04-09-2020

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 6
Relief distributed among fishermen
released from Indian jail
Vice Chancellor of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) Prof Dr. Mohammad
Rafiqul Alam held a view exchange meeting with the teachers, officials and employees of the CUET
University on Thursday.
Photo: Courtesy
Golam mahbub, Chilmari Correspondent:
relief materials and hygiene kits were
distributed among 26 inmates of
Chilmari upazila in Kurigram, who were
released from indian jail after four
months. sate minister for the ministry
of primary and mass education md.
Zakir hossain mp was present as the
chief guest at the relief distribution
function at the upazila parishad
meeting room on thursday.
upazila nirbahi officer (retd) nur-e-
Jannat rumi chaired the occasion while
upazila parishad Chairman shawkat ali
sarkar bir bikrom, upazila Vice
Chairman abdul Kuddus sarkar and
Women Vice Chairman achma begum
were present as special guests at the
occasion. among others, , Chilmari
police station officer-in-Charge md.
aminul islam, upazila awami league
Vice-president Joynal abedin and Joint
General secretary and district Council
member rezaul Karim lichu were also
present at the occasion.
sate minister for the ministry of
primary and mass education md. Zakir
hossain mp is his speech said that in
order to ensure that the fishermen of
Chilmari do not have to go to india or
any other place to earn a living, work has
been done to create various jobs
including fish farming. besides, the
process of setting up a marine training
Center and a technical school in
Chilmari is underway.
'Want to make CUET a more
prestigious university': CUET VC
Vice Chancellor of Chittagong
university of engineering and
technology (Cuet) prof dr.
mohammad rafiqul alam said that
Cuet has moved forward with the
sincere cooperation and concentration
of work of all including the teachers,
officers, staff and students of the
university. everyone must work
together to continue that progress in
the future. i would like to take Cuet
forward with your overall cooperation
within next four years as well, a press
release said.
he added that, 'i want to make Cuet
a more prestigious university through
academic discipline, academic
excellence as well as research and
innovation. Want to give emphasis on
new organogram for the next four
years, emphasis on research and
innovation, procurement of world class
laboratories and state-of-the-art
equipment, management of the
country's first ever sheikh Kamal it
business incubator project, creation of
new dpps, formation of branding cells
for universities and strict academic
discipline.
Cuet said this while exchanging
views with the teachers, officials and
employees of the Cuet university as
he was appointed as the Vice
Chancellor for the second term at the
tsC auditorium of Cuet on thursday.
the meeting exchanges took place in
three separate sessions at 10.00 am
with the esteemed teachers of the
university, at 11.00 am with the officials
and at 12.00 pm with the staff.
distinguished teachers, officials and
employees of the university
participated in it.
associate professor of mechanical
engineering dr. md. sanaul rabbi and
assistant registrar (Coordination)
mohammad Fazlur rahman
moderated the occasion.
Sate Minister for the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education Md. Zakir Hossain MP as the
chief guest distributed relief materials and hygiene kits among 26 inmates of Chilmari upazila
who were released from Indian jails after four months on Thursday. Photo: Golam Mahbub
Farmers engaged in cultivation
of Ropa Aman in Madhukhali
shahJahan helal, madhuKhali
Correspondent:
Farmers are busy
collecting ropa aman
saplings at different
markets in madhukhali this
year. the department of
agriculture extension
expects 11 unions, including
one municipality of the
upazila, to exceed the target
of planting ropa aman this
year as compared to last
season.
Farmers thronged to
collect saplings at
madhukhali sadar and
Kamarkhali hat, the two
largest hats in the upazila.
Farmers are buying the
saplings at tk 400 to tk
500 per 100 bags at
madhukhali hat on
monday. the price of
saplings is lower this year
than last year. the import of
saplings is also widespread
in the two markets.
upazila agriculture
officer agriculturist pratap
mandal said ropa aman is
usually planted from July to
mid-september. but this
time, the farmers have
already planted ropa aman
saplings in 8,600 hectares
of land by various means,
including floating seedlings
in advance. ropa aman
saplings can be planted in
the first half of september
(bhadra month). Farmers
will be able to plant ropa
aman saplings in more than
five hundred hectares of
land.
this year, the target of
planting ropa aman in one
municipality and eleven
unions in the upazila has
been set at 8,900 hectares
of land. last season, ropa
aman was planted at total
of 8,382 hectares of land in
the upazila.
