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Shortage of manpower grips Barisal Divisional Livestock Department

Our Correspondent, Barisal

Barisal Divisional Livestock Department facing problem in fulfiling targets due to shortage of manpower in 120 posts.

Barisal divisional livestock department sources 26 out of 40 upazila livestock officer posts are vacant and rest 14 officials are doing the jobs of 40 ULO. The only post of manager of poultry firm is also vacant 13 Assistant Livestock officials are doing the works of 40 AULO in 40 upazilas of the division.

Thirteen out of 40 posts of compounders, one out of 3 poultry technicians, 10 out of 50 office assistants, 9 out of 40 dressers 20 out of 50 office peons, one out of 2 assistant engineers, 4 out of 6 veterinary surgeons in district veterinary hospitals and 5 out of 5 veterinary surgeons in divisional veterinary hospitals are lying vacant since long days. Besides 8 posts of field assistants,5 posts of filed assistant artificial reproduction sectors,2 upper division assistants, one driver and 3 night guard posts under divisional livestock office also vacant.

Due this acute shortages of manpower not a single project out of 18 projects of this office achieved target in last fiscal and same would be happened in current fiscal if sufficient work forces would not be deployed immediately, said A K M Nazmul Hasan, Deputy Director of Barisal Divisional Livestock Office.

Call to create self-employment opportunity to eradicate 'monga’ in Gaibandha

Our Correspondent, Gaibandha

The speakers at a function stressed the need for creating self-employment opportunity to eradicate 'monga'-seasonal job crisis situation from the district.

They also urged all to bring the unskilled mass community under various technical and vocational training courses aimed at creating in them skilled manpower.

They said this in an opinion exchange meeting on the creation of skilled manpower and self-employment opportunity in eradicating Monga jointly organised by Palli Badhu Kallayan Sangstha (PBKS) and Sheba Bandhan Kallayan Society (SBKS) at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner (DC) here on August 4. DC Abu Muhammad Yousuf addressed the meeting as chief guest.

Presided over by ADC (General) Abul Bayes Miah the meeting was also addressed, among others, by Upazila Nirbahi Officer Iftekhar Hossain, President of District Chamber of Commerce and industry Shajada Anwarul Quadir, Shahapara UP Chairman Mahbubur Rahman Tulu, Assistant Director of DYD Abdur Razzak, Executive Director of PBKS Ms Monowara Talukder and consultant of SBKS Abdul Awal.

RU BCL demands immediate execution of Bangabandhu murder case verdict

RU Correspondent

The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit on Monday observed token hunger in front of central library premises demanding execution of the Bangabandhu Murder Case verdict.

Campus sources said, hundreds of leaders and activists of BCL and other progressive organization jointly held a token hunger strike in front of central library from 12pm to 1:30 pm, which followed a meeting.

BCL leaders demanded execution of the verdict of Bangabandhu Murder Case without further delay to stop politics of murder in the country once for all.

BCL leaders blamed former BNP-Jamaat government for protecting the killers of Bangabandhu and called upon the government for execution of the verdict.

They said the BNP-Jamaat axis is creating obstacle against the verdict.

They threatened to launch a tougher agitation against the government if the verdict is not executed without further delay.

RU unit join secretary Azim Bin Kamal, organizing secretary Abdullah-Al- Masud, publication secretary Sumon Kanti, BCL leader Al-Helel Prince, Sheikh Masud, Sharmin Aktar Ila, Joy, Dipayan Sarkar, Komol, Suvro, and former city BCL vice president Pankaj Kumar also addressed on the programme.

Later, former RU student advisor Professor Chowdhury Sarwar Zahan Sajal broke their hunger strike by drenching juice.

He also said that Bangabandhu was the only great man who led and made an independent Bangladesh.

He called on the people to come forward to foil all the conspiracies against the execution of the verdict in the case.

Amra Muktijoddhar Santan (sons and daughters of freedom fighters) of RU unit also expressed their solidarity with the BCL RU unit programme.

They also demanded immediate execution of the verdict in Bangabandhu Murder Case.

Agriculture official assaulted by boss in Barisal

Our Correspondent, Barisal

Nikhil Pandey, a newly recruited Sub-Assistant agriculture officer has been beaten openly by his boss Molla Safiar Rahman, Additional Director of Barisal Regional Agriculture Office on Saturday morning.

Then the agitated agriculture officials and staffs holding agitation gathering gave ultimatum demanding removal of Molla Safiar within next 48 hours or otherwise they will go on hard action. A memorandum also been handed over to Divisional Commissioner of Barisal on Saturday evening. In the memorandum and witnesses of the incident said that Additional director called interview for fixing posting places of some newly recruited Sub Assistant Agriculture officials on Saturday morning.

