DHAKA, Aug 23, 2026 (BSS) - BNP national standing committee member and former DUCSU VP Amanullah Aman MP today made a surprise visit to Hazratpur High School in Keraniganj, conveying Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's message to students and urging them to maintain discipline and work for a bright future. During the visit, he inspected classroom activities, teacher and student attendance and the overall disciplinary situation. Expressing dissatisfaction over low student attendance, Amanullah Aman instructed the head teacher to change the Grade Nine class teacher and asked teachers to contact parents daily regarding absent students and visit their homes if necessary. "The lack of accountability that existed for the past 17 years will no longer be allowed to continue," he said. Addressing students, he urged them to achieve success in life, become senior officials or successful businesspeople and bring honour to Bangladesh at home and abroad. He later administered an oath to the students to attend school on time, study attentively, respect their parents and teachers and become capable citizens.

RAJSHAHI, Aug 23, 2026 (BSS)- A view-exchange meeting was held today regarding the progress of various ongoing development projects, field-level activities, irrigation management, and various problems in implementation of the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA).   The meeting was held at the BMDA Rajshahi head office and was presided over by the Chairman of BMDA, Hasan Zafir Tuhin.   Various officials, engineers and field-level officers of the organization participated in the meeting.   In the meeting, the implementation progress of the ongoing development projects was reviewed.  In addition, there was a detailed discussion on what kind of problems and obstacles exist in implementing projects at the field level, what challenges are faced in providing services to farmers, and how these problems can be solved quickly.   In his speech, BMDA Chairman Hasan Zafir Tuhin said, BMDA is an important institution and has been playing an important role for a long time in the development of agriculture, farmers and the standard of living of the people of the Barind region.   Under the leadership of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, work is being done giving top priority to the development of agriculture and farmers.  The government is taking various initiatives with the aim of increasing farmers' production, expanding irrigation facilities, ensuring proper use of water, and making agriculture more modern and profitable.   BMDA is also working alongside the farmers of the Barind region to implement that goal. The farmers of the Barind region are the main driving force of the economy of this region.   Therefore, every project and activity of BMDA must be implemented giving the highest priority to the interests of farmers. Officials must play a more sincere and responsible role in quickly identifying field-level problems, solving them, and delivering services to farmers.   If farmers survive, agriculture will survive, and if agriculture prospers, the country will move forward. Therefore, to make agriculture in the Barind region sustainable and prosperous, BMDA will carry out its responsibilities with utmost dedication and honesty. The meeting held detailed discussions on the progress of ongoing projects, irrigation infrastructure, various problems of farmers, obstacles in field-level activities and future action plans.   Concerned officials presented the activities and problems of their respective areas and gave opinions on taking necessary steps to solve them.   Present at the meeting were BMDA Board Member Shafiqul Alam Samapta, Additional Chief Engineer Abul Kashem, Superintending Engineers Abdul Latif, Nazirul Islam, Mahfuzur Rahman, Shibir Ahmed, Jinnurain Khan, Executive Engineers Enamul Quadir, Tariqul Islam, Delwar Hossain, Atiqur Rahman, Harun-or-Rashid, Syed Zillul Bari, Mostafizur Rahman and various other levels of officials, engineers and concerned field-level officials of BMDA.