29-10-2021

FRIDAY, OCTOBeR 29 , 2021 6
20 more infected with
Covid-19 in Chattogram
CHATTOGRAM: Twenty more people have been
found infected with Covid-19 and one died of the
lethal virus in the last 24 hours till last morning in
the district as the infection rate stands at 1.09
percent, reports BSS.
Civil Surgeon's Office sources said 1,883 samples
were tested during the time. So far, 102,202 people
have been infected with the deadly virus here.
The Covid-19 situation is improving consistently
during the last few months, Civil Surgeon Dr Ilias
Chowdhury told BSS.
"The number of cured patients from the lethal
virus stood at 87,775 in the district with the
recovery of 41 more patients in last 24 hours," Dr
Ilias said, adding that the percentage of recovery
rate is 85.91.
With one more new fatality due to the virus
recorded during the period, the death toll stood at
1,321 in the district.
Rupali Welfare Trust provided
stipends in Madhukhali
SHAHjAHAN HELAL, MADHUKHALI
CORRESPONDENT
Rupali Welfare Trust of Gajna
Union of Madhukhali Upazila
provided stipends among the
students with the aim of
developing intellectuality.
The occasion was held at
Gajna Purna Chadra
Multipurpose High School
premises on Thursday. Gajna
Purna Chadra Multipurpose
High School Headmaster AH
Wahab Mollah presided over
the ceremony while Upazila
Chairman Md Shahidul Islam
was present as the chief guest.
Among others, Rupali Kalyan
Trust founder freedom fighter
Iftikhar Azam Nilu, Balswar
Rupali Kalyan Trust President
MA Manjur Rahman Mollah,
General Secretary Sukhan
Majumder were also present at
the occasion.
Out of 30 selected meterious
students of 6th to 10th class of
Ghajna Purna Chadra
Multipurpose High School, each
of them has been given a cash of
Tk 2,000.
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized 49,200 yaba tablets from an area adjacent to
Dakshin Para Ghat of St. Martin on Thursday.
Photo: Courtesy
BCG seizes 49,200 yaba
tablets in St. Martin
On the basis of secret information, a
special operation was conducted on
Thursday in the area adjacent to
Dakshin Para Ghat of St. Martin
under the leadership of Lt. M. Tareq
Ahmed, Station Commander of BCG
Station St. Martin, a press release said.
Lt. Khandaker Munif Taki, media
officer at the Bangladesh Coast Guard
BISHWANATH UPAZILA CORRESPON-
DENT
Bishwanath Upazila
Chairman S M Nunu Mia in
an exclusive interview said
that 'On 15 August 1975,
Bangabandhu was
assassinated along with his
own family by the defeated
forces of national,
international and
independence. The dark age
began in Bangladesh. After
the assassination of
Bangabandhu, Ziaur
Rahman illegally seized
power through various
processes.
He was the illegitimate
president. He killed
hundreds of pro-liberation
young officers working in the
army through so-called
coups inside the army with
the aim of seizing power.
Besides, four and a half lakh
Awami League leaders and
activists were arrested across
the country. Apart from this,
incidents of disappearance,
murder and torture were
going on. At that time, 591
officers of the Air Force were
killed in one day. At that
time Ziaur Rahman used to
run the country with curfew
from 10 pm to 5 am. His
power partners were the
anti-liberation forces and the
so-called ultra-revolutionary
right-wing forces.
Ithat dark age, when the
Awami League was hesitant,
when the steamroller of
misrule was running over the
leaders and workers, when
they were conspiring to
remove the party from the
soil, the leaders and workers
were actually looking for
another Bangabandhu. And
the leaders and workers of
Awami League could see that
image of Bangabandhu only
in the people's leader Sheikh
Hasina according to their
aspirations. Leader of the
people Sheikh Hasina set
foot on the soil of Bangladesh
ignoring the fear of death.
And through this, the people
of Bangladesh started
dreaming against Zia's
misrule. Sheikh Hasina
came among the Bengalis
that day as the beacon of
headquarters, confirmed the
information on Thursday.
During the time hee informed that a
man was seen walking with a sack on
his shoulder in the area adjacent to the
southern suburbs of St. Martin at
about 12:10 am during the operation.
When his movement seemed
suspicious, coast guard members
PM Hasina is one of the most unique
leaders of the world: S M Nunu Mia
Bangladesh. Today's Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina of
that time rose in the sky of
Bengal as a bright star of
Bangladesh. After the arrival
of Sheikh Hasina in
Bangladesh, all the proliberation
people started
uniting around her. Sheikh
Hasina was the first to fight
for the right to vote and rice.
