Bagerhat Correspondent
Under the auspices of Bagerhat Haji Kalyan Foundation a conference of the hajis was held in the local central Jame mosque (Old Court Jame Mosque) on Saturday morning with its president Alhaj Mawlana Ameerul Islam Siddique in the chair. About some 7 hundred hajis attended the conference from Bagerhat Pourashava and Bagerhat Sadar Upazila areas. Mawlana Ruhul Amin Khan, Pesh Imam of the local central Jame mosque and General Secretary of the foundation while was delivering his address of welcome in the conference he explained the aims and objects of the foundation. Alhaj Dr Mozammel Hossain MP of Bagerhat Constituency-4 and Alhaj Adv Mir Shawkat Ali Badsha MP of Bagerh at Consatituency-2 who are respectively the chief advisor and advisor of the foundation respective were present in conference as the chief guest and the special guest.
JU BNCC holds freshers’ reception
JU Correspondent
Bangladesh National Cadet Core (BNCC) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) platoon organised a fresher’s reception and farewell programme at the seminar room of ZahirRahihan auditorium on Saturday evening. About at 7 pm, JU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Farzana Islam inaugurated the progamme as the chief guest while the Professor Under Officer (PUO) of JU BNCC platoon A S M FirozUlHasan was in the chair. Pro Vice Chancellor Dr. AbulHossain, JU Registrar Abu BakrSiddique, Treasurer Dr. AbulKahir and the Ramna Regiment Commander of BNCC Lieutenant Colonel S M Salauddinwas attended the progamme as special guest among others. In this programme, JU BNCC platoon warmly received the newly 45th batch (1st year) cadets and gave farewell the cadets of 42nd (4th year).The programme ended through a captivating cultural events participated by the JU BNCC cadets
One killed , 3 injured in Barisal road accident
Barisal Correspondent
At least one person killed at the spot and another three were injured severely in a road accident at Rahamatpur area on Barisal-Dhaka Highway under Barisal Airport Police station this noon.
Anowar Hossain, officer- in- charge of Barisal Airport PS, said the dead victim was identified as Abdur Rahim (45), driver of the three wheeler auto-rickshaw. Witnesses said that the incident occurred when a Barisal bound speedy microbus collided with a three-wheeler autorickshaw.
Both the transport plunged to road side ditch and local people rushed to the spot rescued the victims. Injured driver of the three wheeler was found as died at the spot. Police visiting the spot sent the dead and injured victims to SBMCH.Dead body of the driver handed over to the relatives after autopsy and injured 3 admitted at the hospital, said ward master Abul Kalam.
Boro cultivation surpasses target in Narsingdi
NARSINGDI: Boro paddy cultivation in the district has surpassed target this season due to favourable climate condition and adequate supply of high quality seed. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) official sources said the department has set a target to cultivate Boro paddy on 54,600 hectares of land in the six upazilas of the district with the production target of 2,25,000 tonnes of clean rice this season. But farmers of the district have cultivated 600 hectares more land than the target and finally cultivated 55,200 hectares.
The enthusiastic farmers are now busy in nurturing the paddy fields with the hopes of getting more production of rice than the target. Deputy Director of DAE Latafat Hossain told BSS that to make the cultivation programme a success, Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation distributed high quality Boro seed to the farmers of the district at fair price, reports BSS.
