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Shornadip Foundation Hospital is now a beacon of hope for the islanders of Sandwip.
Human chain
formed protesting
communal violence
in Noakhali
NOAKHALI : Bangladesh
Medical Association (BMA)
Noakhali formed a human
chain protesting attacks on
Hindu temple, vandalizing
Hindu idols and arson
attacks on their homes in the
town yesterday.
The human chain, which
turned into a rally, was
organised in front of Civil
Surgeon Office yesterday
morning.
Dr MA Noman, Dr Abdus
Salam and Dr Mahbubur
Rahman spoke among
others in the rally.
Besides, Ghatok Dalal
Nirmul Committee and
Muktijoddha Sangsad
Command organised a rally
with the help of Sammilita
Sangskritik Jote at Maijdee
Town Hall protesting
communal violence in the
country.
Woman
killed in
Bagerhat
road crash
BAGERHAT : A 65-yearold
woman was killed after
being hit by a private car
on Khulna-Maowa
highway in Mollahat
upazila of Bagerhat district
on Sunday morning,
reports UNB.
The deceased was
identified as Rani Begum,
wife of Nowsher Ali of
Berboyalia village in the
upazila.
Witnesses said a
speeding private car hit
Rani Begum near
Berboyalia area on the
highway around 10am,
leaving her dead on spot.
Mollahat Highway Police
Outpost SI Sheikh Abul
Hasan said they couldn't
detain the killer driver as
he escaped the scene with
the vehicle immediately
after the accident.
Lack of accurate market statistics causes
imbalance in demand-supply: Minister
DHAKA : Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi
said on Sunday that balancing demand with
supply of essentials becomes difficult due to
lack of accurate statistics on food production
and consumption, reports UNB.
He was speaking as the chief guest at a
programme on "Bangladesh's 50 Years of
Agriculture Transformation and
Achievement" organized by Bangladesh
Agricultural Journalists Forum (BAJF) and
Bangla daily Bonik Barta at a city hotel.
Talking about onions he said, "I have
become restless due to the recent burning
demand of onions."
"There is a problem with statistics. We
need 24-25 lakh tonnes of onions. The
production is also 25-26 lakh tonnes. Then
why is there a shortage? In that case the
narrative is that about 20 per cent of our
onions are wasted," the minister added
The government is working to originate
high yielding onions to increase
production and preservation of onion in
the right way to reduce the waste, he said.
"We want to produce surplus onion but it
needs 3 to 5 years to achieve this," Tipu
Munshi said.
State Minister for Planning Dr. Shamsul
Alam spoke at the function as the special
guest.
Agriculture economist and professor of
Bangladesh Agriculture University Dr.
Muhammad Jahangir Hossain presented a
key note paper on agro product marketing.
Director General (DG) of Livestock
Research Institute Dr. Jahangir Alam,
former DG of Fisheries Directorate Dr.
Syed Arif Azad, Lalteer livestock chairman
Abdul Awal Mintu, Managing Director of
Islami Bank Limited Mohammed Monirul
Moula, Managing Director of Aftab
Bahumukhi Farms Limited Abu Lutfe
Fazle Rahim Khan also spoke in the
function.
Bonik Barta Editor Dewan Hanif
Mahmud moderated the programme.
Health rules to be maintained
till 100 percent vaccination
achieved: DGHS
DHAKA : The Directorate
General of Health Services
(DGHS) has said Covid-19
infection in the country is
decreasing but health
guidelines will be maintained
till 100 percent of the
population gets vaccinated,
reports UNB
DGHS spokesperson and
Director (disease control) Dr
Nazmul Islam said this Sunday
during the regular health
bulletin of the directorate on
Covid infection situation in the
country.
"Declining infection rate is a
hopeful sign but there is no
reason to feel complacency," he
said.
In the last seven days
126,840 samples have been
tested for Covid-19 which is 12
percent lower than the
previous seven days, he said.
Dr Nazmul said, the number
of new infections has decreased
32 percent in the last seven
days from the previous week,
meanwhile the number of
fatalities has decreased 21
percent.
In the last seven days daily
infection rate mostly remained
below 2 percent except on
October 19 when 2.20 percent
infection rate was reported, he
added.
"Overall the infection rate is
showing a downtrend for a
month which is still continuing
," said the DGHS
spokesperson.
Since January this year most
of the infections were logged in
July and August while the
country saw 336,226 and
223,480 cases respectively, he
said.
"Compared to that, just
11,506 cases reported so far in
October is quite an
improvement", said the DGHS
official.
Number of patients in Covid
dedicated hospitals have
declined and people are
seeking telemedicine services
less now, he said.
Replying to a question he
said Bangladesh cannot be
considered Covid-free yet as
every day new patients are
being detected.
In the last week of the current
month or at the beginning of
next month they will be able to
inform the total number of
school going students who have
registered for Covid-19 vaccine,
said the DGHS director.