Zia-Ershad Then Khaleda
Zia, who was in power for
about 26 years, had to fight
against them. It was this evil
force that assassinated
Bangabandhu on August 15,
1975, the power that wanted
to bring Bangladesh back to
the fold of Pakistan, turned
Bangladesh into a
dysfunctional state, deprived
the people of their
democratic rights.
Sheikh Hasina got the
vitality to do politics from the
people of Bengal. With that
vitality, she wanted to work
for the realization of his
father's dream. That dream
is being realized today. The
trial of war criminals and
Bangabandhu has been held
today as the people's leader
Sheikh Hasina came to
Bangladesh. Zia-Ershad-
Khaleda destroyed the wartorn
Bangladesh that
Bangabandhu had built on
economic foundations.
Sheikh Hasina has
transformed that country
into a developing country in
the court of the world. Under
her leadership, Bangladesh
has been established as a role
model for development.
That Bangladesh has been
established as a country of
prosperity in the world court.
The people of Bangladesh
have got the right to vote and
rice because the leader of the
people Sheikh Hasina has
come. Today, Bangladesh
has entered the age of
electricity, satellite in the
house, Bangladesh has
entered the age of nuclear
and submarine, Ganges
water agreement has been
signed, Hill Peace Agreement
has been signed, border
agreement has been signed,
maritime boundary has been
conquered.
Bangabandhu's daughter
has brought health care to
the doorsteps of the people.
Has done about 16 thousand
community clinics. Elderly
and widows are getting
allowance. With the return
of the people's leader Sheikh
Hasina, the dream of the
people of Bengal is to have a
Padma bridge, a metro rail,
and a six-lane Dhaka-
Chittagong. Besides, her
government is leading the
Karnafuli Tunnel, 100
economic zones, which will
provide employment to
about 10 million people.
Bangladesh has turned
around under the leadership
of Sheikh Hasina.
Leader of the people
Sheikh Hasina is moving
forward to build the golden
Bangladesh
of
Bangabandhu's dream. But
still her path is thorny, still
not smooth. Even today
those conspirators are
conspiring. Representatives
of those who killed
Bangabandhu and those who
opposed the great liberation
war; Representatives of
those who planned to
assassinate Sheikh Hasina
on August 21, 2004 are
conspiring again today. We
have seen that after the
arrival of the people's leader
Sheikh Hasina in the
country, it was planned to
assassinate her not once or
twice, but 21 times. The final
attack was in 2004.
Attempts were made to
assassinate Sheikh Hasina by
throwing grenades. People
have confidence and trust in
Sheikh Hasina. I think
Sheikh Hasina is a blessing
for Bengalis. Sheikh Hasina
is the symbol of development
of Bangladesh, the symbol of
prosperity, the symbol of
democracy, the symbol of
honesty.
signaled him to stop, but he fled into
the jungle leaving behind the sack.
The bag was later searched and
49,200 pieces of yaba tablets were
seized in an abandoned condition.
He added that the seized yaba has
been handed over to Teknaf Model
Police Station for further legal
action.
Experts stress
breastfeeding to
provide infants
with necessary
nutrients
RAjSHAHI: Experts have
underscored the need for
breastfeeding to provide
infants with essential
nutrients for their sound
physical and mental
development, reports BSS.
Media can play a vital
role in disseminating the
valuable information on
breastfeeding to encourage
mother to feed only breast
milk to babies until at least
six months from their birth
instead of providing other
food, they said.
The speakers also
emphasised ensuring
breastfeeding corners in
hospitals, health
complexes, clinics and
other workplaces so that
mothers can breastfeed
their babies any time.
They came up with the
observation while
addressing a meeting titled
"Protect Breastfeeding: A
Shared Responsibility" at
the conference hall of the
city bhaban on Wednesday
afternoon.
Rajshahi
City
Corporation (RCC) hosted
the meeting on the
occasion of World
Breastfeeding Week-2021
discussing and devising
ways and means on how to
ensure breastfeeding for
babies.
RCC Chief Executive
Officer Dr Sharif Uddin
and its Secretary Moshiur
Rahman addressed the
meeting as chief and
special guest respectively
with Chief Health Officer
Dr Anjuman Ara Begum in
the chair.
Veterinary Surgeon Dr
Farhad Uddin and Dr
Ummul Khayer Fatima
and Project Managers Riaz
Uddin Ahmed and
Moniruzzaman Morol also
spoke.
Speakers said public
awareness is crucial to save
children from being
infected with malnutrition.
Breastfeeding can reduce
the rate of malnutrition
among children, they
opined.
