26-08-2021

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Issa bin Youssef Al-Dahilan, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh met Textile and Jute
Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi yesterday.
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PM to inaugurate ‘Bhumi Bhaban’
soon: Saifuzzaman
DHAKA : Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina will
inaugurate the Bhumi
Bhaban Complex at
Tejgaon in the capital in
September, said Land
Minister Saifuzzaman
Chowdhury.
He made the remarks
while inspecting the latest
progress of the building
yesterday, said a release.
During her visit to the
Ministry of Land on 18
September 2014, Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina
directed all the
departments and agencies
serving the Ministry of
Land to come under one
roof and take steps to
provide 'One Stop Service'
to the people.
Under her direction, an
initiative was taken to
construct a land building
complex to accommodate
all the offices and agencies
under the Ministry of Land.
The Land Reform Board,
Land Appeal Board and
Land Records and Survey
Department under the
Ministry of Land were
located at different places in
Dhaka city.
The location of these
offices in the same building
will facilitate the process of
land related services, added
the release.
Land Secretary Md
Mostafizur Rahman, Md.
Khaled Hossain, Project
Director of Bhumi Bhaban,
Supervising Engineer of
Public Works Project
Circle-1, Zahida Khanam,
Acting Chairman, Land
Reforms Board, Md.
Moazzem Hossain, Director
General, Land Records and
Survey Department,
Pradeep Kumar Das,
Additional Secretary, Land
Ministry, Satinath Basak,
Supervising Engineer,
Public Works Department
and concerned officials of
the departments, agencies
and public works
department were also
present during the land
minister's visit to the
project area.
A day-care center has
been set up at Bhumi
Bhaban Complex for the
convenience of working
women. Also, the building
is facilitated with sewerage
treatment plant system.
A Bangabandhu Corner
and Mural of Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
have been established in the
complex.
The estimated cost of the
project is around Taka 180
crore.
58 more test
positive for
COVID-19
in Bhola
BHOLA: A number of 58
more persons were diagnosed
with COVID-19 positive in the
last 24 hours in the district
after testing 262 samples at
Bhola 250-bed General
Hospital COVID-19
laboratory, reports BSS.
Among the new positive
cases, 44 are in Sadar upazila,
four in Borhanuddin upazila,
three in Lalmohan upazila,
three in Tajumuddin upazila,
one in Daulatkhan upazila
and three in Charfashion
upazila of the district, civil
surgeon of the district Dr. K
M Shafiquzzaman, told BSS
last afternoon.
The total number of
infected people in the district
stood at 6,262 while the
number of recovery cases at
5,334, the civil surgeon said.
Meanwhile, a total of 53
patients recovered from
COVID-19 in the last 24 hours
in the district.
A total of 79 persons have
so far died of COVID-19 in the
district, he added.
Dr. K M Shafiquzzaman
said infected 44 persons are
now undergoing treatment at
Bhola 250-bed General
Hospital, rest of the infected
persons are now undergoing
treatment at home
quarantine under the
supervision of doctors from
their respective upazila health
complexes.
The health expert of the
district urged all to follow the
health rules strictly and use
masks to prevent the spread
of the lethal virus.
He urged everyone to be
more aware to prevent this
lethal infection.
Bangabandhu's ideal
is base of developed
Bangladesh: Nasrul
DHAKA : State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral
Resources Nasrul Hamid on Wednesday said the ideal of Father
of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the
base of building a developed 'Sonar Bangla'.
"Bangladesh will turn into a prosperous and developed
country on the base of the Vision-2021 and Vision-2041," he
said while inaugurating 'Mujib Corner' at corporate office of the
North-West Power Generation Company Ltd on virtual
platform on the occasion of Mujib Borsho.
Chaired by power secretary and also chairman of North-West
Power Generation Company Ltd. Md Habibur Rahman, the
programme was also addressed, among others, by Chairman of
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Engineer Md
Belayet Hossain and Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer of North-West Power Generation Company AM
Khorshedul Alam.
Nasrul Hamid said the more the contribution of Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be
publicized the more patriotism will develop among the next
generations.
"Hundred percent electrification in Bangladesh is almost
achieved and the contribution of North-West Power Generation
Company in this huge work is also commendable," he said.
He suggested giving importance to customer services and
adopting coordinated steps for power and energy saving.
GO-NGO efforts for maintaining
urban cleanliness stressed
RANGPUR : Mayor of Rangpur Mostafizar
Rahman Mostafa yesterday stressed on
engaging joint GO-NGO efforts to ensure better
garbage management in urban areas for
maintaining cleanliness to improve the
environment. Mostafa said this while receiving
14 mobile garbage vans from World Vision
Bangladesh (WVB), an NGO, in a function held
on the City Bhaban premises in the metropolis
as the chief guest.
The NGO under its Area Development
Programme handed over the garbage vans to
Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) to collect
household wastes for quicker disposal to
protect the environment from pollution and
maintain cleanliness in the city.
With Rangpur APC manager of WVB Anukul
Chandra Barman in the chair, its Finance
Officer Subhas Halder, Programme Officer
Linda Defo, City Councilor Saiful Islam Fulu
and other officials and employees of RpCC
were present. Speaking on the occasion, Mayor
Mostafa termed sound health as the most
important wealth and stressed on timely
disposal of household wastes to the fixed places
for keeping the city clean and safe to improve
the environment. "We must keep the air fresh
for ensuring sound health of every citizen,"
Mostafa said and sought cooperation of all
concerned in maintaining cleanliness at
houses, institutions, homesteads and open
places of the city.
Noakhali's Begumganj police arrested five terrorists with firearms. They were arrested
from Satkania in Chittagong district on Tuesday night. Photo : Manik Bhuyan
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Standing Committee
on defence ministry
meets
DHAKA : The 14th meeting of
the Standing Committee on
the Ministry of Defense of the
Eleventh Jatiya Sangsad was
held at the Jatiya Sangsad
Bhaban on Wednesday under
the chairmanship of
committee chairman
Mohammad Subid Ali
Bhuiyan.
Committee members -
Muhammad Faruk Khan, M
Ilias Uddin Mollah, M
Motahar Hossain, M Nasir
Uddin, M Mahibbur Rahman
and Begum Nahid Izahar
Khan participated in the
meeting.
The meeting reviewed the
progress of the decisions of
the 13th meeting, said a press
release.
The committee discussed
DGFI's telecommunications
and ICT infrastructure,
human resources, and
technical capacity projects,
recommending completion of
the activities of the project as
soon as possible.
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