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Rural people to get facilities like urban citizens: Matia
SHERPUR: Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury said here yesterday that the government is working with the aim of ensuring for rural people the facilities that are now being enjoyed by the citizens of urban areas, reports bss.
Referring to various welfare-oriented programmes undertaken by the present government, she said it (government) always wants to serve the people and advance the country.
The minister was distributing warm clothes and stipends among the students of different educational institutions under Nalitabari upazila of the district on Kapasia Shaheed Memorial High School premises.
Additional deputy commissioner Ariful Islam, superintendent of police Rafikul hasan Gani, Nalitabari UNO Tarafder Sohel, upazila Awami League president Ziaul Haque and secretary Fajlul haque were present, among others.
Later, the minister distributed warm clothes among 1328 students and stipends among 228 students.
Four killed in road accident
Bagerhat: Four people, including a woman and a child, were killed and two others injured as a bus hit an engine-run van in Khulna-Mawa highway in Mulghar area of Fakirhar upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB.
The deceased could not be identified immediately.
Bazlur, officer-in-charge of Fakirhat Police Station, said the accident took place in the area when the bus hit the van in the morning, leaving four passengers of the van dead on the spot and two others injured. The injured were taken to Fakirhat Upazila Health Complex.
ID cards distributed among fishermen in Gaibandha
GAIBANDHA: A total of 10,340 identity (ID) cards were distributed to the selected fishermen of all the seven upazilas of the district till December 2016 to ensure their welfare and proper rights, reports BSS.
According to sources the department of fisheries here prepared a list to identify the genuine fishermen aimed at ensuring the real ownership of the government water bodies under Fishermen Registration and Issuing ID Card project.
Under this project, as many as 15,231 fishermen had been selected and of them, some 10,340 ID cards were distributed to the fishermen so far after maintaining the official procedures.
The work of taking photograph for the rest selected fishermen to make ID cards was going on in full swing in the district and it would be completed immediately, said an official of the department.
This was disclosed by acting district fisheries officer M Abu Sayeed in a monthly meeting of district development coordination committee organized by district administration at the conference room of District Collectorate Building here on Sunday with deputy commissioner (DC) M Abdus Samad in the chair.
Speaking on the occasion, DC M Abdus Samad said the ID cards would help the fishermen get proper assistance from the government and play a vital role in this regard.

 

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Rural people to get facilities like urban citizens: Matia SHERPUR: Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury said here yesterday that the government is working with the aim of ensuring for rural people the facilities that are now being enjoyed by the citizens of urban areas, reports bss. Referring to various welfare-oriented programmes undertaken by the present government, she said it (government) always wants to serve the people and advance the country. The minister was distributing warm clothes and stipends among the students of different educational institutions under Nalitabari upazila of the district on Kapasia Shaheed Memorial High School premises. Additional deputy commissioner Ariful Islam, superintendent of police Rafikul hasan Gani, Nalitabari UNO Tarafder Sohel, upazila Awami League president Ziaul Haque and secretary Fajlul haque were present, among others. Later, the minister distributed warm clothes among 1328 students and stipends among 228 students. Four killed in road accident Bagerhat: Four people, including a woman and a child, were killed and two others injured as a bus hit an engine-run van in Khulna-Mawa highway in Mulghar area of Fakirhar upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Bazlur, officer-in-charge of Fakirhat Police Station, said the accident took place in the area when the bus hit the van in the morning, leaving four passengers of the van dead on the spot and two others injured. The injured were taken to Fakirhat Upazila Health Complex. ID cards distributed among fishermen in Gaibandha GAIBANDHA: A total of 10,340 identity (ID) cards were distributed to the selected fishermen of all the seven upazilas of the district till December 2016 to ensure their welfare and proper rights, reports BSS. According to sources the department of fisheries here prepared a list to identify the genuine fishermen aimed at ensuring the real ownership of the government water bodies under Fishermen Registration and Issuing ID Card project. Under this project, as many as 15,231 fishermen had been selected and of them, some 10,340 ID cards were distributed to the fishermen so far after maintaining the official procedures. The work of taking photograph for the rest selected fishermen to make ID cards was going on in full swing in the district and it would be completed immediately, said an official of the department. This was disclosed by acting district fisheries officer M Abu Sayeed in a monthly meeting of district development coordination committee organized by district administration at the conference room of District Collectorate Building here on Sunday with deputy commissioner (DC) M Abdus Samad in the chair. Speaking on the occasion, DC M Abdus Samad said the ID cards would help the fishermen get proper assistance from the government and play a vital role in this regard.