Nikhil Pandey, a Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer while waiting in front of the office room of the Additional Director Molla Safiar to attend the interview, suddenly Molla coming out from his room beat Nikhil and used filthy language on him. The office staffs rescued Nikhil from the hands of Molla and immediately holding agitation meeting demanded punishment and removal of Molla within 48 hours.

Local agriculture officials said Molla was intoxicated during the incident and he often openly drink alcohol and engaged in immoral and anti-social activities in the office and illegally occupied rest house of the department.

The administration and activities of this vital department has been broken down due in the whole region due to illegal and immoral activities of this Additional Director, they added.

Once neglected Manikganj town now gets new look

BSS, Manikganj

Manikganj town has been facing manifold problems for a long time and its dwellers were not getting the facilities enjoyed by the people of other district towns of the country.

There was no permanent bus-truck terminal, children park and playground.

The scenario, however, has been changing since joining of Md Ataur Rahman as new Deputy Commissioner of the district.

At present the people of the town get a children park inside the collectorate campus, a big kitchen market, a bus-truck terminal, a shaheed minar, a standard collectorate school at Beutha, a weaving village at Matha, a blood bank for the first time at diabetic hospital campus.

Deputy Commissioner Md Ataur Rahman has taken the development projects and finished those with the help of local people, specially the elite and wealthy section.

The town is getting a new look gradually.

Int'l congress on bio-tech in animal reproduction held

Our Correspondent, Mymensingh

A two-day International Congress on Biotechnology in Animal Reproduction (ICBAR) began at the Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin auditorium of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in collaboration with ICBAR Japan was held on (6-7) August). National Professor and former Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University was present as chief guest while BAU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Md Akthar Hossain was present as chief patron.

Eminent Japanese scientist Professor Dr. Gentaro Oguri, President, Association of ICBAR president over the inaugural session while Professor Dr. Tatsubi Suzuki Vice-President, Association of ICBAR delivered the address of welcome.

Besides, Bangladesh, representatives from Japan, South Korea, China, India, Egypt, New Zealand, Canada, UK, Italy, Bulgaria, Sweden and other countries of the world attended the conference on Reproductive Biotechnology. Fifty research papers and article were presented by the eniment scientists.

Truck recovered, 2 held

A Correspondent, Rupganj

A rice-laden truck of Messers Kamrul Traders of Kanchan poura market, at Rupganj in Narayanganj was recovered in an abandoned condition by Khilgaon Thana police on Friday last from Bonasri area of Dhaka city.

Abul Fazal, owner of Kamrul Traders said that he bought a total of 150 sacks of rice from Mokter Husking Mills of Setabganj in Dinajpur district and sent it to his shop by truck. On the way, the truck fell victim of snatching at Shanir Akhra near Dhaka on the 6th August. He filed a case with the Jatrabari Thana in this connection. The police arrested the driver and the helper of the truck on Friday last.

Jamaat delegate meet held in Madaripur

Our Correspondent, Madaripur

Jamaat-e-Islam Bangladesh of Madaripur Zila Committee arranged a delegate meeting in the Muktijoddha Auditorium at 9 AM on August 9. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, the secretary general and former minister, was present as the chief guest on the occasion. Moulana Abdus Sobhan chaired the meeting. Mujahid said that Jamaat never used district administration when it was in power Nobody will be able to drive Jamaat-e-Islam from the land. We wil prevent the handover of primary schools to the NGOs at any cost, he added.

Saiful Alam Milan, the President of Central Committee of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, AKM Masum, the central Rokon, Dr Farid Uddin Ahmed, Hemayet uddin Ahmed, secretary of Madaripur district committee spoke on the occasion. Enayet Hossain conducted the meeting.

Fishermen abducted, nets, fishes looted

UNB, Bagerhat

Bandits looted fish and fishing nets worth Tk 10 lakh from 21 trawlers in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday and Friday injuring 15 fishermen.

They also abducted 20 fishermen demanding Tk 5 lakh ransom.

Fishermen, who returned from the Bay, said the gang numbering 15/16, dividing into several groups, looted four trawlers on Friday night and 17 others on Thursday night when they were fishing in Kochikhali, Dublar Char, Narikelkora, Gabtola, Padmashuli and Chardoani areas of the district.

They said the pirates beat up and injured 15 fishermen when they tried to resist them.

Commander of Coast Guard Mongla West Zone Captain Abidur rahman said that coast guards were conducting drives at different areas to arrest the pirates.

