DINAJPUR, May 11 (BSS): Four educational institutions of the district would get new academic building by June 2020.
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury laid the foundation of the four-storied buildings at a function at Dhukur Jhari College ground on Saturday.
The Education Engineering Department (EED) would construct the buildings at a cost of Tk 136.5 million.
New academic buildings would be constructed at Murial High School, Dhukur Jhari High School and Dhukur Jhari College in Biral upazila, Boro Sultanpur High School and Boroil High School in Bhochagonj upazila.
Assistant Engineer of the EED Mamun Islam said the contractors were asked to handover the newly constructed buildings to the school authorities by June 30, 2020.
Addressing a function on the occasion at Dhukur Jhari College ground Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said that the buildings would be modern ones and time-befitting which would have digital class room and better learning facilities.
Each floor of the building would have 3,200 cft space.
Additional Secretary of the home ministry Md. Nurul Islam presided over the function while Chairman of Biral Upazila Md. Mostafizur Rahman Babu, president of Biral Upazila Awami League Abdul Latif, teacher Kaiser Ali and freedom fighter Arshed Ali spoke, among others, on the occasion.
Khaled Mahmud Chowdhury said the present government of Sheikh Hasina has attached importance to eradicate illiteracy and build up youths with modern and time-befitting education.
In view of this, he said the government is allocating fund for construction of all primary, secondary, college and madrasahs upto grassroots level.
He urged everybody to send their children to school.
Boro harvest continues in Gaibandha
GAIBANDHA, May 11 (BSS): Harvest of Boro paddy, one of the high value crops, has been continuing in the district since April with much enthusiasm and festivity to the farmers.
Office sources said the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) set a target to farm Boro paddy on 1,27,740 hectares of land with the production target of 521,789 tonnes of clean rice this season.
Later, the target fixed by the department was exceeded and it stood to1,31,200 hectares bringing more 3460 hectares of land under the farming, sources said.
Of them, some 21,175 hectares were brought under the farming in Sadar, 15,970 in Sadullapur, 13,490 in Palashbari, 31,425 in Gobindaganj upazila, 25,820 in Sundarganj upazila, 15,250 in Shaghata upazila, and 8070 in Fulchhari upazila.
