A young man named Shaheen Alam (23) committed suicide in Ramgati, Lakshmipur. On Sunday (September 1), at around 8.30 pm, he committed suicide by hanging himself from a raintree tree at the door of his house. Shaheen is the son of A: Baki of Dudha Bari, Ward No. 7 of the municipality. According to family sources, Shaheen married a girl named Mithun from Bibi Hat area. They have a 2-year-old daughter named Nipun. Shaheen had been having a long-standing dispute with his in-laws and his wife over various issues. On the day of the incident, he came from his in-laws' house and committed suicide. On receiving the information, the police recovered the body from the spot and sent it to Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital for autopsy.

Staff Correspondent:
Lakshmipur Government University College Principal Main Uddin Pathan said, Lakshmipur journalism needs discipline. Now corruption is happening in almost all professions. Therefore, journalists must present news objectively.
He made these remarks as a guest at the Lakshmipur Press Club on the occasion of the 19th birthday of private television Channel I today (October 1) at 12 noon on Sunday.

Lakshmipur District AL President Mia Golam Faruk Pinku was present as the chief guest, hosted by Channel i's Lakshmipur correspondent Mohiuddin Murad.
At this time, Mayin Uddin Pathan said, journalism is not a culture now. District-level journalists cannot make a living from this profession. Therefore, they have to be involved in other professions along with journalism.
Senior journalist Md. Kamal Hossain, Laxmipur Bhabaniganj College Principal Shahadat Hossain Riaz, cultural personality and journalist Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan Azad, District Bangabandhu Parishad President Shahjahan Kamal, journalists Shahidul Islam, Touhidur Rahman, Saiful Islam Swapan, Ismail Hossain Jabu, Nazrul Islam Joy, Rubel Hossain, Rakib Hossain Roni, among others, spoke as special guests at the event.

A mobile court has sentenced nine fishermen to one month in prison for violating the ban on catching mother hilsa fish in the Meghna River in Ramgati, Lakshmipur, during the hilsa breeding season.

On Sunday (October 1) afternoon, Ramgati Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Mobile Court Executive Magistrate Asgar Ali sentenced each fisherman to one month in prison. During this time, 20,000 meters of electricity network were set on fire.

Those sentenced to prison are Md. Siraj, Md. Dulal, A. Motaleb, Nur Alam, Md. Helal, Raihan, Md. Ershad, Hanif and Ibrahim. They are residents of Ramgati area of Noakhali and Laxmipur.

Ramgati Upazila Assistant Fisheries Officer Md. Kamal Uddin said that in the morning, the police, coast guard and fisheries department led by Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) Azgar Ali conducted a drive in the Chargajaria area of the Meghna River. During this, 9 fishermen were arrested for fishing in violation of the law. 1 boat and 20,000 meters of current net were seized. The seized nets were set on fire and destroyed. Later, the arrested fishermen were produced before a mobile court and each of them was sentenced to one month in prison.

Dhaka:

The harvesting, transportation, storage, marketing or sale of hilsa is being banned across the country from midnight (12am) on Saturday (September 30). The ban will remain in place until October 22.

Anyone who violates this ban will be punished with a minimum of one year to a maximum of two years of rigorous imprisonment or a fine of up to Tk 5,000, or both. A notification in this regard was issued by the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock on September 19.

It states that according to the Protection and Conservation Fish Act, 1950, the harvesting, transportation, storage, marketing or sale of hilsa has been banned across the country for a total of 22 days (16 Ashwin to 7 Kartik), the main breeding season of hilsa, from October 1 to 22 this year.

The ban period was increased by seven days last year to 22 days. Earlier, it was 15 days. Before 2015, the ban period for catching hilsa was 11 days. It is learnt that anyone who disobeys this order will face a minimum of one year to a maximum of two years of rigorous imprisonment or a fine of up to Tk 5,000, or both.

An official said that this year, the main breeding season will be on the first full moon day of the Ashwin month, and 22 days including the 4 days before and 17 days after it, during the lunar month of Ashwin, which is the month of the moon. This time, the first full moon is on October 5.

Lakshmipur: A meritorious student of Dhaka University, Syed Rashed Hasan Chowdhury, a meritorious student from Bangladesh studying at Ankara University in Turkey, has received a gold medal for reciting the Quran in Turkey.
He was awarded the gold medal at a ceremony titled 'Return to the Religion and Culture of the Ottoman Sultanate' in Khirshehri, Turkey on September 23.
It is reported that this talented student was specially invited from Ankara, the capital of Turkey, to recite the Quran at the event. He recited the Quran at the event. Everyone present was impressed. He won a gold medal. Top government officials and leaders of various political parties were present at the event. He was also invited to Friday prayers at the Central Mosque of Khirshehri, Turkey. There, he recited the Quran before and after the prayers.
Syed Rashed Hasan Chowdhury is the son of Maulana Ali Hossain, the principal of Matabbar Nagar Madrasa in Kamalnagar Upazila of Lakshmipur and the president of the Upazila Imam Samiti. He obtained the Dean's Merit List of Honor Award degree from the Islamic Studies Department of Dhaka University for his excellent results in undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Later, he was nominated for higher education at Ankara University on a scholarship from the Turkish government. In addition, he has presented his research papers at conferences in different countries of the world. His research work has already been published in various international journals in Türkiye, Cyprus, Poland, the Netherlands and Hungary.

