Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant Freedom Fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has called upon the young students for bringing laurels in sports to glorify the nation.The students, both male and female, should become physically stronger and mentally sound through regular practice of sports, exercises along with studies and extracurricular activities to focus the nation at the local and international levels, he said.The City Mayor was addressing concluding ceremony of the annual sports competitions- 2016 of Adarsha Kindergarten...
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The fortnight-long Bangladesh Film Festival-2015 ended here on Thursday with a call for creating awareness against social superstitions in building...
Sale of sacrificial animals has reached peak at lower price than expectation amid huge supply and inclement weather frustrating farmers and traders in the northern cattle markets, only two days ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.Following ‘recently imposed ban on export’ of cattle heads form India, price of bullocks and calves sky-rocketed for shortfall in supply in the local markets recently.Under such situation that continued till the last week, the local farmers had a real expectation of getting pleasant price of their reared...
Proper care of the domestic animals must be ensured for boosting the prospective animal husbandry sector to cut poverty and bring fortune to the rural people.Speakers said this at two separate cattle-head vaccination camps arranged by BRAC, an NGO, at the houses of Abul Hossain and Rafikul Islam in village Taluk Esad Fakirtari under Sadar union of Pirgachha upazila here on Monday afternoon.The NGO organised the cattle vaccination camps under its Social Empowerment Programme to save the cattle-heads from anthrax...
The upazila administration and Awami League (AL) leaders distributed three tonnes rice among 300 flood-affected families of Chatra and Kabilpur unions under Pirganj upazila on Friday, official sources said.Each of the 300 flood-affected families of Baro Badnapara, Chakbheka, Chondiduar, Gilabari, Kuedpur, Nij Kabilpur and Suranadapur villages under the two unions got 10 kilogram rice.As per direction given by Speaker of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangshad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP, the district administration allocated the rice for distribution among the affected people...
Over 1,000 students of Mithapukur Model High School at Mithapukur upazila town have vowed for launching a vigorous and meaningful social movement to eradicate child marriage and sexual harassment.They took the vow at a workshop on ‘Prevention of Child Marriage and Sexual Harassment’ organised by Student Volunteers’ Group of the institution with assistance of upazila administration under the Upazila Governance Project at the school premises.With Headmaster of the school Shah Habib-E-Azam in the chair, Mithapukur Upazila Chairman Zakir Hossain Sarker...
There is no alternative to preventing child marriage for properly flourishing talents of every female child to encourage women leadership and their empowerment in building a discrimination free society.The opinion came at a daylong public hearing organised by Social Equality for Effective Development (SEED), an NGO, on ‘Prevention of Child Marriage and Our Role’ at LRD auditorium on Monday in the city.The NGO organised the hearing under its Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Adaptation Leadership and Learning (RECALL) project.Additional Deputy...
A court here today sentenced seven people to life term rigorous imprisonment for committing murder in Kaliganj Hariyapara village under Pirgacha upazila here nine years ago.The court also sentenced four persons to different jail terms for their involvements with the murder and acquitted five others as the charges brought against them were not proved during hearing of the case.Learned Judge of the Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-2 of Rangpur Abu Jafar Md Kamruzzaman delivered the verdict in presence of...
The recent floods have completely damaged standing crops on 1.05 lakh hectares of land causing losses of 3.75 lakh tonnes crop production worth Taka 967 crore in five districts under Rangpur Agriculture Region this season.About 7.94 lakh farmers have been badly affected by the floods in twophases in Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari along the Brahmaputra basin under the region this time.The floods have completely damaged standing crops on 82,406 hectares of land worth over Taka 765 crore in...
The present government has taken effective steps for increasing fish production through proper utilisation of all water bodies to accelerate rural development, attain self-reliance on fish and meet nutrition of the population.Speakers said this at separate ceremonies arranged for releasing 620 kg fish fires to 16 water bodies by the Upazila Fisheries Department at different places under Kawnia upazila in the district on Monday.Kawnia Upazila Vice-chairman Abdur Razzaque formally inaugurated the programme through releasing fish fries at the main ceremony...
Adoption of organic pest management methods can produce more hygienic food and improve soil health to ensure sustainable crop productivity reducing use of chemical pesticides, experts said here Monday.They asked the field level Sub-assistant Agriculture Officers (SAAOs) for popularising organic pest management methods and use of organic fertilisers among the farmers for producing chemical pesticide-free foodstuffs for the population.The GME Agro Limited in association with Seba Limited and Catalyst organised the day-long training course on ‘Combating Pests attacks on Crops...
Assistant High Commissioner (AHC) of India Sandip Mitra on Tuesday said India has been maintaining excellent relations and friendship and playing positive role in expanding bilateral trade and commerce with Bangladesh. “The Indian government wants to further ease the visa system for the Bangladeshis,” he said adding that efforts have been put in resolving some prevailing problems effectively at the earliest considering national interests of both the countries. He informed that the number of multiple visas for the Bangladeshi businesspersons...
