Health experts at a post-rally discussion here have stressed for inspiring the mothers and common people for ensuring optimal breastfeeding to substantially reduce infant mortality rate for healthier growth of the babies.The Civil Surgeon Office in association with World Vision Bangladesh organised the discussion here on Monday to begin observance of the World Breastfeeding Week-2015 with the theme of ‘Breastfeeding & Work, Let’s make it.’The Government of Bangladesh, Institute of Public Health & Nutrition, the Directorate of Health under the...
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Experts at a training workshop have stressed optimum and safer use of pesticides in crop fields to save the products from poisonous contamination causing harms to public health.They especially underscored the need for educating the farmers and disseminating adequate knowledge among them for using pesticides to the optimum level in combating pests’ attacks and crop diseases. Rangpur Chapter of Bangladesh Crop Protection Association (BCPA) organised the workshop on ‘Safer and Optimum use of Pesticides’ for 30 male and female farmers...
Speakers at two separate ceremonies have said Bangladesh has achieved an epoch-making progress in increasing power generation capacity. President of Panchagarh district Awami League (AL) Advocate Nurul Islam Shujan, MP, inaugurated the power supply lines to four villages at two separate functions in Boda upazila of Panchagarh on Monday. With this, 158 residential houses came under electricity supply in villages Jyotmoyram and Munshipara under Chandanbari union and Menagram and Daluapara under Panchpeer union of the upazila. Thakurgaon Polli Bidyut Samity...
The rural women are becoming self-reliant through various income generation activities, including sewing of handloom garments, to contribute their own in building a middle income Bangladesh.Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges Nazmul Haque Pradhan MP said this while distributing sewing machines at Hafizabad Union Samaj Kallyan Federation Office premises under Sadar upazila in Panchagarh today as chief guest.Hafizabad Union Samaj Kallyan Federation distributed the sewing machines among 15 extremely poor women after...
The final rounds of the two-day first-ever ‘Raisa Cup Golf Tournament-2014’ were held at the Golf Ground on Saturday. According to Rangpur Golf Club sources, the tournament was sponsored by Dhrubo Constructions Limited. A total of 96 golfers including 64 males, eight females, eight junior and 16 sub-junior golfers participated in the tournament.Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Faruk became the winner in the senior male group while Lieutenant Colonel Golam Mortuza became the winner, Enamul Haque Sohel was the runner-up and Dr...
Police arrested 58 persons, including 10 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from different places in the district during the past 24 hours ending this morning.According to police sources, the arrested Jamaat-Shibir activists had been absconding and several cases are pending against them for their alleged involvements with attacking police, conducting subversive and terrorist activities, vandalism and arson in recent times....
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has said trade license fee rates will remain unchanged during the current fiscal like last fiscal and asked new traders for availing the same soon. The City Mayor said this at a views-sharing meeting arranged for discussing about the trade license fee rates for the current fiscal year with the traders and business community leaders of the city at his office here on Monday afternoon. President of District Shop Owners’...
Agriculture experts have stressed for enhancing cultivation of zinc-enriched BRRI dhan62 rice to increase disease resistant capacity of the children for normal growth through meeting their nutritional demand.They put emphasis on consumption of zinc-enriched rice to prevent deficiency of vital micro-nutrients like zinc, iron and vitamin-A of the children as well as pregnant women to increase disease resistant capacity and ensure normal growth of the babies.They were addressing a farmers’ training course organised by RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed NGO, with...
The pace of national progress could be accelerated through promoting women entrepreneurship and ensuring their participations in all sorts of economic activities, trade and business, speakers said on Monday afternoon.They were addressing a regional views-sharing meeting organised by the Women Entrepreneurs’ Development Unit of Rangpur Branch of Bangladesh Bank (BB) here at its conference room with its General Manager Md. Khurshid Alam in the chair.Six General Managers, 13 Deputy General Managers (DGM) and Member-secretaries, 33 Managers of different leading public...
Population Service and Training Centre (PSTC) organised daylong kite-flying competition on Carmichael College ground in the city on the occasion of observance of the International Women’s Day-2015.Authority of Population Service and Training Centre, an NGO, organised the competitions with assistance of Action Aid and financial cooperation of the Department for International Development (DFID) with the theme of “Safe City, Fearless Women”.Noted social worker Rukhsana Ahmed China, wife of City Mayor and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu, inaugurated the...
The present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly for ensuring overall socioeconomic development of the women and establishing their full dignity in the society.Advocate Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia, MP, Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology, said this at the triennial conference of Pirganj upazila unit of Bangladesh Mohila Awami League as the chief guest on Friday afternoon.Acting President of Pirganj upazila unit of Bangladesh Mohila Awami League Johra...
The government has been conducting massive relief activities for the flood-affected people to mitigate their sufferings in seven northern districts along the Brahmaputra basin, official sources said.Under the programme, the government has allocated 3,700 tonnes of rice and Taka 71.50 lakh till Tuesday for distribution among flood affected people of Rangpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Bogra and Sirajganj districts.The district administrations have allocated 2,532.40 tonnes of rice and Taka 41.40 lakh till yesterday and upazila administrations in association with local...
