Report - Farewell to the HSC Examinees of Your College

Farewell to the HSC Examinees in Dhaka City College

Mabrur Atiqi, Dhaka, 13 May: A function in connection with the farewell accorded to the HSC examinees of 2014 was held on 28 January at Dhaka City College, Dhaka. The local Member of Parliament was present there as the chief guest while the principal of the college presided over the function. The function began at 10 am with the recitation from the Holy Quran in the college auditorium.

Two hundred and fifty HSC examinees were given farewell in the function. The chief guest in the function called upon the outgoing students to be more attentive to their studies. He encouraged them citing some instances from his own life while speaking. Two students from the examinees and two from class 11 spoke on the occasion.

The function was addressed among others by the vice principal of the college and the religious teacher who also led a prayer for the success of the examinees. At the end, the principal delivered his presidential speech and thanked all for their participation in the function. Thus the function came to an end at 2 pm.

Report - Floods in Northern Districts

Floods in Northern Districts

Mabrur Atiqi, Rajshahi, 09 September: Flood situations in Rajshahi and Naogaon deteriorated further inundating fresh areas in the last 24 hours while diarrhea broke out sporadically in some places. It has been known that two people, including a child, drowned in flood water at Mohanpur and two died of diarrhea at Keshobpur of Rajshahi in last two days.

About 4000 homeless people took refuge at 11 flood shelters in the affected areas where only two tons of chira was distributed as relief. The government assessment counted that about 54,300 families were badly affected by the flood. Diarrhea has broken out at Mohonpur, Bagmara, and Keshobpur areas of Rajshahi causing the death of two and affecting some 50 others.

Fresh areas of Mohonpur and Bagmara upazilas of Rajshahi have alraedy been flooded as strong currents caused breaches in the flood control embankment at Tengra and Muladi. Standing crops, vegetables, fish farms on over one thousands hectares of land have also been washed away by floodwater.

Report - Fishing of Jatka

Jatka Being Netted Daily

Mabrur Atiq, Chandpur, 05 October: Indiscriminate fishing of Hilsha fries (jatka) by current nets is going on from the Meghna and the Padma. About 120 tons of fries are being netted everyday from the two rivers using over 3,000 current nets. Besides Hilsha fries, other small-size fishes are also being netted from the rivers.

According to sources in Chandpur Fisheries Department, mobile courts seized about 1,000 current nets for last one month. Two major Hilsha breeding grounds have been located in the Meghna in Haimchar Upazila and in the Padma in Shaitnal in Matlab Upzila.

According to Chandpur Riverine Fisheries Institute, on average about 4,380 tons of Hilsha fries are caught from the rivers every year. They demanded immediate rigid action to stop netting jatka (fries of hilsha) from the Padma and the Meghna. 

Report - Fish Trader Hacked to Death

Fish Trader Hacked to Death

Mabrur Atiqi, Dhaka, 26 September: Unidentified criminals yesterday hacked a fish trader dead at Gulbagh in Motijheel. Three criminals waylaid Masum, 22, when he was returning home in North Basabo in Sabujbagh at about 8 pm after his day's sale at Malibagh Fish Market, the victim's family members said.

The criminals stabbed Masum indiscriminately and left the scene. He was seriously injured and was sent Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where doctors on duty declared him dead on arrival.

His elder brother, Nasir said a local terrorist and his three other associates might have killed him following previous enmity over trading. A case has already been filed with the local police station in this connection. Police said that they found no clue to kill.

Report - Frequent Load Shedding in Your Locality

Severe Load-shedding in Mymensingh

Mabrur Atiqi, Mymensingh, 27 November: Electricity is certainly a boon to the people of modern age. But it has become a nuisance for the city dwellers of Mymensingh. Load-shedding is occurring here every now and then. In fact, it has become a regular phenomenon here. As a result, the people of Mymensingh are getting deprived of electricity based advantages.

As a part of the total failure of electricity, load-shedding is increasing day by day in Mymensingh town. At office hours, electricity remains off. At night it also occurs frequently. As a result, the city-dwellers have to face various troubles. The students keep off their books and dive into gossip. The housewives get interrupted while preparing refreshments for their family.

Alongside, business firms, shops, and so many institutions come to a standstill for the time being. Due to load-shedding, food and life-saving medicine kept in the refrigerators are getting spoiled too. A housewife informs that nowadays electricity remains by chance. Some businessmen of the town also inform us the same.

At night the roads of the town remain dark and criminals take advantage of the darkness. It is learnt that insufficient power plants are mainly responsible for severe load-shedding. However, this situation cannot be allowed to continue longer.

To tackle this power crisis head on, the government should take necessary steps as early as possible. Besides, awareness must be raised among the people to prevent the misuse of electricity.