamari. The
meeting was held at the Upazila Parishad hall
on Thursday morning under the
chairmanship of Upazila Nirbahi Officer
Mahbub Hasan while Upazila Parishad
Chairman Abdul Wahed Bahadur was
present as the chief guest.
Among others, Akhtaruzzaman, Deputy
Director, Secondary and Higher Education,
Rangpur Region, District Education Officer
Shafiqul Islam, Municipal Mayor Ilias
Hossain Bablu, Vice Chairman Monowara
Begum, Upazila Secondary Education Officer
Chanchal Kumar Bhowmik and Upazila
Primary Education Officer Nur Mohammad,
Women's Affairs Officer Purabi Rani Roy
spoke on the occasion. Dr. Rishikesh Sarkar,
Rangpur Divisional Manager, Plan
International Bangladesh, APC of ESDO's
DSEP Project - ESDO and Focal Person
Tofazzal Hossain, Headmaster
Roknuzzaman Chowdhury, Sabir and
Khushi, students of Anirban Vidyatirtha High
School. Abdul Mannan, Project Manager,
ESDO informed about the project. At the
same time, he said, to help the 11-14 year olds
(6th to 9th grade) students of schools and
madrasas to reach their full potential life by
developing positive relationships and
building self-confidence. He added that
under this project, the capacity of 100
teachers, 15,000 students and 3,000 parents
of 41 secondary and 9 madrasas of the upazila
will be increased. The project is being
implemented by Eco-Social Development
Organization ESDO in collaboration with
Plan International Bangladesh with funding
from Unilever Bangladesh Limited.
An advocacy meeting of Dove Self Esteem Project (DSEP) startup has been
held in Jaldhaka Upazila on Thursday.
Photo: Hafizur Rahman
Newly elected Upazila Education
Officers Association pays homage
to Bangabandhu
MEHADI HASAN, TUNGIPARA CORRESPONDENT
Leaders of the newly elected Upazila
Education Officers' Association have paid
homage at the tomb of Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj on
Thursday.
They paid their respects by laying a wreath
at the tomb of Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Later, the recited Fateha and offered special
prayers for the souls of Bangabandhu and his
slain family members.
During the time, Upazila Education
Officers Association President Moinul Islam
Khan, Senior Vice-President Mohammad
Mohsin Reza, Secretary General Sharmin
Nasima Banu, Additional Secretary General
Mohammad Tajul Islam and other leaders of
the Upazila Education Officers Association
were present.
Leaders of the newly elected Upazila Education Officers' Association have paid
homage at the tomb of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj on Thursday. Photo: Mehadi Hasan
Talaimary crossing-Katakhali Bazar
road turns four lane in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi City Corporation
(RCC) has taken an initiative to turn the
double lane Talaimary crossing-Katakhali
Bazar road into four-lane, reports BSS.
The 4.1-kilometre road will be widened to
30-meter on an average from the existing 10
meters along with a two-meter-wide road
divider at a cost of around TK 93.49 crore.
There will be 10.5-meter-wide roads and
also three-meter-wide roads for the nonmechanized
and slow-moving vehicles on
the both sides of the divider.
A three-meter-wide footpath with drain
under it will be constructed on both sides of
the road. City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman
Liton inaugurated the construction work
after unveiling the foundation stone on
Wednesday.
Decorative and ornamental trees and
plants will be transplanted on the divider
and on the both sides of the road for
beautification. Liton said the road will be
constructed as part of RCC's TK 2,993-crore
project titled 'Integrated Urban
Infrastructure Development in Rajshahi
City'. Under the mega project, the RCC is
going to construct five more flyovers as soon
as possible for the overall development of the
metropolis by freeing it from traffic
congestion.
Recently, the city corporation has taken a
TK 1175.52-crore project for the construction
of the flyovers and 19 infrastructures.
The flyovers will be constructed on
Haragram Natunpara Railway Crossing,
Rajshahi Court Station Railway Crossing,
Bilsimla Railway Crossing, Shaheed AHM
Kamaruzzaman Railway Crossing, Bhadra
Railway Crossing and Mohanpur Railway
Crossing. Earlier, the city corporation has
constructed a 202.5-meter flyover along with
a 120-meter ramp at Budhpara Railway
crossing with an estimated cost of TK 29.28
crore for the first time in Rajshahi city.