The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser for Social Welfare and Post and Telecommunications Brig. Gen.(retd) M A Malek said here on Tuesday that all fallow lands in the country should be brought under cultivation to boost food production.

"There is no alternative to raise food production in the country to meet domestic food requirement and for this reason all fallow lands of the country should be brought under cultivation," he said.

The adviser said this while exchanging views with the district level government officials, representatives of different professional bodies and elite in Noakhali town.

Mohammad Abdul Haque, the deputy commissioner of Noakhali district, chaired the function, an official handout said.

Malek urged all to be sincere enough in checking the population growth for building a beautiful life for the future generation. Otherwise, he said, cultivable lands will be reduced in the country.

He said government has stepped up various efforts to modernize the country's two traditional service rendering organizations- Post and Telecommunication- that provide information and telecommunication technology to grassroots people.

The adviser advised the concerned officials of the two organizations to enhance public confidence by providing quality services.

Later, the adviser visited Noakhali head post office, telephone exchange and government Shishu Paribar.