21-09-2022

TUESdAy, SEPTEMBER 20 , 2022
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despite the ban of the High Court to stop illegal battery-powered rickshaws in Chattogram city, the
crime of battery-powered rickshaws is not reducing in any way. Although an operation is ongoing
from the traffic department of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), after the operation, the auto
rickshaw was seen again. The photo was taken on Tuesday from the Tigerpass Ambagan area of
Chattogram city.
Photo: M. Faysal Elahi
Autistic School opens
in Bishwambarpur
AK MILON, SUNAMGANJ
CORRESPONdENT:
In Sunamganj, a newly
constructed building has been
inaugurated as autistic and
intellectual disability school at
a cost of about 5 lakh taka.
Bishwambarpur Upazila
Nirbahi Officer Md. Sadiur
Rahim Jadid inaugurated the
building in Gazir Gao village
of Bishwambarpur Upazila in
Palash Union on Tuesday at
noon.
Autistic and intellectual
disability
School
Inauguration Ceremony was
chaired by M Tajul Islam
Tarak, president of the
organization and national
youth organizer. Freedom
Fighter Abdur Rauf, Awami
League leader Saiful Islam,
UP member of Palash Union
Ward No. 9 Amir Hossain,
donor of the school Abdur
Rahman, local people of the
area, school teachers,
guardians and disable
students spoke at the
occasion. After the
inauguration of the school,
the chief guest, Upazila
Nirbahi Officer Md. Sadiur
Rahim Jadid, was greeted by
a group of students with
autistic and intellectual
disabilities with bouquets of
flowers.
Youth held with
huge cannabis in
Brahmanbaria
BRAHMANBARIA: Police,
in a drive, arrested a youth
with 50 kilograms of
cannabis from Kasba upazila
in the district on Monday
night, reports BSS.
The detainee was
identified as Md Rabbi
Khan, 28, hailed from
Aksina area of the upazila,
said a press release of Kasba
Thana Police yesterday
afternoon.
Being informed, a team of
the police conducted a raid
in Lakshmipur Eidgah
ground area last night and
nabbed Rabbi with the
contraband cannabis, the
release added.
One held with 15
gold bars in Jashore
JASHORE: Border Guard
Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive
arrested a man with 15 gold
bars weighing 1 kg 652
grams from Goga frontier
area in Sharsha upazila of
the district yesterday,
reports BSS.
The detained was
identified as Jalal Uddin, 35,
son of Ali Kadom hailed
from Putkhali in Benapole
port thana of the upazila.
On a tip-off, a BGB team
conducted a raid in the
frontier area at around
11am, arrested Jalal and
recovered the gold bars after
searching his motorbike,
said commander of BGB-21
Lieutenant Colonel
Muhammad Tanvir
Rahman. A case was filed in
this connection, he said.
A newly constructed building has been inaugurated at autistic and
intellectual disability school on Tuesday.
Photo: Ak Milon
2 soap factories fined in Rangpur
RANGPUR: A mobile court jointly
initiated by the district administration and
Detective Branch (DB) of Rangpur
Metropolitan Police (RpMP) fined two
unauthorized soap factories Taka 24,000 in
the city yesterday, reports BSS.
"Led by Executive Magistrate Zannat, the
mobile court conducted two separate raids at
'Iqbal Soap Factory' and 'Shah Soap Factory'
in Jummapara area under Kotwali police
station in the city," said a press release.
The factories had been producing soaps
without chemists, no objection certificate
from the Department of Environment,
health certificates and safety materials for
workers amid improper management of
chemicals.
Later, the Executive Magistrate of Rangpur
district administration fined the owner Md.
Kalimullah of 'Iqbal Soap Factory' Taka
12,000 and owner Zakir Hossain of 'Shah
Soap Factory' Taka 12,000 under section 53
of the Consumer's Right Protection Act,
2009.
The court also ordered to stop all activities
and production in the two soap factories
until rectifying faults and fulfilling all
necessities for running those legally.
District Sanitary Inspector Md. Mahbubur
Rahman, Inspector of DB of RpMP Md.
Mozammel Haque, Sub-inspectors Md.
Golam Morshed, Taslim Uddin, Swapan
Kumar Roy and IH Laku Sarker and other
officials participated in the drives.
