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Foundation laid
BARISAL Mar 5 Dlilrendra Debnalh Shambhu D<-pU|v Minisb-r lor Food bos laid the foundation ol a U,r.;e M„ry boa tel at (hr Government Women College premises in Barguna dis-'r" Hu- IDepartment has been eonalnnlltu the boate] n after the Prime Minister at a cost ol faka M lakh durint this llseal war olh. ml source said Preside over by principal Ol the < olleue Kazfo Benum Ihe foundation laying ceremony war, addressed among others by DeiaUy ConimlMloner ol Barguna Fakrtil Ishim Police Supper Bakhuar Alain. Principal ol Bar. guna Government < olb ge A I l.umau HP cVlvoeate Abul
Kamal Azad Paura Chairman Shahjahan Mia. Ex-Chairman Delwar Hossain and Press Club Secretary Goiam Mostata Kader.
New bldg of college
PATUAKHAI.I Mal 5: A new a. ...Ie anldlng ol Abdul Karim Mridha College, constructed a a cost ol Ik 25 lakh was inaugurated here on Friday, i eports l NM
Chief Whip of Jaliya Sangsad Abul Hasanat Abdullah opened the academic building. Speaking on the occasion. he said the present government in order to improve the standard of education attaches lop priority to the sector- nw CNel Whjp said the country’s literacy rate has risen to 60 per rent from 34 in 1991 and hoped that it would rise more Abdullah announced that he would donate Ik one lakh from his own fund for the 'poor but meritorious students ol the college.
Loan for farming
RANGAMAT1. Mar 5: Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) will disburse loans totaling Tk 69 lakh among members of its different Cooperatives in sadar thana this fiscal, reports
Of the total amount. Tk 12 lakh will be distributed among members of Farmers' Cooperatives. Tk three lakh among (hose ol Destitute Cooperatives. Tk 44 lakh among the members of Women Cooperatives and Tk seven lakh among (hose of Integrated Cooperatives, officials said.
3.28 lakh saplings planted
RANGAMATI. Mar 5: As pari of Ihe governments Social Afforestation Programme. Forest Department planted some 3 28 lakh saplings at Marong Range in the last fiscal, reports UNB.
According to officials, saplings of various trres.^including Dhakijam. Chapalisb and Garjan. were planted on 271 acres of land.
Dam work begins
SYLHET. Mar 5: Construction works on 40-km flood control embankment along the Dhalai river in Kamolganj thana of Moulvlbazar district have begun, reports UNB.
Water Development Board is implementing the project spending 4.957 nits of wheat, officials said. They said some 17.500 hectares of croplands in eight unions of Kamolganj. Ra-jnagar and Kulaura thanas would be protected Irom recurring floods upon completion of the project. The government endorsed the project in 1997-98 fiscal under its annual development programme involving Tk 12 crore, the officials added.