In observance of the first anniversary of Trishal Helpline, a discussion meeting was held in
the upazila on Wednesday.
Photo: Mominul Islam Momin
Trishal Helpline celebrates
first anniversary
mominul islam momin, trishal Correspondent:
trishal helpline, a social welfare
organization celebrated its first
anniversary in a colorful way.
marking the occasion a discussion
meeting was held in the room of
trishal municipal Council hall on
Wednesday with the slogan "let's
work together, build a prosperous
trishal".
trishal helpline president
hamidur rahman sumon presided
over the occasion while
Commissioner (land) tariqul islam
tushar inaugurated the event. mayor
of trishal municipality abm
anisuzzaman was the keynote
speaker at the occasion. among
others, member of upazila awami
league iqbal hossain, upazila
secondary education officer anm
Zillur rahman and others were the
special guests.
1,080-km irrigation pipelines
raJshahi: around 1,080 kilometres
underground irrigation pipelines were
constructed aimed at reducing the loss of
irrigation water by around 40 percent in
the barind area, reports bss.
barind multipurpose development
authority (bmda) under its
'enhancement of irrigation efficiency
through Construction of sub-surface
irrigation Channel' project constructed
the pipelines.
taka 136.16 crore project has been
implemented in 25 upazilas of rajshahi,
naogaon and Chapainawabganj districts
till June last.
"We have installed 1096.2 kilometres
upvc pipelines and 216 kilometres flexible
pipes through saving agricultural lands
under the four-year project," said
engineer shahidur rahman, director of
the project, while talking to bss here
constructed in Barind area
yesterday.
more than 3,000 farmers were
imparted intensive training on various
need-based issues like irrigation water
management, crop diversification,
fertilizer usages and mechanized
cultivation.
they were also given ideas on proper
handling and maintenance of the
constructed infrastructures so that they
can derive total benefits of the project.
engineer rahman said the installed
pipelines have expanded irrigation area
to around 32,400 hectares of land
contributing a lot towards cropping yield
around 1.62 lakh tonnes on an average
per year. the system has also contributed
to the diversification process in the
project covering areas.
in the long run, the project will
contribute a lot towards reducing the loss
of irrigation water besides saving
agricultural land and expanding
irrigation areas through crop
diversification.
highlighting the salient feature of the
project, engineer rahman said efficiency
in irrigation has become a necessity for
reducing the misuse of water alongside
decreasing agriculture production cost.
he opined that the conventional
irrigation method has the problem of
misusing water triggering pressure on
both ground and surface water posing a
threat to ecology.
so, some major parameters like water
distribution system, irrigation scheme
management system, water marketing
system, sources of water, source of
energy, alternate Wetting drying (aWd)
and types of pumps should be brought
under consideration.
Farmers are busy collecting Ropa Aman saplings at different markets in Madhukhali this
year.
Photo: Shahjahan Helal
110 flood-hit farmers get cattle
feed in Gaibandha
Gaibandha: as many as 110 flood
affected farmers of sreepur union
under sundarganj upazila in the
district got cattle feed for their domestic
animals on Wednesday, reports bss.
a distribution function was held on
the premises of boali Govt primary
school of the union with the financial
support of the ministry of the disaster
management and relief and Food and
agriculture organization of the united
nations.
deputy Commissioner (dC) abdul
matin formally inaugurated the
function as the chief guest.
district livestock officer (dlo) dr
abdus samad, upazila nirbahi officer
(uno) md lutful hassan, upazila
livestock officer md Fazlul hoque, up
Chairman shahidul hoque and invited
persons, local elite including journalists
were present on the occasion.
a total of 308 tonnes of cattle feed
were distributed to 7,200 affected
farmers of the district till september 2,
said district livestock officer dr abdus
samad.