Orphans, distressed given stipend, food in Jessore
Jessore Correspondent
A total of 50 distressed families including 20 orphans were given stipends, food materials of three months, new clothes, solar panels and other goods by Help the Needy Charitable Trust funded by RAF at a programme at Bahadurpur in Jessore on Saturday noon.Dr Humayun Kabir, deputy commissioner, Jessore was the chief guest in the programme while Jahid Hasan Tukun, president, Jessore Press Club, was present as the special guest. Engineer Suzan Khandaker, country coordinator, Help the Needy Charitable Trust chaired the programme. The programme was attended among others by Raqib Hossain, monitoring officer, HTN. Help the Needy is a London based charitable organization established in 1992. It has been helping the poor and distressed people of several countries across the world since its very inception.
2 held with 12 gold bars in Satkhira
SATKHIRA: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two alleged smugglers, including a member of union parishad, along with 12 gold bars from Shikri More in Boikari bordering area of Sadar upazila on Friday night. The arrestees were identified as Ataur Rahman,45, son of late Ruhul Amin alias Bohel Sarder, and Prodip Kumar Mondal,42, son of Gopal Mondal, both residents of Boikari village of the upazila. Ataur is a member of 3 no ward of Boikari union and also general secretary of the same union unit of Awami League. Lieutenant Colonel Arman Hossain, commanding officer of Satkhira BGB Battalion-38, said tipped off, a team of the border force conducted a drive in the area and intercepted a motorcycle carrying the duo at about 10:30pm. Later, BGB members recovered 12 gold bars after searching their bodies. The market value of the gold bars would be around Tk57.20 lakh. A case was filed in this connection, reports UNB.
3 supporters of independent UP candidate hurt
Bogra Correspondent
Three supporters of an independent candidate of Fapor union in sadar upazila were injured in an attack by the ruling party men over UP election, billed for June 4, on Friday.
Witnesses said the supporters of Awami League-backed chairman candidate Abdur Razzak swooped on the supporters of independent chairman candidate Mahrram Ali while returning from their candidate’s home at Koichar in the afternoon. Later they stabbed and beat up the supporters of Mahrram Ali, leaving three of them injured. They also vandalised three motorbikes and set a motorcycle on fire. The injured Ezaz Ahmed Aslam, Sahel and Abdul Baki were rushed to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital at night. Earlier, the High Court declared the nomination paper of the Independent chairman candidate Mahrram Ali valid following a writ petition filed by him.
Following the incident, the supporters of Mahrram Ali brought out a rally with election symbol ‘motorcycle’ on Friday.
Awareness needed for safe, hygienic mango harvesting
RAJSHAHI: There is no alternative to being all the mango farmers under requisite awareness for promotion of modern technologies to make the mango harvesting and marketing process safe and hygienic. The observations came in a workshop session where Agricultural scientists and extension officials mentioned that modern technologies need to be promoted commercially in mango orchards in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts during the forthcoming pre-harvest season to protect mango from pest attack besides facilitating the farmers to get quality and better yield. Mango is the leading seasonal cash crop of the country’s northwest region and dominates the economy in the two districts famous for the delicious fruit.
Jessore Correspondent
A total of 50 distressed families including 20 orphans were given stipends, food materials of three months, new clothes, solar panels and other goods by Help the Needy Charitable Trust funded by RAF at a programme at Bahadurpur in Jessore on Saturday noon.Dr Humayun Kabir, deputy commissioner, Jessore was the chief guest in the programme while Jahid Hasan Tukun, president, Jessore Press Club, was present as the special guest. Engineer Suzan Khandaker, country coordinator, Help the Needy Charitable Trust chaired the programme. The programme was attended among others by Raqib Hossain, monitoring officer, HTN. Help the Needy is a London based charitable organization established in 1992. It has been helping the poor and distressed people of several countries across the world since its very inception.
2 held with 12 gold bars in Satkhira
SATKHIRA: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two alleged smugglers, including a member of union parishad, along with 12 gold bars from Shikri More in Boikari bordering area of Sadar upazila on Friday night. The arrestees were identified as Ataur Rahman,45, son of late Ruhul Amin alias Bohel Sarder, and Prodip Kumar Mondal,42, son of Gopal Mondal, both residents of Boikari village of the upazila. Ataur is a member of 3 no ward of Boikari union and also general secretary of the same union unit of Awami League. Lieutenant Colonel Arman Hossain, commanding officer of Satkhira BGB Battalion-38, said tipped off, a team of the border force conducted a drive in the area and intercepted a motorcycle carrying the duo at about 10:30pm. Later, BGB members recovered 12 gold bars after searching their bodies. The market value of the gold bars would be around Tk57.20 lakh. A case was filed in this connection, reports UNB.
3 supporters of independent UP candidate hurt
Bogra Correspondent
Three supporters of an independent candidate of Fapor union in sadar upazila were injured in an attack by the ruling party men over UP election, billed for June 4, on Friday.
Witnesses said the supporters of Awami League-backed chairman candidate Abdur Razzak swooped on the supporters of independent chairman candidate Mahrram Ali while returning from their candidate’s home at Koichar in the afternoon. Later they stabbed and beat up the supporters of Mahrram Ali, leaving three of them injured. They also vandalised three motorbikes and set a motorcycle on fire. The injured Ezaz Ahmed Aslam, Sahel and Abdul Baki were rushed to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital at night. Earlier, the High Court declared the nomination paper of the Independent chairman candidate Mahrram Ali valid following a writ petition filed by him.
Following the incident, the supporters of Mahrram Ali brought out a rally with election symbol ‘motorcycle’ on Friday.
Awareness needed for safe, hygienic mango harvesting
RAJSHAHI: There is no alternative to being all the mango farmers under requisite awareness for promotion of modern technologies to make the mango harvesting and marketing process safe and hygienic. The observations came in a workshop session where Agricultural scientists and extension officials mentioned that modern technologies need to be promoted commercially in mango orchards in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts during the forthcoming pre-harvest season to protect mango from pest attack besides facilitating the farmers to get quality and better yield. Mango is the leading seasonal cash crop of the country’s northwest region and dominates the economy in the two districts famous for the delicious fruit.
They said there are about 30 lakh mango trees of different ages and varieties on some 32,816 hectares in the region with creation of many more new mango orchards and increased mango farming in the homesteads in recent years.
If the fruit bagging method were used substantially, use of harmful chemical insecticides and pesticides could be reduced to a greater extent on the huge trees. Thereby, the technology will open up a new door of exporting mango of the two districts to various foreign markets, reports BSS.
