S A Shofiee, Sylhet : All stone quarries in Sylhet have been closed for 7 years. Bholaganj, Jaflong, Bichnakandi, Sreepur, Lovachhra and other stone quarries have been shut down, causing an extreme crisis in the local economic situation. As the traditional stone extraction process has been stopped for a long time, thousands of businessmen involved in this sector and lakhs of laborers working in these quarries of 3 upazilas have been living unemployed lives.Hundreds of stone crushers lying in Bholaganj,...
Gafargaon Correspondent : A Bangladeshi laborer named Mohammad Alauddin (38) died in an accident in Brunei. He was injured in an accident during construction work in Mangis area of Brunei last Friday (September 20) afternoon. Later he was taken to the local Rifaz Hospital where he died while undergoing treatment.The deceased Alauddin is the son of Abdul Matin of Allali Kaihali Tek village of Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh district.He was the father of three children.According to the family of the...
Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent : In Ishwardi, farmers have started ginger cultivation on fallow land in the hope of low cost and high income. In this, the interest in ginger cultivation in more or less sacks is increasing in the upazila. About 20,000 sacks of ginger are being cultivated in the upazila. Ginger cultivation in sacks is increasing day by day.It can be seen on the surface, the farmer Abdul Jalil and Fatema couple of Saraikandi area of the upazila cultivated...
Chattogram Bureau : On the 67th anniversary of Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), a rally was held on the ground floor of the new academic building of the college at 10 am. In the beginning, the opening speech was given by CMCH Day celebration committee convener Professor Dr. Ajay Dev Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Saidur Rahman, participated in the rally. Chittagong Medical University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Omar Farooq Yusuf, researcher Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman, Bangabandhu...
Barishal Correspondent : The newly joined Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for Barishal Range Manzoor Morshed Alam said the police system that existed in the past will be changed. The coming days are the time to move forward. Give us some time and everything will be fine.He also informed that out of 1595 puja mandops (worship places) in Barishal region , 492 are risk prone.The new DIG said these in an exchange of views meeting with the media workers...
Mirzapur (Tangail) Correspondent : In Tangail’s Mirzapur, 120 of the 419 houses in the free shelter scheme are locked. This scene is common in the houses of most of the shelter projects, including the shelter project of Nardana village of Banail Union of Mirzapur Upazila. With this slogan of the government’s commitment to the right to shelter, 419 landless and homeless families in Tangail’s Mirzapur Upazila were given houses along with land through the shelter project. Through this project, 419...