Jashore
Rains render hundreds homeless in Jashore villages
Just a couple of hours of downpour is enough to make the lives of those living along the Bhabdah beel in Jashore's Monirampur upazila miserable.
But this year, the monsoon rains have been particularly unkind to the residents of the 80-plus villages along the beel. The root of the problem is a poor drainage network.
With clogged drains and the onrush of hill water leading to massive waterlogging in these villages, hundreds of families have been rendered homeless.
Read: How Jashore’s fisheries output grew in the midst of a pandemic
Some of these families are now living in makeshift huts along the busy Manirampur-Nawapara road waiting for the floodwaters to recede.
UNB recently visited three such villages -- Sujatpur, Bajekultia, Hatgacha -- as well as the Manirampur-Nawapara road to witness the plight of these displaced families.
In the villages, we found affected residents wading through the squalid waters to reach their homes -- posing high public health risk to the entire region.
IWC of Dhaka Uptown hands over cheque for women’s empowerment to Jashore coop
Club Dhaka Uptown, a part of Inner Wheel District-345 in Bangladesh, handed over a cheque Saturday to the Gojomoty Cooperative Society in Manirampur, Jashore’s Training and Development Centre for Women. The money will be used to arrange sewing training for 25 disadvantaged women in the area.
International Inner Wheel is an organization engaged globally in serving women. It was founded in 1924 in Manchester, England. Its motto is to build friendships around the world, to provide services for disadvantaged women and children, and to reach international consensus.
Farhana Hafiz, Gender Mainstreaming Analyst for the Joint UN program on National Resilience, UN Women, was the chief guest at the cheque handover event.
“If the marginalized women of this country are developed then the development of the country will be ensured. More steps need to be taken to develop the disadvantaged women in the villages,” she said at the event.
Inner Wheel District-345's Inner Wheel Club of Dhaka Radiant, Inner Wheel Club of Dhaka Spondon, Inner Wheel Club Dhaka Green, Inner Wheel Club Cox's Bazar Green, Inner Wheel Club Feni Central, Inner Wheel Club Dhaka North, and Inner Wheel Club Dhaka Tulip all participated in this program of Inner Wheel Club Dhaka Uptown.
Nafisa Tarannum, President of Inner Wheel Club of Dhaka Uptown, said, “This is the first project of Inner Wheel Club of Dhaka Uptown. Hopefully we can do more for the development of the distressed, helpless, and disadvantaged people.”
Suraiya Akhter Chishti, Immediate Past President of Inner-Wheel Club of Dhaka Uptown, introduced International Inner Wheel’s activities and held up their reasons for reaching out to Gojomoti Mahila Samiti.
The entire event was hosted by Ishrat Jahan Nabila, Correspondent, Inner Wheel Club of Dhaka Uptown.
Representatives of Gojomoty Women's Cooperative Society Rachana and Bikash Ananda, Farzana Sharmin Lipi, Vice President of Inner Wheel Club of Dhaka Uptown, Club ISO Sifat Husain Ena, club member Rehnuma, and the President and Secretary of Inner Wheel Club Dhaka Green and President of Inner Wheel Club Dhaka Tulip were present on the occasion.
Jashore man who suffered bomb injuries dies in Dhaka
A 38-year-old man, who suffered severe injuries ‘while making bomb’ at his house in Rajghat area of Abhaynagar upazila in Jashore district died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday night.
The deceased is Rafiqul Islam Shappa, son of Ibrahim Molla of the upazila.
AKM Shamim Hasan, officer-in-charge of Abhaynagar Police Station, said Rafiqul sustained injuries in fingers, eyes, face, chest and legs as a bomb went off while he was making it around 12 am on Monday.
Read: Youth injured while making bomb in Jashore
The roof of the house was blown away and cracks developed on the walls following the blast.
The injured was first taken to the Upazila Health Complex from where he was transferred to Khulna Medical College Hospital as his injuries were critical.