Durga Puja to be celebrated at
816 mandaps in Naogaon
NAOGAON: Durga Puja, the biggest
religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu
community, will be celebrated at 816
mandaps in eleven upazilas of the district
this year, reports BSS.
The five-day long festival will begin on
October 1 with due respect and religious
fervor across the country and end on October
5 with immersion of the idols of goddess
Durga and other deities.
President of District Puja Udjapon
Parishad Nirmal Krishna Saha said, 119
mandaps will be erected in Sadar upazila, 52
in Raninagar, 51 in Atrai upazila, 154 in
PM's security adviser pays
homage to Bangabandhu
at Tungipara
TUNGIPARA: Prime Minister's security affairs
adviser Major General (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique
today paid a rich tribute to Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a
wreath at his mausoleum at Tungipara, Gopalganj,
reports BSS.
After laying the wreath, he stood in solemn silence
for some time as a mark of profound respect to the
memory of the Father of the Nation.
Later, he offered doa seeking eternal peace of the
departed souls of Bangabandhu and other martyrs, who
embraced martyrdom on August 15, 1975.
A special prayer was also offered wishing the long life
of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family
members.
Ayesha Siddika, Superintendent of Police (SP) of
Gopalganj, Tungipara Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO)
Md Al Mamun, mayor of Tungipara Municipality
Sheikh Tozammel Haque Tutul, among others, were
present.
Mohadevpur upazila, 106 in Badalgachi
upazila, 117 in Manda upazila, 64 in
Niamatpur upazila, 18 in Porsha upazila, 17
in Sapahar upazila, 86 in Patnitala upazila
and 32 in Dhamoirhat upazila of the district.
In order to ensure overall security during
the upcoming Durga Puja, the monitoring
team will work at the district and upazila
level on behalf of the District Puja Udjapon
Parishad as well as the administration, he
said.
The artisans are now passing busy time,
making the clay images of Goddess Durga,
he added.
Needy people
get wheelchairs
and hearing aids
in Bheramara
SHAMSUL ALAM SwAPON,
KUSHTIA CORRESPONdENT:
With the help of Upazila
Education Office assistive
devices like wheel chairs and
hearing machines were
provided to 5 and 3 people
respectively in Bheramara.
Alhaj Aktaruzzaman
Mithu, Upazila Nirbahi
Officer Dinesh Sarkar,
Upazila LGD Officer
Hashem, Upazila Secondary
Education Officer Faruk
Ahmed, Upazila Education
Officer Ahsan Ara, Assistant
Education Officer Shahidul
Islam and others were
present in the award
ceremony.
Two business
establishments
fined Tk 70,000
in Bhola
BHOLA: A team of
Directorate of National
Consumer Rights Protection
(DNCRP) here today realized
Taka 70,000 as fine for
manufacturing counterfeit
goods and various
irregularities from the owners
of two business
establishments in Charfashion
upazila of the district, reports
BSS.
The team led by assistant
director of Directorate of
National Consumer Rights
Protection (DNCRP) Md.
Mahmudul Hasan
conducted the drive at
Zamzam Food Products,
fined Taka 20,000, for
manufacturing counterfeit
goods and Riaz Ice Cream
Factory, fine Taka 50,000
for various irregularities in
Charfashion upazila of the
district.
The business establishments
were fined Taka 70,000 for
various irregularities and
violation of the Consumer
Rights Protection Act-2009.
Members of the law
enforcement agencies
assisted the team. The
campaign will continue,
Hasan added.
Agricultural
incentives
distributed
in Birol
TAJUL ISLAM, BIROL COR-
RESPONdENT:
In the current financial year
2022-23, free seeds and
chemical fertilizers have
been distributed among the
beneficiary small and
marginal farmers under the
Agricultural Incentive
Program to increase the
production of Vigna mungo
(Mash kalai) during the
Kharip season.
Birol Upazila Nirbahi
Officer Afsana Kawsar
inaugurated the agricultural
incentive distribution
program at the Upazila
Agricultural Extension
Directorate premises on
Tuesday afternoon.
