Tech festival begins at SUST
Sylhet Bureau
A two-day LICT Techfest was began at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) recently. University Registrar Prof Dr Anwarul Islam Dipu inaugurated the festival at 9:30 am in Dr MA Wazed Miah IICT building on the campus. Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal attested the programme as a special guest. A total of 1200 contestants from 54 public and private universities including Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology(Buet), Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University are participating in different competitions including programming and Robo fight.
Ramesh inaugurates Shuk River boundary fixing work
RANGPUR: Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Water Resources Ramesh Chandra Sen MP on Sunday urged all concerned to make sincere efforts to protect the rivers, environment and nature. Ramesh Sen said this while inaugurating boundary fixation works of the Shuk River and along with making a list of illegal land grabbers across the river at Sadar Upazila of Thakurgaon district on Sunday. “River must be protected to save environment, nature and ecology as well as conserving our beautiful bio-diversity,” he said on the occasion held at Shimultoli point of the Shuk River. Pointing out the projects taken by the present government for river protection Ramesh Sen said Sen said it is the responsibility of all of us to to keep the river free from pollution and take care of the environment and bio-diversity. Deputy Commissioner of Thakurgaon Dr. KM Kamruzzaman Selim, General Secretary of district Awami League and District Council Chairman Md. Sadek Quraeshi, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Md. Aminul Islam, Executive Engineer of Water Development Board Md. Rabiul Islam, Thakurgaon Press Club President Mansur Ali, spoke, among others on the occasion with Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abdullah Al Mamun in the chair, reports UNB.
Woman held with 2,900 Yaba tablets
RAJSHAHI: – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in an anti-crime drive arrested an alleged female drug trader with 2,900 pieces of banned Yaba tablets in the city on Friday night. RAB sources said the arrested woman was identified as Aziza Akter alias Poly, 21, daughter of Mahtab Ali of Kakonhat area under Godagari Upazila in the district. On a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a sudden raid at Talaimari area under Motiher Police Station around 8:45 pm and arrested Poly with 2,900 pieces of Yaba tablets. The sources said the arrested woman was involved in Yaba trading and trafficking for long. Later, the arrested woman along with the seized Yaba was handed over to the police with a case today, RAB said, reports BSS.
