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  College Principal Salim Reza admitted to a probe committee that he was indeed assaulted by Rajshahi lawmaker Omor Faruk Chowdhury at the latter's chamber more than a week ago, according to two individuals who were present when Salim was talking to the committee members. Salim, principal of Rajbari Degree College in Godagari upazila, termed the assault a "planned" one when he was interviewed by the three-member committee on Friday morning, the sources told The Daily Star. During the interview at Salim's home in Rajshahi, the committee members headed by National University (NU) Registrar Molla Mahfuz Al-Hossain talked to the principal alone and also in presence of his family members and relatives. However, the committee members did not talk to reporters about the findings. NU Human Resources Director Jayanta Bhattacharjee, a member of the committee, said, "We are committed to finding the truth." The probe body was formed on Wednesday amid reports that MP Omo

Published on July 15, 2022 Sitting next to lawmaker Omor Faruk Chowdhury, college principal Salim Reza yesterday told reporters that he was not assaulted by the MP on July 7. Omor then asked journalists to give him back the reputation he had lost because of the assault allegations. During the press conference at a packed room in Omor Theme Plaza, a property owned by the MP, the principal of Rajbari Degree College read out a statement. "The allegation against MP Omor Faruk Chowdhury was fabricated to tarnish his image and [reduce his] popularity ahead of the [ruling] party's council on July 15… We, the principals, had an argument and shoved each other. I got minor injuries from falling on furniture," he said. Salim then repeated what Omor said the day before: It was the MP who stopped the fight. Abdul Awal, principal of Matikata College, who also addressed the event, said he and Salim were arguing about something when "I couldn't take a word he uttered during the

Published on July 14, 2022  A Rajshahi MP has allegedly assaulted a college principal at his office last week. Lawmaker Omar Faruk Chowdhury from Rajshahi-1 constituency, however, refutes the allegation. Talking to this correspondent, he claimed some college principals, who met him at his chamber on July 7, got locked into a brawl, and it was he who stopped them. However, Asaduzzaman Asad, former general secretary of Rajshahi District Awami League, said he visited the injured principal of Rajbari Degree College, Salim Reza, at his home on Monday and saw bruises on different parts of his body. He added that the lawmaker was giving the ruling party a bad name. Meanwhile, the National University yesterday formed a committee to investigate the allegation. Molla Mahfuz Al-Hossain, registrar of National University, is the convener of the three-member committee, which was asked to visit the area of the alleged incident as soon as possible. Some people, who are aware of what happened at the

নাসার জেমসওয়েব টেলিস্কোপের তোলা যাদুময় এই ছবিগুলো গত কয়েকদিনে রিলিজ করা হয়েছে।  ছবিগুলো বর্ণনার প্রয়োজন ছিল না, কারণ যা আগে শুধু ছিল কল্পনায় তাই এখানে বাস্তব হয়ে ধরা দিয়েছে। মানুষের অসামান্য বিজয়। প্রথম ছবিতে তারারা মেঘদলের মত ছেয়ে আছে, এরই মাঝে কারিনা নেবুলা নামের নীহারিকার অংশবিশেষ মহাজাগতিক পাহাড়ের অসংখ্য চূড়ার আকার নিয়েছে। বাস্তবে এগুলো নানারকম গ্যাস ও ধুলোবালির স্তুপ। বলা হচ্ছে এই স্তুপগুলো শিশু তারা। অর্থাৎ, এখান থেকে হাজার হাজার বছর ধরে তারা তৈরী হয়। ধরে নেয়া যায় যে ছবি আমরা দেখছি তা থেকে অনেক তারা ইতিমধ্যেই তৈরী হয়ে গেছে। (হয়ত আমাদের প্রত্যেকের, মানে সকল প্রানী, গাছ বা একেকটা কোষেদের, প্রত্যেকের একটা বা একাধিক তারা আছে। পরের ছবিটি আরেকটি নীহারিকা। নাম সাউদার্ন রিং নেবুলা। বলা হচ্ছে এই নীহারিকার মাঝখানে যে ম্রিয়মান তারা দেখা যাচ্ছে সেখান থেকে বহুদিন ধরে গ্যাস ও ধুলো চারিদিকে ছড়িয়ে পরছে।  শেষের ছবিটা সবচেয়ে বিস্ময়কর। এটা স্টিফেনস কুইনটেট বা স্টিফেনের পঞ্চক নামে পরিচিত। এটা পাঁচটা ছায়াপথের একটা দল। অস্টাদশ শতাব্দিতে একে প্রথম দেখা যায়। এরা একে অপরকে টানছে, ঠেলে দিচ্ছে। নাসা বলছ

 

May 17, 2018 The sweet scent of mango is in the air once again. But, instead of rejoicing, Rajshahi's orchardists are feeling uneasy. And the cause for their concern is the perplexing government attitude towards export of organic mangoes. The organic mango growers in the region had invested earnestly to improve cultivation methods, prodded by an industry crisis several years ago brought about by excessive chemical use on mango crops. They introduced the fruit-bagging method, which drastically cuts down the number of times mangoes are sprayed with pesticides before reaching the market. Bagged mangoes are sprayed with pesticides about three times, in contrast to 62 times under the unethically-grown non-bagging method. Organic mango growers naturally hoped to benefit from increased exports. But the reality has been starkly different. “They have produced a safe, organic crop but the government is failing to notice it. The farmers are dispirited now,” said Md Anwarul Hoque, the convenor

A new water ATM system was inaugurated in Rajshahi city yesterday to provide drinking water at a low price and address the city dwellers' problem of accessing drinking water. Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton inaugurated the system at Shahmakhdum Dargah point. Water ATM booths have also been installed in Laxmipur, Martyred Qamaruzzaman Zoo and Bahrampur intersections. A booth will supply 20,000 litres of water from 8:00am-8:00pm each day. Under the service, one litre of water will cost Tk 0.80 and 62 litres will be available at Tk 50. RCC will expand the network of water ATMs to ward level depending on the pilot's success, said the mayor. There would be an operator at each booth who would distribute ATM cards to residents. An ATM card will cost Tk 50 and 62 litres of water would be available at every recharge of Tk 50. ICLEI, a global network of local governments, has been implementing the project, said Abdullah Al-Kafy, project officer of ICLEI South Asia. He said German developmen