Rupali Welfare Trust of Gajna Union of Madhukhali Upazila provided stipends among the students
on Wednesday.
Photo: Shahjahan Helal
Covid-19 cases cross 55,300
in Rangpur division
RANGPUR: The number of
Covid-19 cases has crossed the
55,300 mark in Rangpur
division where the overall
pandemic situation continues
improving during the last
more than two months,
reports BSS.
"The number of Covid-19
cases reached 55,310 with
diagnosis of 10 new patients
after testing 383 samples at
the positivity rate of 2.61
percent on Wednesday,"
Rangpur Divisional Deputy
Director (Health) Dr Abu Md
Zakirul Islam told BSS.
The district-wise break up
of total 55,310 patients
include 12,463 of Rangpur,
3,806 Panchagarh, 4,442 of
Nilphamari, 2,739 of
Lalmonirhat, 4,638 of
Kurigram, 7,619 of
Thakurgaon, 14,744 of
Dinajpur and 4,859 of
Gaibandha in the division.
"Meanwhile, no Covid-19
infected patient died during
the last 24 hours ending at 8
am yesterday for the fifth
consecutive days in the
division where the total
number of casualties
remained steady at 1,240," he
said. The average casualty
rate currently stands at 2.24
percent in the division.
The district-wise break up
of the 1,240 fatalities stands at
293 in Rangpur, 80 in
Panchagarh, 89 in
Nilphamari, 68 in
Lalmonirhat, 69 in Kurigram,
252 in Thakurgaon, 326 in
Dinajpur and 63 in
Gaibandha of the division.
"Since the beginning of the
Covid-19 pandemic, a total of
2,92,273 collected samples
were tested till Wednesday,
and of them, 55,310 were
found Covid-19 positive with
an average positivity rate of
18.92 percent in the division,"
Dr Zakirul said.
Divisional Director (Health)
Dr Md Motaharul Islam told
BSS that the number of healed
Covid-19 patients reached
52,990 with recovery of six
more patients on Wednesday
raising the average recovery
rate to 95.81 percent in the
division.
The 52,990 recovered
patients include 11,378 of
Rangpur, 3,677 Panchagarh,
4,347 Nilphamari, 2,625
Lalmonirhat, 4,527 Kurigram,
7,295 Thakurgaon, 14,355 in
Dinajpur and 4,786
Gaibandha districts in the
division.
Among the 55,310 patients,
56 are undergoing treatments
at isolation units, including 10
critical patients at ICU beds
and eight at High Dependency
Unit beds, after recovery of
52,990 patients and 1,240
deaths while 1,024 are
remaining in home isolation.
"Meanwhile, the number of
citizens who got the first dose
of the Covid-19 vaccine rose to
46,45,501, and among them,
21,42,695 got the second dose
of the jab till Wednesday in
the division," Dr Islam added.
Talking to BSS yesterday,
Chief of Divisional
Coronavirus Service and
Prevention
Task Force and Principal of
Rangpur Medical College
Professor Dr. AKM
Nurunnobi Lyzu said the
Covid-19 situation is
improving during the past
couple of months.
"However, everyone
should remain careful and
properly abide by the health
directives and hygiene rules
to contain further spread of
the deadly virus in the
division," he said.
450 flood, river
erosion victims
get assistance
in Gaibandha
GAIBANDHA: A local nongovernment
voluntary
organization has provided
health protection materials
and cash support to 450
flood and river erosion
victims of Sadar upazila in
the district, reports BSS.
The SKS Foundation
handed over the assistance
to the victims of Kamarjanui,
Mollarchar and Gidari
unions of the upazila under
its Emergency Flood
Response programme-2021
with the financial support of
donor Organization-Save the
Children.
This was disclosed by
senior project coordinator
(SPC) SK Mamun in a
workshop held at the
conference room of Sadar
upazila administration of the
district on Wednesday.
UNO Rafiul Alam attended
the function as the chief
guest and upazila project
implementation officer
Anisur Rahman spoke as the
special guest.
A discussion meeting was held on the occasion of Kanthal Union Parishad election in Mymensingh's
Trishal upazila. The discussion meeting was organized by Awami League of Fatma Nagar Railway
Station Union of Bikal Union last Wednesday with the aim of winning the Bangladesh Awami League
nominated chairman candidate. The chief guest was Hafez Maulana Ruhul Amin Madani MP,
Member of Parliament for Mymensingh-6 Trishal constituency while he keynote speaker was Dr.
Sheikh Kabir Raihan, AL nominated candidate.
Photo: Mominul Islam