Upazila Awami League
President, Municipal Mayor
Alhaj Sabujar Siddique
Sagar, Joint Secretary
Mosharraf Hossain, Upazila
Agriculture Officer Mostafa
Hasan Imam, Deputy
Assistant
Plant
Conservation Officer
Shahjan Ali and other
Deputy Agriculture Officers
and beneficiary farmers
were present.
Upazila Agriculture
Officer Agriculturist Mostafa
Hasan Imam said that 75
farmers of the upazila were
given free seeds and
chemical fertilizers as an
agricultural incentive to
increase the production of
mash kalai. 5 kg of seed, 10
kg of DAP fertilizer and 5 kg
of MOP fertilizer have been
distributed to each farmer
for each bigha of land.
Harmony rally held in Rajoir
SUJON HOSSAIN RIFAT, RAJOIR CORRESPONdENT:
To counter religious extremism, militancy,
violence and terrorism, a harmony rally was
held at Rajoir in Madaripur on Tuesday in
Ashmat Ali Khan Auditorium. It was
organized by Rajoir Upazila Administration.
Under the chairmanship of Upazila
Nirbahi Officer Md. Anisuzzaman, the chief
guest, Member of Parliament for Madaripur
2 Constituency, Shajahan Khan said in his
speech, Muslims are the ones in whose
hands all people are safe. People were not
safe in the hands of "Razakar" and "Bodor".
Muslims, Hindus, Baidyas, Christians
created Bangladesh together. Everyone will
follow their religion here. No one should
create a controversy about someone's
religion. We all will unitedly move
Bangladesh towards development under the
leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Sheikh Hasina is making Bangladesh a
wonder in the world. Upazila Parishad
Chairman Rezaul Karim Shaheen, Rajair
Awami League Convener Sahabuddin Saha,
Madaripur 2 constituency local
representative Afam Fuad, wartime
commander brave Freedom Fighter Kaiyum
Mir and UP Chairman Sajahan Mia among
others spoke in the rally.
A harmony rally organized by Rajoir Upazila Administration was held at
Rajoir in Madaripur on Tuesday in Ashmat Ali Khan Auditorium on
Tuesday.
Photo: Sujon Hossain Rifat
RAB arrests accused rapist
from Sirajganj
RANGPUR: Rapid Action Battalion
(RAB)-13 arrested an accused rapist on
charge of gang raping a girl of Narsingdi
from Salonga police station area in Sirajganj
on Monday, reports BSS.
"The arrested man is Md. Apan, 25, of
village Prasad Khawa in Boda upazila of
Panchagarh district," a press release said
yesterday.
As per a case filed by the victim with Boda
police station on September 12 last, a love
affair developed between the victim and
prime accused, Abdul Malek of Boda Upazila
in Panchagarh after talking on a mobile
phone nine months ago.
The girl came to Boda upazila on
September 9 last from Narsingdi as Malek
promised to marry her.
Malek in connivance with his friend
Alamgir Hossain tactfully took the girl to an
abandoned house in village Prashad Khawa
in Boda upazila when their other friends
Ashraful and Apan came there. Later,
Malek, Apan, Ashraful and Alamgir forcibly
raped the girl in a nearby mango orchard on
the same night.
On the next day, the victim filed a gang
rape case against Malek and his three friends
with Boda police station and police
subsequently arrested prime accused Malek
and Ashraful from the area.
Alongside the police, the elite force
enforced intelligence activities and started a
shadow investigation into the case to nab the
two other absconding rapists Apan and
Alamgir. On a tip off, an operational team of
RAB-13 conducted a raid at Salonga police
station area in Sirajganj and arrested Apan
on Monday.
"During interrogation, the arrested man
admitted that he along with his three other
friends raped the victim girl forcefully," the
release said, adding that efforts were on to
nab other absconding rapist Alamgir.
For taking further legal actions against the
arrested rapist, the elite force handed him
over to Boda police station in Panchagarh
yesterday.
Free seeds and chemical fertilizers have been distributed among the
beneficiary small and marginal farmers under the Agricultural
Incentive Program on Tuesday in Birol.
Photo: Tajul Islam
Assistive devices like wheel chairs and hearing machines were provided to 5 and 3 people respectively in
Bheramara on Tuesday.
Photo: Shamsul Alam Swapon