Sylhet Environment Department sent notice in the name of the deceased

Sylhet Bureau

The Department of Environment has sent a notice for cutting hills in the name of a person who died about seven and a half years ago in Sylhet's Golapganj. In that notice, he was asked to attend the Sylhet Divisional Environment Directorate and participate in the hearing.

On January 9, such a notice was given in the name of Rafiqul Islam of Dharabahar village of Paschim Amura union of the upazila. He died on 25 August 2015. West Amura Union Parishad (UP) issued the death certificate of Rafiqul Islam on December 20 of the same year (Certificate No.-00032, Excise No.-005).

In the notice signed by Mohammad Emran Hossain, Director of Sylhet Divisional Environment Department, apart from Rafiqul Islam, 6 other people of the upazila were asked to attend the hearing on January 12 at 10 am. The name of Rafiqul Islam's nephew Saiful Islam is also among the six.
Meanwhile, Rafiqul Islam's son Fakhrul Islam filed a written complaint with the Director of Sylhet Divisional Environment Department on January 15 after receiving that notice. He mentioned that the allegations mentioned in the notice are completely baseless. Rafiqul Islam passed away on 25 August 2015. This is done intentionally to harass their family members. The investigator filed a baseless report without visiting the site. On site inspection, no complaint of hill cutting will be found against them.

Fakhrul Islam said, their house is on top of the hill. It has been around for more than 50 years. None of their families are involved in dune cutting. But there is a hilly land around. Influential circles are cutting those hills. Basically, they have been charged to cover them up.

Fakhrul Islam also said, 'We were shocked to receive the notice in the name of the dead father. The notice was not served at our house either. It was kept in the Union Land Office. After the hearing time passed, I got a call from the Department of Environment on my cell phone.

Mohammad Emran Hossain, the divisional director of the Department of Environment, said that the Tahsildar (Assistant Land Officer) of the Union Land Office has prepared a report regarding the cutting of dunes. The report came to the Department of Environment through the District Administration through the Upazila Nirbahi Officer.

Notice is given accordingly. The Assistant Land Officer may have issued a notice to the owner of the land for dune cutting. In this regard, the son of the deceased has been asked to be present at the next hearing. The matter will be decided in the next hearing.

Seminar on safe migration and skill development held in Sylhet

Seminars on safe migration and skill development held with the aim of increasing foreign employment opportunities, skill development and better welfare and safe migration of migrant people.

This seminar was organized at the Sylhet Technical Training Center in Alampura on Wednesday.

Sylhet Technical Training Center Principal Sheikh Mohammad Nahid Niaz presided over the seminar as the Chief Guest, Sylhet Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Md. Mujibur Rahman.

He said that expatriates are playing a special role to speed up the development of the current government.

The Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment has taken extensive initiatives for expatriates and to create skilled manpower. Skilled manpower will play an important role in earning foreign exchange and brighten the image of the country.

Government initiatives to create skilled manpower should be disseminated among the public. There is no alternative to skill development to build a smart Bangladesh announced by the Prime Minister.

Sylhet Technical Training Center Senior Instructor Zakir Hossain conducted the seminar. Deputy Director of Women Affairs Directorate Sylhet Shahina Akhter, Sylhet Press Club President Iqbal Siddiqui, General Secretary Abdur Rashid Renu, Time Television Special Correspondent Ikramul Kabir, Sylhet Government Technical School and College Principal Santosh Chandra Debnath, Deputy Assistant Director of District Employment and Manpower Office Sylhet Mahfuz Ul Adeeb, 27th Ward Awami League President Cheif Khan, Publicity and Publication Secretary Mostak Khan, Pravasi Kalyan Bank Sylhet Branch Officer Sourav Dash, Sylhet Women Technical Training Center Instructor Noor Mohammad Hossain, South Surma Upazila Family Planning Inspector Zakaria Ahmad, Ajay Dash, Family Welfare Assistant Panna Rani Nath, Hena Khanam, Women Affairs Directorate Sylhet Officer Husna Yasmin Mukt, BRAC Migration Program Sylhet District Manager Shubashish Debnath, Upazila Youth Development Office Sylhet UYDO Md Abdul Awal, South Surma Upazila UFPO Manda Ranjan Talukdar, South Surma Upazila Sylhet TTC Instructor Omar Farooq, Shah Alam Patwari, Rezaul Karim, Delwar Hossain, Moniruzzaman Monir, Shafiqul Islam, Moazzem Hossain, Job Replacement Officer Nilufar Yasmin Nila and others along with AUYDO Shafiqul Islam attended the seminar.

According to the source of the seminar, it is known that the government and non-governmental organizations are working at the district level to conduct various activities including creating skilled manpower based on the demand in the global labor market, acquiring language knowledge of different countries, arranging practical and technical training, ensuring the best protection and welfare of migrant workers. The negotiators urged people who wish to travel abroad to be aware of human trafficking and fake recruiting agencies.

AICC Farmer Training Workshop Inauguration in Sylhet

Additional Director of Agriculture Extension Directorate Sylhet Region Agriculturist Md. Mosharraf Hossain Khan said that farmers should be encouraged to utilize the fallow land in every township of the country. Development of farmers means development of the country.

The scope of Agricultural Information Service should be increased to expand the use of modern technology and proper utilization of fallow land especially in Sylhet region.

Those concerned with this should get themselves trained by taking up-to-date training. Agricultural information services can disseminate a picture of the agricultural development and potential of an area not only among farmers but across the world.

Therefore, through this, we have to work sincerely for the development of agriculture and farmers. He called on AICC members to work for the development and progress of the country.

He said this while addressing the chief guest at the opening ceremony of the two-day AICC training workshop on 'Use and Extension of Modern Agricultural Technology' organized by Agriculture Information Service, Regional Office, Sylhet at the Conference Room of Agriculture Information Service, Sylhet on Wednesday, January 18.

Agricultural Information Service Sylhet Regional Wireless Agriculture Officer Agronomist Fahmida Akhter precided in the workshop.

Soil Resources Development Institute, Divisional Office, Sylhet Chief Scientific Officer Agronomist Munfiq Ahmad Chowdhury, Agriculture Extension Directorate, Sylhet Region Deputy Director Agronomist Dr. Kazi Mohammad Mojibur Rahman and 30 members of Agricultural Information and Communication Center (AICC) of 13 upazilas of Sylhet Division participated in the training.