Day: September 20, 2024
Barishal Correspondent : The newly joined Deputy Commissioner (DC) of BarishalMohammad Delwar Hossain visited the family of Abdullah Al-Abir, martyred in the student movementat Dhaka.On Wednesday (September 18) at noon, the Deputy Commissioner went to the house named ‘Mahmudaloy’ on Gorachand Das Road in the city, the residence of maternal uncle and met Mizanur Rahman, father of Shaheed Abir there. From boyhood Abir was brought up hereand their ancestral home in is in Chinnarkathi village under Babuganj upazila of Barishal.At...
Sylhet Bureau : A consultation meeting was held at Sylhet Roads and Highways Department (RHD) office regarding the construction of a modern restroom area with accommodation and parking facilities for drivers of long-distance buses, minibuses, trucks, pickups, and covered vans at 128 km of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Bejura in Madhavpur upazila of Habiganj.The discussion meeting was held at 3 pm on Wednesday (September 18) in the meeting room of the additional chief engineer’s office of Sylhet Zone, Topkhanastha Roads...
Chattogram Bureau : Australian Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) Clinton Pobke said that Australia will always support the development of Bangladesh. On Wednesday (September 18), he said this during a courtesy meeting with Chattogram City Corporation Administrator and Chattogram Divisional Commissioner Md. Tofail Islam. First Secretary (Political) Anna Peterson was also present at this time. City Corporation Administrator Md. Tofail Islam said, waterlogging, sewage disposal, waste management, landslides are big challenges for us in view of the changing climate. Chattogram City...
Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent : Dummy Fuel Assemblies (DFA) loading into the reactor pressure vessel at unit 1 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant began on September 17, 2024. 163 DFAs and 115 Control and Protection System Absorber Rods (CPSAR) will be loaded within the next two weeks. Real nuclear fuel loading will begin after all the reactor parameters are met with the help of dummy assemblies. Specialists of Atomstroyexport, Atomtechenergo, and Rosenergoatom are performing the job. Project Director Dr. Zahidul Islam...
Selim Reza, Sirajganj : Uncertainty looms over Bogura-Sirajganj Railway Project as it has now been plagued with manifold problems including fund crisis, land acquisition and bureaucratic complexities.Monirul Islam Firoji, Project Director (PD) of Bogura-Railway Project said, “The process of land acquisition on the verge of completion except giving payment of land value (money) to the owners. But, it will depend on the release of fund by the concerned authorities that raises one of the uncertainties. Besides, there was a deal...
Tarash (Sirajganj) Correspondent : An exchange meeting was held with the upazila education committee (UDC) to ensure education for disabled children in Tarasha of Sirajganj district.On September 18, 2024, the Upazila Education Committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Upazila Executive Officer Switching Mong Marma at the Upazila Parishad hall organized by the Public Development Center (GUK). Upazila Education Officer Md. Musabbir Hossain Khan was present in the meeting. Representatives of various government and private departments of upazila...
Chattogram Bureau : Pangaon Inland Container Terminal was established in 2013 in Keraniganj near Dhaka in the joint venture of Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) and BIWTA with the aim of making the industry and business trade of Dhaka and interior region as time and cost efficient and to facilitate and expand import-export. Since its establishment, under the management of Chattogram Port Authority, the import-export cargo container transport on the Chattogram-Pangaon-Chattagram sea route has been running smoothly. In order to increase...