Later, he was taken to Dhaka Medical College and hospital with police escort around 11 pm and doctors declared him dead upon arrival.
Five sharp weapons were recovered from the house, said the OC.
Read: Injured in explosion, 'bomb maker' dies at Rajshahi hospital
A case will be filed in this regard and investigation is underway, he said.
How Jashore’s fisheries output grew in the midst of a pandemic
In the midst of the most significant economic slowdown in decades, the fisheries sector in coastal district Jashore proved a mainstay for the economy in the 2020-21 fiscal, that helped Bangladesh avoid recession or even contraction.
Bangladesh’s GDP growth fell from 8.2% in the 2019-20 fiscal to just 3.8% in 2020-21 – theslowest annual growth in the country’s GDP in 30 years. That represents a slump in economic activity that would have been unacceptable in normal times.
But in a year blighted by the virus where we saw most countries experience contraction in their economies (negative growth), Bangladesh’s 3.8% was the fifth-highest GDP growth rate in the world.
Read Hilsa Ilisha: The National Fish and Silver Pride of Bangladesh
The economic downturn brought on by the pandemic affected almost every sector in the country. The impact was pervasive yet uneven. This was the general picture reflected in most economies around the world.
For the record, the world economy did fall into recession in 2020, with the IMF's final assessment estimating it shrank 3.3%.
The fisheries sector emerged as one of the major pillars holding up the economy and helping Bangladesh to avoid a recession. Technically, a country’s economy enters recession once it experiences two successive quarters of negative growth, or contraction. To get out of a recession then requires two successive quarters of growth back.
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IBBL Jashore holds Shariah compliance webinar
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) Jashore Zone organised the webinar "Compliance of Shari'ah in Banking Operations" recently.
Dr Mohammad Saleh Jahur, director of the bank, addressed the webinar as chief guest and Md Omar Faruk Khan, additional managing director, as special guest.
Professor Md Mozahidul Islam Chowdhury, member of IBBL Shari'ah Supervisory Committee, addressed the webinar as chief discussant.
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Md Maksudur Rahman, head of Jashore Zone, presided over the programme.
Also, executive vice-presidents Md Shamsuddoha and Md Shafiul Azam spoke at the programme, according to a press release.
READ: IBBL, NOVOAIR sign MoU
US-Bangla to run Jashore-Chattogram-Cox's Bazar, Saidpur-Chattogram flights
US-Bangla Airlines will operate flights from Jashore to Chattogram and Cox's Bazar, and from Saidpur to Chattogram.
The private carrier will start operating flights from Jashore and Saidpur to Chattogram on September 30 and from Jashore to Cox's Bazar on October 1.
The airline will initially operate flights from Jashore to Chattogram three days a week, flying from Jashore to Chattogram Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 9:15am. It will leave Chattogram's Hazrat Shah Amanat International Airport for Jashore at 5:10pm on the same day.
Read US-Bangla Airlines to operate regular flights to Muscat from Sept 1
Also, the private carrier will run flights to Chattogram three days a week from Saidpur, the only airport in the north. It will fly from Saidpur to Chattogram Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 10:45am. The airline will leave Chattogram for Saidpur at 12:35pm on the same day.
In addition, US-Bangla will operate four-days-a-week flights from Jashore to Cox's Bazar. Initially, it will leave Jashore for Cox's Bazar Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1.45pm; and it will leave Cox's Bazar for Jashore at 3.25pm.
Read: US-Bangla Airlines enters 8th year
The minimum fare from Jashore to Chattogram, including all taxes and surcharges, is Tk6,000, and the return fare is Tk12,000.
In addition, the minimum fare from Jashore to Cox's Bazar is Tk6,500, and the return fare is Tk13,000. The minimum fare from Saidpur to Chattogram is Tk6,200, and the return fare is Tk12,400.
Also, US-Bangla plans to operate flights from Saidpur to Cox's Bazar, Sylhet to Chattogram and Cox's Bazar soon.
