3 Shibirmen held in Sylhet
Sylhet Correspondent
Police arrested three activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from a house in Muminkhala area under Dakshin Surma upazila Sylhet on Wednesday. The arrestees are Jasim Ahmed, Shaju Ahmed, Abdul Mazid. They hail from different parts of the district. Tipped off, police conducted a drive at a house of Muminkhala and arrested them while holding a clandestine meeting around 7 pm, said Harunur Rashid, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dakshin Surma Police Station.
Lions Club distributes edn meterials at Kishoreganj
Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj
Lions Club International, a social Corporate international organisation, District- 315, Bangladesh distributed educational materials among 130 school students at Local Kalibari Premise in the town on Thursday. Sadar UNO Md. Abdullah-al-Masud presided over the programme. It was addressed among others by Hindu Kallan Trusti Senior Advocate Dholon Bhowhmik, District Awami League General Secretary Adov M.A Afzol, CAB President Alam Sarowar Tito, Sobhel Sarker of Lions Club, Education Officer Abdur Rashid Fakir and Headmaster Roma Anjolly. Bags, pens, books, khata and jumatri boxes were distributed among the 130 schools students. A cultural function was held at Kalibar on the occasion.
Women market to be built in Kushtia
KUSHTIA: A ‘Woman Market’, the first of its kind in Khulna division, is going to be built in Kumarkhali upazila of the district, aiming to create self-employment opportunities for women. Upazila administration sources said the market is being constructed on 5 yards of land adjacent to Shilpakala Academy of the upazila headquarters.Mahmudul Islam, upazila project implementation officer, said primarily eight shops will be built in the market involving around TK 10 lakh. The work on the market, being built under Rural Infrastructure Maintenance Programme (2016-17 year), is expected to be end by the current month.Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Saleha Akhter said primarily eight shops will be allocated for poor and trained women. If demand increases, the number of shops will be raised to provide opportunities to more women, she said.Abdul Mannan Khan, chairman of the upazila, said that already around 70 women have been provided with training on sewing, bakery, beautification and computer.The trained women will be given priority during the allotment of the shops, added the UP chairman, reports UNB.
One killed in lightning in Gopalganj
GOPALGANJ: A day labour was killed and two others injured in a thunderbolt strike in Tungipara upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased was identified as Lutfar Rahman Sheikh, 45, hailed from Bagerhat. Officer-in-Charge of Tungipara police station AKM Enamul Kabir said the thunderbolt hit Lutfar when he was working at a paddy field in Shalukha village in the morning. He died on the spot. The injured people were sent to Tungipara Upazila Health Complex, reports BSS.
Sylhet Correspondent
Police arrested three activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from a house in Muminkhala area under Dakshin Surma upazila Sylhet on Wednesday. The arrestees are Jasim Ahmed, Shaju Ahmed, Abdul Mazid. They hail from different parts of the district. Tipped off, police conducted a drive at a house of Muminkhala and arrested them while holding a clandestine meeting around 7 pm, said Harunur Rashid, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dakshin Surma Police Station.
Lions Club distributes edn meterials at Kishoreganj
Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj
Lions Club International, a social Corporate international organisation, District- 315, Bangladesh distributed educational materials among 130 school students at Local Kalibari Premise in the town on Thursday. Sadar UNO Md. Abdullah-al-Masud presided over the programme. It was addressed among others by Hindu Kallan Trusti Senior Advocate Dholon Bhowhmik, District Awami League General Secretary Adov M.A Afzol, CAB President Alam Sarowar Tito, Sobhel Sarker of Lions Club, Education Officer Abdur Rashid Fakir and Headmaster Roma Anjolly. Bags, pens, books, khata and jumatri boxes were distributed among the 130 schools students. A cultural function was held at Kalibar on the occasion.
Women market to be built in Kushtia
KUSHTIA: A ‘Woman Market’, the first of its kind in Khulna division, is going to be built in Kumarkhali upazila of the district, aiming to create self-employment opportunities for women. Upazila administration sources said the market is being constructed on 5 yards of land adjacent to Shilpakala Academy of the upazila headquarters.Mahmudul Islam, upazila project implementation officer, said primarily eight shops will be built in the market involving around TK 10 lakh. The work on the market, being built under Rural Infrastructure Maintenance Programme (2016-17 year), is expected to be end by the current month.Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Saleha Akhter said primarily eight shops will be allocated for poor and trained women. If demand increases, the number of shops will be raised to provide opportunities to more women, she said.Abdul Mannan Khan, chairman of the upazila, said that already around 70 women have been provided with training on sewing, bakery, beautification and computer.The trained women will be given priority during the allotment of the shops, added the UP chairman, reports UNB.
One killed in lightning in Gopalganj
GOPALGANJ: A day labour was killed and two others injured in a thunderbolt strike in Tungipara upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased was identified as Lutfar Rahman Sheikh, 45, hailed from Bagerhat. Officer-in-Charge of Tungipara police station AKM Enamul Kabir said the thunderbolt hit Lutfar when he was working at a paddy field in Shalukha village in the morning. He died on the spot. The injured people were sent to Tungipara Upazila Health Complex, reports BSS.
