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Man beaten dead by neighbour
An elderly man was beaten to death allegedly by a neighbour over previous enmity at Muksudpur in Dohar upazila on Saturday evening. Quoting locals, police said M Mizanur Rahman Shikdar, 55, had been at longstanding loggerheads with his neighbour Mostafa over land related dispute. Mizanur and Mostafa locked in an altercation in the evening over the same issue. At one stage, Mostafa started beating up Mizanur with a stick, leaving the latter severely injured, said officer-in-charge of Dohar Police Station Sheikh Sirajul Islam. Later, Mizanur was taken to a local hospital where doctors declared him dead, said the OC, adding that police arrested Mostafa, his wife and son in this connection.
3 dead dolphins found in 18 days
Locals of Hathajari area on Saturday spotted body of a rare species of dolphin on a branch of Halda River in the district. Locals said the weight of the 6-feet long Dolphin would be approximately 70 kilograms. For some unknown reasons at least three dolphins were found dead on bank of rivers in the district in last 18 days. Md Manzoorul Kibria, who teaches Biological Science in Chittagong University, told UNB that The dolphin belongs to a very rare species, only 1100 to 1200 dolphins of such kind exist in the whole world, among them in Halda River we have got about 200 to 250 of them.
May be the dolphins are dying due to rubber DAM of Bhujpur and random injuries from the propellers of sand lifting dredgers while the dropping of water level in the winter season might also have caused the deaths of the poor animals, he said.
Anniv of BGBs Northern Region Raising Day observed
The fifth anniversary of the Raising Day of the Northwestern Region of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was celebrated at its regional headquarters in Rangpur. The two-day programme began with a milad mahfil on Saturday morning, said a press release. Later, Region Commander of NWR of BGB Brigadier General Nahidul Islam Khan hoisted the national flag in front of the office. On the second day, the authorities of NWR of BGB hosted a luncheon in the afternoon for high ranking military officials, sector commanders, officials, junior officials and soldiers of other ranks of BGB and local journalists. Rangpur Area Commander and General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 66 Infantry Division Major General Md Masud Razzaque attended the luncheon and took part in the cake-cutting ceremony as the chief guest.
Workshop for youths held
Speakers at a workshop have said the youths, both boys and girls, need training on financial management relating to local government institution activities for grooming up their latent knowledge on the issues. They viewed designed and specific planning is very important for any strong financial management which is essential for successful implementation of the planning. To this end, the youths should come forward and work together for ensuring the optimisation of the system of local government with people participation.
The observation came at the daylong training workshop for youths titled Training on Grant Management held at Mohanpur Upzilla Parishad conference hall in the district on Saturday. The Hunger Project Bangladesh organised the training in association with PRODIGY programme and British Council focusing on the importance of Grant management, citizenship, governance and local governance and good governance sector.
Book titled Spiritual Journey-2 unveiled
A book of Ln Barun Kumar Acharjee titled Spiritual Journey-2 was unveiled in Chittagong yesterday. Pro Dr Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury, Vice-chancellor of Chittagong University unveiled the book as chief guest in a programme held at Nasirabad Govt High School auditorium. Maizbhandari Gowsia Hoque Committee organised the programme. Ziaul Haque Maizbhandari Trust Secretary Dr NMA Momin, President of Maizvandari Academy Professor Dr Helal Uddin, Ziaul Maizbhandari Trusts research adviser Prof Selim Jahangir, were present, among others.