Photo: Apu Ibrahim
Colombia's most wanted
drug lord captured in
jungle raid
BOGOTA : Colombian
security forces have
captured the country's most
wanted drug trafficker, a
rural warlord who stayed on
the run for more than a
decade by corrupting state
officials and aligning himself
with combatants on the left
and right.
President Ivan Duque
likened the arrest Saturday
of Dairo Antonio Usuga to
the capture three decades
ago of Pablo Escobar.
Colombia's
military
presented Usuga to the
media in handcuffs and
wearing rubber boots
preferred by rural farmers.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
hover in record territory in
U.S. Alaska
SAN FRANCISCO : The U.S.
state of Alaska reported six
deaths and 877 new COVID-
19 cases Friday as COVID-
19-related hospitalizations
hovered in record territory,
reports UNB.
By Friday, there were 225
people hospitalized with the
virus around Alaska,
narrowly below the new
record of 235 set Thursday.
Health officials said that
there's not enough evidence
to say cases have begun
declining.
Alaska's case rate per
100,000 over the last week
remains the highest in the
nation, according to data by
the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
In total, 673 resident
deaths tied to the virus.
Shornadip Foundation Hospital
is now a ray of hope of islanders
Apu Ibrahim, Sandwip Correspondent
Many people lost their limbs and were
paralyzed due to not being able to reach the
doctor in time. Many mothers have died
after giving birth in a trawler in the middle of
the river. People are helpless to get treatment
island's government healthcare. About
30,000 people are treated on the coastal
island of Sandwip.
Former managing director of Sandwip
Youth Group, late Firoz Alam, used to think
a lot about these issues. He sought help to
Rezakul Haider Manzoor, former chairman
of his business partner Youth Group, and set
up a hospital. Shornadip Foundation
Hospital emerged as a visible discovery of
that consciousness and a beacon of hope for
the islanders.
In Sandwip, he set up a multi-public
welfare organization called Shornadip
Foundation in the service of humanity. With
the money of this organization, the
treatment of the people of Sandwip,
especially the maternity services, will be
alleviated. According to hospital sources,
Shornadip Foundation Hospital is a
completely non-profit and non-commercial
organization. Here the service is the main, it
is being managed in the Zakat Fund. Those
who cannot afford to pay zakat will get free
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medical treatment and those who can afford
it will get treatment with a minimum cost.
Proud participants of this great initiative
are- Late Rezakul Haider Monju, Late Firoz
Alam, Akbar Haider Munna, Asghar Haider
Miku, Faridul Alam Emon, Faisal Alam
Rimon, Regina Alam Kali, Khairul Mostafa,
Nasir Uddin, M. Hasanuzzaman Sohag,
Didarul Alam and Md. Mamun.
Built at a cost of around Tk 25 crore, the
modern hospital started its official services
on October 5, 2020, but sadly, a dreamer
Feroz Alam died before the inauguration of
the hospital. But the Shornadip Foundation
Hospital of their dreams has started its
journey in the 2nd year after passing the 1st
year, doubling the quality of service.
Co-ordinator Mizanur Rahman addressed
the participants at the 1-year anniversary
function at the hospital lounge on October 5,
highlighting the activities of the year. Who
has been given completely free treatment.
In this regard, Akbar Haider Munna, Vice
Chairman of Youth Group and Director of
Shornadip Foundation Hospital, told The
Bangladesh Today, I will have full
cooperation to ensure that it is not disrupted
and I am and will continue to work selflessly
for the overall development and prosperity
of this organization.
Ethiopia launches air strike
on Tigray's 'western front'
ADDIS ABABA : Ethiopia's military launched an
air strike on a rebel-held facility in Tigray's west
on Sunday, a government official said, the
seventh aerial bombardment in the war-hit
region in a week.
"Today the western front of (Mai Tsebri)
which was serving as a training and military
command post for the terrorist group TPLF has
been the target of an air strike," government
spokeswoman Selamawit Kassa said, referring
to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government
has been locked in a war against the TPLF since
last November, though Tigray itself had seen
little combat since late June, when the rebels
seized control of much of Ethiopia's
northernmost region and the military largely
withdrew.
But on Monday Ethiopia's air force launched
two strikes on Tigray's capital Mekele that the
UN said killed three children and wounded
several other people.
Since then there have been three more strikes
on Mekele and another targeting what the
government described as a weapons cache in the
town of Agbe, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) to
the west.The strikes coincide with ramped-up
fighting in Amhara region, south of Tigray.
They have drawn rebukes from Western
powers, with the US last week condemning "the
continuing escalation of violence, putting
civilians in harm's way".
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Office of the Executive Engineer, DPHE
Barishal Division, C&B Road, Kazipara
Barishal-8200.
Email: eebarishal@dphe.gov.bd
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