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upazila roundup
Kushtia
Sonali Bank staff for implementation of demands
Jan 25 : Officers and employees of all branches of Sonali Bank of Kushtia region have demanded Immediate implementation of their 10-polnt demands, reports UNB.
They held a meeting here Wednesday in this regard. It was chaired by Md Rawshan Alt Biswas.
They demands also Include immediate disbursement of the proposed incentive bonas of 1990. continued payment of fringe benefits and provision of separate pay scale.
Three separate committees were formed at the meeting to implement these demands.
AKM Helaluddln and Md Kutubuddin were elected President and General Secretary respectively of Sonali Bank Employes Association. Khon-dakar Abdul Wadud and Md Abdul Momen as President and General Secretary respectively of Sonali Bank Employees Union and Rawshan All Biswas and Md Badruzzaman as President and Secretary of the bank’s Officers Welfare Association.
Rangamati
Body recovered, one held
Jan 25 : Police recovered a body from a hut near the New Hospital here early Thursday, reports UNB.
Jahangir Alam (40)' was found dead at his with multiple Injuries
Police had taken Farida, wife of the diseased for Interrogation.
A case of unnatural death had been Bled with the police.
SlRAJGANJ
Woman commits suicide
Jan 25 : A young woman of Sadarpara of the town committed suicide by setting Are on her body to get rid of the agony of Tuberculosis, reports UNB.
Shefaii Begum (27). a dl vorced woman, was living at her father's house with her 10 year old eon.
She was reportedly frustrated at being unable to continue her treatment due to want of money
Pabna
Attack on Shibir leader protested
Jan 25 : About 300 wtlvlsl* of Islamic Chhatra Shibir and Jamaat-e-Islam brought out a procession here at noon on Thursday protesting the attar k on Ziaul Haque, a student leader ol the organisation reports UNB
The pror-esslonlsts paraded the main thoroughfare a of the town and demanded Inuraedl ate arrest and punishment of the attackers. They also handed over a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner tn this connection
Ziaul Haque (25). President of the town committee of Islam! Chhatra Shibir and a student of Government Bulbul College was seriously beaten by some unknown miscreants Wednesday at 7.000 pm while he wa* returning home from Jamaal office
His right hand an leg were fractured during the attack. He was rushed to the Sadar hospital in a critical condition
A case has been filed with the Sadar police but none was so far arrested in thia connection.
Brahmanbaru
500 applications for phone allotment pending
Jan 25 One can consider oneself wry lucky if one gets a telephone allotted In this small district town, reports UNB
Over 500 applicants are on the queue to become telephone subscribers There are only 700 tines in the district which is too small to accommodate the demands of the subscribers
The existing subscribers have been facing manyfold problems with their tele phones due to poor service Frequent cross-connection, noise, continuous busy tone, over billing are the regular tea tuces causing Immense sutler Ings to the subscribers they
The traders and the newsmen In the district are the worst sufferer They have to watt for a long time to get a call
The subscribers also com plained of rwerbtlhng or false MBing by the telephone au thortties here.
COMILLA
650 eye patients get treatment
Jan 25 : A total of 50 cataract patients was operated upon and about 600 patients were treated in an eye camp concluded here on January 18. reports UNB.
Held at the Zila School premises, the eye camp was Jointly sponsored by local unit of the Bangladesh National Society for the Blinds (BNSB). Engineers Ladies Club, BMP of Comilla and Chittagong Eye Hospital.
Another message adds : The election of Comilla Survey Institute Chhatra Sangsad was held on Sunday.
Atlqur Rahman and Akh-teruzzaman Chowdhury were elected as Vice President and General Secretary respectively.
Faridpur
Road construction work in progress
Jan 26 : The construction work on Noapara-Madhukhall Growth Cantre Connecting Road in the district is progressing fast reports UNB.
The Deputy Commissioner inaugurated the work recently while Executive Engineer of Local Government Engineering Bureau. Faridpur and Madhu-khali upazila Ntrbahl Officer were present on the occasion.
When completed, the 4,52 kilometre long and 24 feet wide road will connect Noapara Growth Centre (rural market) with Madhukhali
World Food Programme has sanctioned 208 metric tons of wheat worth about Taka 14.56.000 for the successful implementation of the project.
Jamalpur
Pry teachers for release of central President
Jan 25 : District Unit of Bangladesh Primary Teachers Association In a meeting recently demanded unconditional release of its central committee President Abul Ka lam Azad, reports UNB.
The meeting was held at Stngjanl Primary School auditorium with Unit Chief Makbul Hosaain in the chair
The speakers warned that it the demand to not met immediately they would Intensify their movement for which government will be held re sponsible
Another message adds Local people brought out a procession protesting Irregu larltles tn sanctioning Taka 12 lakh mortgage k»an In favour of a trader Muzammel Huq by the Manager of Sonali Bank De wsutgsnj Branch
The processionists also protested against corruption in distribution of agri loan by the same manager.
FENI
Tk 80 lakh for road development
Jan 25 Road communlca dona In the upazlla will get a new boost with about *) lakh Taka sanctioned by the Local Government and Engineering Bureau reports UNB
Five major road* tn three upazlla* of the district will be treated under the post flood rehabilitation programme
Besides Taka 31.28 lakh was sanctioned for road car petlng in Chftagalnalya upazlla. Taka 16 lakh for the reconstruction of Sir shad 1-Pod ua BOP Road and Taka 23 38 lakh for Farhad Nagar Road of Sadar u paella and Taka 6 25 lakh for a bridge tn Box Mahmud Road in Porshuram upaztia. official sources said
With the successful implementation of the schemes, about five lakh people will be benefited, sources added.
Rajnhahi
Asad Day observed
Jan 25 : Student activists of Awaml League backed Bangladesh Chhalra League (S-A) held a meeting on the uni veratty campus here in obaer vance of Asad Day, reports UNB
The meeting was presided by Abdul Hannan. President of BCL Rajshahi University Unit
The student leaders at the meeting alleged that the pre sent government has recruited agents to spread violence in different educational taotltu ttons.
They asked the students Io resist the erg designs and terrorism tn order to bring peaceful atmosphere on the ^Student leader Rablul Alam Budu Layebuddln Lablu. Shartful Islam and Abdus Salam also addressed the meeting.