Meet on rehabilitation of drug peddlers held in Panchagarh

BSS, Panchaghar

District Police and Toba Group of Dhaka arranged a discussion on "Social rehabilitation of drug peddlers" on the premises of Sadar Thana here on Thursday.

Police Super Harun-or-Rashid attended the function as the chief guest while ASP Abdus Salam, Poura chairman Md Tahidul Islam and local business leader Iqbal Kaisar Mintu were present as the special guests.

Sadar Thana Officer-in-charge Mohammad Jamir Uddin presided over the function.

Journalists, local elite, teachers and guardians were present.

Later, Police Super distributed six rickshaw vans among six drug peddlers.

Clash leaves 2 hurt in Ctg

Our Correspondent, Chittagong

Two students suffered wounds in a clash between workers of Jatyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) at Chittagong Polytechnic Institute (CPI) recently. The injured were identified as Mohammad Saiful Islam (21) and Mohammad Osman Goni (22), workers of ICS.

Police, quoting eyewitness, said that the clash occurred as some of the JCD workers ambushed the workers of ICS at the time of their returning to their dorms. When the news of the attack went around the campus, the ICS workers rushed for counter-attacks leaving two people wounded. Security people rushed to the trouble spot and chased the warring groups away. A tense situation was prevailing on the campus till the time of dispatching the report.

News Briefs

Shops looted by dacoits in Natore

Natore, Aug 10 : Dacoits looted cash and valuables worth about Tk 15 lakh from six shops at Basudebpur Bazaar in Naldanga upazila early Sunday. Local people said the bandits numbering 30/40 swooped on the bazaar at about 1:30am. They tied up the two night guards of the bazaar and four guards of nearby Banglalink tower box. They then plundered cash and valuables from the six grocery, cloth and cosmetic shops. The dacoits fled the scene loading the goods in a truck, report UNB.

100 maunds carbide mixed mangoes seized in Pirojpur

Pirojpur, Aug 10 :Mobile court in a drive on Saturday seized 100 maunds of carbide mixed mangoes from four godowns at Hularhat in Sadar upazila and realized Tk 1.7 lakh in fine. During the drive, mobile court officials threw the 100 maunds carbide mixed mangoes worth TK 2.5 lakh into the river and also recovered 10 kgs of carbide from these godowns. Local people said these godown owners were illegally selling carbide mixed mangoes for a long time, report UNB.

Mother, child killed in road mishap

Kishoreganj, Aug 10 : A young mother and her minor child was killed in a road accident in South Mansantosh area of Karimganj upazila Sunday morning. Police and witnesses said the accident occurred on Kishoreganj-Chamrabandar road at about 9am as a Kishoreganj bound bus from Chamrabandar ran over Bilkis Begum, 25, and her 10 month-old boy Jidmi when they were crossing the road. Bilkis died on the spot while Jidmi succumbed to his injuries at the local health complex at about 11am, report UNB .

Heroin recovered in Dinajpur

Dinajpur, Aug 10 : BDR jawans recovered 2 kgs of heroin from a passenger train at Birampur rail station here early Sunday. Being tipped off, a team of Fulbari-40 rifle battalion raided a compartment of the Sayedpur-bound 'Simanta Express' train from Khulna at the station and recovered the heroin in an abandoned condition. However, they could not arrest any one in this connection, report UNB.

World Indigenous Day observed in Rajshahi

Rajshahi, Aug 10 : The International Day of the World's Indigenous People was observed here Saturday with much enthusiasm. Different programmes including discussion, cultural function and rally, organised by indigenous people's organizations, NGOs and government were held. A discussion meeting was held at Zila Parishad Auditorium with Indigenous People's Forum Rajshahi district unit president Bimal Chandra Rajowar in the chair. The chief adviser of the forum and Workers Party Politburo Member Fazle Hossain Badsha attended the discussion as chief guest. The speakers urged the government to fulfill the 9-point demand of the indigenous people, including their state recognition, report UNB.

Housewife killed in Jhalakati

Jhalakati, Aug 10 : Body of a housewife was recovered from her house at Talgasia village in Kathalia upazila Friday. The dead was identified as Anguri Begum, second wife of Shajahan Mollah. Police said Anguri was strangulated to death sometime on Wednesday night. She was living in the house alone as her husband was staying with his first wife and children in another place. On information, police recovered the body and Anguri's son Sumon Mollah filed a case against his father Shahjahan Mollah, step mother Sheuli and uncle Hakim Mollah. Police arrested Shahjahan and his cousin Hakim for in this connection, report UNB.