Read NOVOAIR to operate six flights daily to Cox’s Bazar
US-Bangla owns 14 aircraft, including four Boeing 737-800s, six brand new ATR 72-600s and three Dash 8-Q400s, according to a press release.
HC upholds death sentence to a couple for murdering a man in Jashore
The High Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence awarded to a woman and her boyfriend for murdering a man in Jashore.
The convicts are Sabana Khatun and her estranged boyfriend Abdul Alim.
The HC bench of Justice Sahidul Karim and Justice Md. Akhtaruzzaman delivered the verdict on Wednesday.
Deputy Attorney General Bashir Ahmed, who represented the state during the hearing, confirmed the information to UNB.
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According to locals, Abdur Razzak of Azmatpur village of Chaugachha upazila was strangled to death by his wife Sabana and her boyfriend Alim on the night of March 9, 2014,. Mintu, the victim's brother, filed a murder case with the Chougachha police station on March 11 accusing them.
Besides, Sabana confessed committing the murder and her extra marital affair under section 164 following her arrest.
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Jashore Additional District and Sessions Judge Sharif Hossain Haider sentenced Sabana and Alim to death for killing her husband on March 14, 2016.
The accused appealed against lower court’s verdict before the HC.
Woman poisons daughter, commits suicide in Jashore
A 30-year-old woman allegedly poisoned her daughter before ending her own life in Jashore's Sharsha upazila on Tuesday night.
The deceased were identified as Sumi Khatun, 30, daughter of Sirajul Islam, and her six-year-old daughter Akhi Moni.
Read: Couple commits suicide in Chattogram
According to local residents, Sumi had been living in her parents' house in Shurarghop village of Laxmanpur union in Sharsha upazila since her divorce three years ago.
On Tuesday night, Sumi took the extreme step following an altercation with her mother in the evening. She first poisoned her daughter and then poisoned herself.
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Sumi's family rushed the mother-daughter duo to Sharsha Upazila Health Complex and subsequently to Jashore General Hospital for better treatment. But Akhi was declared dead on arrival at the Jashore hospital, while Sumi died during treatment at 10 pm.
Badrul Alam Khan, officer-in-charge of the Sharsha police station, said the bodies were kept in the hospital morgue for autopsies.
Father, son die after inhaling toxic gas in Jashore
A man and his son died after inhaling toxic gas inside a septic tank at Singhajhuli village in Chaugachha upazila of Jashore district on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Madhu Das, 53 and his son Sagar Das, 26 of South Kayarpara village in the upazila.
Read:Two die after inhaling toxic gas inside septic tank in Bhola
Saiful Islam Sabuj, officer-in-charge of Chaugachha Police Station, said at first Madhu entered the septic tank at the house of one Hadiuzzaman in the morning.
As Madhu was not responding for a long time, the house owner called his son Sagar.
Later, Sagar got down into the septic tank but did not come out.
Read:2 die in Kushtia after inhaling toxic gas inside septic tank
On information, local firefighting units recovered the bodies of Madhu and Sagar from the septic tank.
An unnatural death case was filed in this connection.
35% people in 3 Jashore upazilas have Covid antibodies: Survey
Researchers found the presence of Covid antibodies among 35 % people in three upzilas of Jashore district, suggesting that these people either contracted the virus or came in close contact with infected patients.
The Genome Centre of Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) revealed the study findings on Saturday, after examining the samples of 400 people from six areas in Jhikorgachcha, Chougachcha and Sadar upazilas.
Read: Covid vaccination reduces chances of hospitalization, mortality: IEDCR study
The study was conducted through rapid antibody tests after collecting blood samples of the people.
According to the research, natural antibodies were found among 38% members of those families where there were Covid-19 patients, and they were found tested positive through RT PCR. Besides, antibodies were detected among 24% people who lived near the houses of Covid positive patients.
The people who have got vaccinated were not included in the research.
According to the research report, it has been proved that the number of asymptomatic Covid carriers is higher and they are roaming around freely.
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