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Week-long cleanliness drive begins in Jamalpur

The week-long cleanliness drive to prevent dengue disease in Jamalpur was inaugurated by raising the voice of 'keep your yard clean, everyone stay healthy'.Deputy Commissioner Md spoke as the chief guest at the discussion meeting of the opening ceremony organised by Sambar UNICEF and local g...

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Workshop on World Breast Milk Day held in Jamalpur

An awareness workshop on the importance, necessity, benefits of breast milk and Breast Milk Substitutes Act 2013 and Rules 2017 was held at Jamalpur on Tuesday.  It was presided over by Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr. Akhtar Hossain.Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman, Assistant Director of Jamalpur General Hospital,...

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Four illegal clinics sealed off in Jamalpur

Jamalpur Executive Magistrate Tasneem Jahan has sealed off four clinics in the city as they run health care service without having any authorized license.  The operation was conducted on Monday (September 25) afternoon.Jamalpur Sadar Upazila Family Planning Officer Dr. Uttam Kumar Sarkar said t...

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Jamalpur Rangamatia village free of early marriage

Rangamatia village in Jamalpur, which was usually known as the early marriage-prone area in the district, has been declared free from early marriage.The announcement came at a discussion programme, organised by Jamalpur Area Program, at  Rangamitia village of Lakshirchar Union of Jamalpur Sadar...

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Geo bags being thrown to protect Bakshiganj river embankment

Geo bag project has been inaugurated to prevent the erosion of Bakshiganj Dashani river in Jamalpur.  Former Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad MP inaugurated this project in Kushalnagar village of Nilakxia Union of Upazila last Tuesday afternoon.  13 thousand 500 geo bags will be instal...

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Two-day literature and book fair concludes in Jamalpur

A two-day upazila literature and book fair concluded in Melandah upazila of Jamalpur district on Friday.Upazila Administration under the auspicious of Bangla Academy arranged the fair at Mirza Azam auditorium in Melandah upazila.Vice-chancellor (VC) of Bangamata Sheikh Faizilatun Nesa Mujib Science ...

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Exemplary punishment of journalist Nadim’s killers demanded

A joint meeting of different unions of journalists led by BFUJ-Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists was held at Pat Hati intersection of Bakshiganj upazila in Jamalpur district protesting the killing of journalist Nadim. BFUJ, Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) and Mymensingh Union of Journali...

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School milk feeding programme begins in Jamalpur

An experimental school milk feeding programme for students of primary schools has begun at Melandhe upazila in Jamalpur under the Livestock and Dairy Development Project amid much enthusiasm.The experimental school milk feeding program will continue under the Livestock and Dairy Development Project ...

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Human chain in Jamalpur to protest killing of domestic worker

Human Rights Defender Network, Jamalpur district branch of Unyan Sangh's Power Project has formed a human chain in Jamalpur to protest the recent killing of domestic worker Tamanna in Dhaka and to demand exemplary punishment for the culprits.An hour-long human chain was held at Dayamoyi intersec...

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Each newborn’s family getting 10 saplings

The Jamalpur Urban Development Committee is giving 10 tree saplings as a gift to the family of every child born in Jamalpur Municipality. This innovative initiative has been started in Jamalpur Municipality, Lakshmirchar and Sharifpur Union.  So far saplings have been distributed among hun...

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Jamalpur Police nab one with Yaba tablets

Police have arrested one person with 800 pieces of Yaba tablets from Pathar Char of Dangdhara Union of Dewanganj Upazila of Jamalpur.Sanandbari Police Investigation Center Officer Abdur Rahim said on Monday evening, Sanandbari PIC in-charge Abdur Rahim, along with SI Rayhan, along with the force, se...

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Baishakhi fair starts in Jamalpur

A 19 day-long Baishakhi fair has started in Jamalpur municipality of the district. Jamalpur District Awami League President and Zila Parishad Chairman Advocate Muhammad Baki Billah inaugurated this fair on Tuesday at Jamalpur District School Ground. Jamalpur Municipality Mayor and Jamalpur Muni...

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Free eye camp held in Jamalpur

A day long free eye camp was held on Gazi Amanuzzaman Modern college premises in Bakshiganj upazila in Jamalpur on Saturday.With the assistance of Rotary club Dhaka, Karwan Bazar and Rtn Dr Graham Arthurs the free medical eye camp was jointly organized by Gazi Md Amanuzzaman and Rotary community cor...

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Bangladesh moving forward under PM’s leadership

State Minister for Religion Faridul Haque Khan Dulal, MP, has said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh is advancing at an unstoppable speed on the highway of development.  “Bangladesh is being considered as a 'role model' of global development in ...

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BMET Badminton Tournament held at Jamalpur

'BMET Badminton Tournament-2023' final game was held at Jamalpur as part of a comprehensive campaign about the activities of the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment.On Saturday, the Non-Govern­mental Organization Develop­ment Association became the champion.  J...

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Meeting held on ways to ensure fair price of corps

A meeting of the producer team inspired by the Jamalpur Area Program was held on Sunday to improve the condition of the farmers in the area.  The main topic of discussion of the farmers present in the meeting was the demand to get fair price of the hard-earned crops and the opening of crop insu...

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One held with heroin

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with contraband heroin in Islampur upazila in Jamalpur on Wednesday evening.The arrested was identified as Md Monir Hossain,25, son of Md Akbar Hossain at village Airmari in Islampur upazila under Jamalpur dist...

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Teachers, students should focus more on research: Experts

 A two-day seminar on 'Significance of Mathematics in Scientific Research and Engineering Sectors' organized by Jamalpur Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnecha Mujib University of Science and Technology Mathematics Department started on January 22. Chairman of Mathematics Department Ripon...

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Jamalpur youths get business support materials

 Business support materials and certificates are distributed among the unemployed youth who have completed technical training through the development association-seeds program with the aim of achieving empowerment through employment creation and eliminating unemployment.  Upazila Chairman ...

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Speaker for improving nutritional status of children

A review meeting titled Child Health Status Inquiry (PDI) was held in Jamalpur on Monday to look at the victims of malnutrition and the nutritional situation in Jamalpur and to review and do this with the health department and community leaders.  Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr. Syed Abu Abdullah Safi...