A total of 22 individuals have been honored with "Agriculturally Important Person (AIP)-2021" for their outstanding contribution to agriculture sector in Bangladesh.
Agriculture Minister Dr. Md. Abdus Shahid formally handed over the awards among the 22 individuals as the chief guest at Osmani Memorial auditorium here, said a press release.
State Minister for Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury joined the ceremony as the special guest with Agriculture Secretary Wahida Akter in the chair.
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust (BJWT) Mohammad Ali Arafat has called upon media journalists to reject all kind of misinformation and rumour free mass media that will ensure free flow of authentic information to hold the authorities accountable.
The state minister made these statements while he was speaking as a chief guest of the opening ceremony of the third phase welfare grant and financial assistance cheque distribution from the BJWT in the FY 2023-24, was held at Information Bhavan auditorium on Circuit House Road in the capital on Sunday afternoon.
The government wants to ensure the space for mass media to question and criticize the authorities and even the government, but it (criticism) must have to be based on factually correct information, Arafat said.
Bangladesh and Thailand will start Free Trade Talks (FTA) with Bangladesh next month in a bid to increase the bilateral trade to the tune of $2 billion.
A high-level Thai trade delegation will visit Bangladesh to hold talks with the Bangladesh delegation to be headed by State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu Ahsanul Islam Tito, in the last week of August in Dhaka, Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Makawadee Sumitmor said while speaking at a press conference on a Thai food festival at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel today (7 July).
Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka, in association with the Thai Trade Centre and Embassy of Thailand, will organise a four-day-long Thai Food Festival from 10-13 July.
Five people were killed and several others injured by electrocution during Ratha Yatra in Seujgari area in the district this afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Ranjit, Naresh, Atoshi, Alak and Sabita.
Confirming the matter to BSS, Bogura Sadar Police Station Officer-in Charge Md Shaihan Waliullah said the pathetic incident took place while the Ratha Yatra, started at the Iskcon temple in Seujgari, came into contact with an electric wire in Seujgari Amtala area in Bogura city, leaving many people critically injured.
Of the injured, four people died at Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital while another succumbed to his injuries at Mohammad Ali Hospital in Bogura, he added.