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Training course for farmers
COMILLA. Oct 25 A month long training course for the farmers of different thanas of Comilla district have begun recently. reports BSS.
The training programmes have been organised by the Agriculture extension Department. A total of 1.500 marginal farmers will be imparted training on various aspects including modern method of cultivation, seed preservation and pest management. The fanners will also have training on nutrition and primary healthcare. The training programme will be divided into 12 batches. On the inaugural day training course began at the thana headquarters of Cnandina and Comilla sadar. 250 farmers have been participating in the training courses.
Efforts on to build self-confident youth force
GAZ1PUR. Oct 25: State Minister for Youth. Sports and Cultural Affairs Obaidul Quader has said the government is trying hard to help build a self-confident youth force in the country, reports UNB.
The state minister was addressing a youth rally at Sreepur Thana Parishad auditorium here recently. He said steps for creating self-employment opportunities will be taken under cooperative systems through coordinated efforts for male and female youths. He also said we must win the fight against unemployment. poverty and illiteracy, adding that we must work hard to accelerate pace of development.
Workshop on woman, child trafficking
RAJ SHAH I. Oct 25: A workshop titled resisting Woman and Child Trafficking was held recently at Binodpur High School in Chapainawabganj district, reports UNB.
An NGO. Association for Community Development (ACD). organised the workshop to create awareness and make the people vigilant against human trafficking. Member of Parliament Shahin Monawara Huq was present in the workshop as chief guest while Assistant Secretary of the Law Ministry Shahidul Islam attended as special guest. ACD governing body president Prof M Halim presided. The NGOs adviser Mohammad All presented a paper on increase of consciousness in resisting woman and child lifting and Chapainawabganj district Sub-Judge Shamsul Huda in his paper dwelt at length on the role of law enforcing agencies.
Health worker killed in road accident
JHENIDAH. Oct 25: A health worker was killed in a road mishap in sadar thana of the district recently, reports BSS.
Police said. Shadat Hossain of village Bhagobannatar was killed when a Jessore-bound truck knocked him from behind near Jhenidah town on Jhenidah-Jessore highway. He was rushed to sadar hospital where he succumbed to the injury. The truck driver managed to escape. A case has been filed with the Jhenidah thana in this connection.
Storm damages crops, trees worth Tk 50 cr
BHOLA. Oct 25: Crops, trees and other valuables worth about Tk 50 crore were damaged by the cyclonic storm that swept over the district in September last, reports UNB.
According to an estimate by the Deputy Commissioner's control room, standing transplanted aman crop on 3,500 hectares of land worth about Tk 5.75 crore were totally damaged and banana. vegetable and betel leaf on 1,000 acres of land were partially damaged. During the period, about 31 kilometres embankment were washed away while 225 km of rural roads were damaged. A total of 1,350 domestic animals died by the storm. Meanwhile, an official statistics showed that cyclone killed 39 people while unofficial statistics showed the storm killed over 50 people and 99 remained missing.
Open sale of Indian smuggled sugar
NARAIL, Oct 25 Indian smuggled sugar is being sold openly in the markets of the district creating negative impact on the local sugar mills, reports UNB.
Thousands of bags of sugar are being smuggled into the country from India through different boarder areas of Jessore. Satkhira, Kushtla, Menerpur and Chuadanga and captured the local markets. Sources said the customers prefer to buy Indian sugar for its cheaper price and local businessmen are not interested to buy sugar from local mills. In all markets of south-west districts of the country, per kg Indian sugar is now being sold at Tk 28 as against the price ofTk 34 of Bangladeshi sugar. It Is « that law enforcing agencies are reluctant to check th®
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Gram project yet to be implemented
SYLHET. Oct 25: The implementation of the Banasree Adar-sha Gram protect at Comaniganj thana here has become uncertain due inordinate delay of the administration, reports UNB.
The project, submitted in 1990, is aimed at rehabilitating 202 rootless families of the district by the current fiscal year. Meanwhile, the district administration sanctioned Tk 22.50 lakh as house building loan against the project and for setting up tubewells. Moreover, three bundles of CI sheet have been distributed among the intending families. But the works of the said project is yet to be started. Local leaders urged the authority concerned to take necessary steps to implement the project without further delay.
Disaster Reduction Day observed
MADARIPUR. Oct 25: International Natural Disaster Reduction Day was observed here recently in a befitting manner, reports BSS.
A seminar on "flood and drought” was held at the conference room of the Deputy Commissioner to mark the day. The seminar was presided over by Deputy Commissioner Sharif Tayebur Rahman. Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rev) Md Mustafa. Additional Deputy Commissioner (Gen) Saldul Huq Bhuiyan. pourashava chairman Khalilur Rahman Khan were, among others, spoke in the meeting.
Footballer killed in road accident
RANGAMAT1, Oct 25: A head-on collision between a bike and an auto-bike left a promising footballer killed and two others injured at Khejurbagan area in Khagrachhari district town on Wednesday last. Khagrachhari Kotwali thana police said, reports BSS.
The dead was identified as Purnachandra Chakma. 17. a promising footballer and a college student. He was going somewhere riding his bike and met the tragic road mishap. He was rushed to Khagrachhari Sadar Hospital where, despite all efforts of the attending doctors, Puma succumbed to nis injury, hospital sources said?
Efforts on to curb terrorism
KALIGONJ (Gazipur). Oct 25: State Minister for Information Prof Abu Sayeed on Thursday urged the students to study attentively so that they could become efficient leaders in the coming years, reports BSS.
Prof Sayeed said the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is pledge-bound to curb terrorism from every tiers of the educational system. He said the prime minister has already announced that terrorists are not member of any political party and they will be dealt with iron hands. She had declared that after arrest they must face trial. Prof Sayeed said the government has given priority to human resources development sector.
Mass awareness against terrorism sought
HAJIGANJ, Oct 25: Home Minister Rafiqul Islam has called for raising mass awareness and active participation of commonman to efface terrorism from society, reports UNB.
He said Awaml League government has been working sincerely for stamping out evil forces to build up a happy and prosperous civil society. "Without the cooperation from the people at large, it's not possible for the police alone to achieve a significant headway in this regard." the minister told a public meeting at Haiiganj Balur ground on Thursday Local leaders of ruling Awaml League also addressed the meeting.
Workshop on Environment
CHANDPUR. Oct 25: A three-day workshop on environment be^n at Chandpur Poura Pathagar here on Thursday, reports
Centre for Sustainable Development. Dhaka organised the workshop. Ten Journalists and 10 government primary school teachers of Chandpur are taking part in the workshop. Eminent water expert prof Ainun Nishat of BUET made deliberation in the inaugural session on environmental problems in Bangladesh. Dr AKM Enamul Huq of North South University. Advocate Elina Khan of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Prof Shamsul Kabir of Bangladesh Open University and Journalist Mahfuz Ullah are the resource persons of the workshop
Manpower shortage in FP centres
PANCHAGARH, Oct 25: Family Planning (FP) programme! are being hampered badly here as 70 posts of officers and employees of the district Family Planning department remained vacant for long, reports UNB.
Sources said people are not getting the desired service despit< operation of five family planning centres in the district.