News In Brief

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Sylheter Dak declaration revoked by DC
Sylhet Correspondent
The authorities have revoked the permission to publish the vernacular newspaper The Daily Sylheter Dak owned by convicted industrialist Ragib Ali. Ragib Ali, serving his sentences in jail, was the publisher of Bengali daily, the top-selling newspaper in the district. Sylhet Deputy Commissioner Md Rahat Anwar said, His conviction for fraud led the authorities to cancel the newspaper’s declaration, He told that the declaration was cancelled as per the law on Thursday and a copy of the notice was sent to the newspaper on Sunday. Sylheter Dak Acting Editor Md Abdul Hannan and Executive Editor Abdul Hamid Manik could not be reached by the news agency for comments. Its publisher and head of editors’ panel Ragib Ali has been sentenced to different prison terms in three cases. He and his son Abdul Hye, who is also an editor of the newspaper, were sentenced to 14 years in jail in February this year for forging land ministry documents to grab the temporality of a tea estate in Sylhet. The duo, along with Ragib Ali’s daughter Rozina Kadir, son-in-law Abdul Kadir, and a relative, Dewan Mostak Majid, were sentenced to 16 years in jail in April in another case of fraud. Ragib and Hye were sentenced to one year in jail in March for publishing newspaper while being fugitive. To develop the standard of living for small caste people education stipend distributed
UPGP quarterly meet held
Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj
UPGP Project, a project UNDP arranged a quarterly coordination meeting with chairman and secretary was held at local Collectorate Staff Club Hall Room on Wednesday noon. Deputy Commissioner Md. Azimuddin Biswas attended as chief guest while Deputy Dirrector & Deputy Secretary of Local Government Division Md. Zahirul Islam in the chair. It was addressed among others by UNDP District Facilitator Md. Nazrul Islam, Consultant Monior Hossain Majumder, Katiadi Upazila Chairman Abdul Wahab Ainuddin and Union Chairman Advocate Kamal Sahrif. D.C Azimuddin Biswas said that, the union should be service oriented and focused on transparency and follow up Act- 2009. UP service delivery and peoples oriented for scale UP good governance as people’s governance as a local government institute.
Education stipend distributed among ethnic people
Gafargaon (Mymensingh) Correspondent
Some 49 learners from primary to University level have been given stipend at Shilpokola Academy at Gafargaon under Mymensingh on Tuesday noon. This education stipend has been given to the ethnic group people from Prime Minister’s Office Development Assistance Programme” to develop the standard of living of ethnic people .UNO Dr Shamim Rahman presided over the function. Upazila Parishad Chairman Md.Asraf Uddin Badal was the chief guest in the function. AC (Land) Sheikh Shamsul Arefin conducted the function. Upazila Vice-chairman Reshma Akter , Education Officer Anuwarul Islam , Secondary Education Officer Belayet Hossain also delivered their speeches in the function. A learner of primary level got as a stipend – TK 2000 , Secondary level- TK6000, higher secondary level TK- 8000, and University level TK-12800 .. The learners of this sector were very pleased to get study -stipend and thanked the Prime Minister and Honourable MP Fahmi Golandaz Babel .
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