Staff Correspondent:
Journalists working in the district are holding a human chain and protest in front of the Press Club to protest the attack on journalist Rafiqul Islam in Lakshmipur and the false case of terrorist Sumon against Ishmail Hossain Jabu and demand the arrest and trial of UP Chairman Abul Kashem and his followers involved in the attack. The hour-long protest was organized by the Lakshmipur Press Club from 11 am to 12 noon on Saturday. Former general secretary of the Press Club and district representative of ATN Bangla/ATN News Md. Kausar presided over the protest and moderated by district representative of Independent TV and Manab Zamin newspaper Abbas Hossain. Former vice-president of the Press Club MJ Alam, special representative of ATN News Abul Kalam Azad, representative of Soyo TV Md. Mahabubul Islam Bhuiyan, representative of Channel 24 Saiful Islam, journalist Anwar Hossain Babul, editor of local online newspaper Top Sangbad.com Nazrul Islam Joy, and representative of Dainik Banik Rawata Rakib Hossain Roni, among others, spoke. More than a hundred journalists from print and electronic media working in the district town were present at the human chain.
The speakers at the meeting protested and condemned the attack on journalist Rafiqul Islam led by Uttar Jaipur UP Chairman Abul Kashem and the false case fabricated by terrorist Sumon against Ismail Hossain Jabu, demanding a proper investigation into the two incidents and taking legal action against those responsible. Otherwise, the speakers announced a stricter action plan and warned.
It is worth mentioning that on Friday afternoon, Sadar Upazila Awami League General Secretary and Uttarjoypur Union Parishad Chairman Abul Kashem and his followers called local daily Lakshmipur Kantho editor and Manab Kantho district correspondent Rafiqul Islam on his mobile phone and beat him up severely for publishing the news of the atrocities. Currently, journalist Rafiqul Islam is undergoing treatment at Sadar Hospital. Earlier, terrorist Sumon filed a fabricated and fabricated case in court against Daily Khabor district correspondent Ishmail Hossain Jabu.

Lakshmipur:
The biennial election of Laxmipur Health Assistant Association was held on Saturday (September 30) morning in the hall of Sadar Hospital. It has been elected as President Jamal Uddin as President, Rafiqul Islam as General Secretary and Md. Sahabuddin as Organizing Secretary.
Others in the 21-member full committee are Vice President Makchudur Rahman Manik, Borhan Uddin Chowdhury, Billal Hossain, Joint General Secretary ANM Abdul Karim, Finance Secretary Firoz Alam, Women Secretary Khadija Begum, Co-Women Editor Mahmuda Akhtar, Publicity and Publication Editor Md. Feroz, Crea and Cultural Secretary E.
The general secretary of the organization, Rafiqul Islam, said that the elections were held in the presence of the district and upazila organizers. The leaders of the new committee demanded the Health Assistant Association and all the workers of the field level will be next to the workers.

Lakshmipur Correspondent, Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila Awami League General Secretary and Sadar Upazila Joypur Union Parishad Chairman Abul Kashem Chowdhury summoned journalist Rafiqul Islam to his house and beat him up for publishing news of various irregularities and corruption. He was rescued and admitted to Sadar Hospital in a seriously injured condition. The incident took place on Friday afternoon at the chairman's own house.

The seriously injured journalist is the editor of the local daily Lakshmipur Kantha. The incident has sparked outrage and condemnation among local journalists.

According to injured journalist Rafiqul Islam and local sources in the hospital on Saturday morning, several news reports were published in the local daily Lakshmipur Kantha and national newspapers about irregularities and corruption in various projects of Sadar Upazila Awami League and Uttar Joypur Union Parishad Chairman Abul Kashem Chowdhury and his union parishad.
Following this incident, Chairman Abul Kashem Chowdhury called journalist Rafiq to his house on Friday afternoon on his mobile phone. At that time, the Chairman and his men beat up journalist Rafiqul Islam, seriously injuring him. Later, locals rescued him in a seriously injured condition and admitted him to Sadar Hospital.

Meanwhile, recently, Abul Kashem Chowdhury summoned freedom fighter Nur Mohammad to his union parishad office in the same manner, beat him up, and locked him in the toilet.
Journalists working in the district expressed strong condemnation and anger over the attack on journalist Rafiqul Islam and demanded the arrest of the chairman and his gang of terrorists involved in the incident.

Although Abul Kashem Chowdhury, the general secretary of the Sadar Upazila Awami League and chairman of the North Joypur Union Parishad, was contacted several times by mobile phone regarding the attack, he did not answer the call.

In this regard, Police Superintendent ASM Mahatab Uddin said that legal action will be taken after investigation if a complaint is received.

Staff Correspondent:
An allegation has been made against Mohiuddin Suman, the scoundrel son of Haji Nurul Islam of Dhangazi Hawladar Bari in ITiatoli village of Sadar upazila, for filing a false and baseless harassment case against journalist Ismail Hossain Jabu, who was the executive editor of the national daily Khabor and the local daily Manab Kalyan while performing his professional duties in Lakshmipur.

It is learned that last Sunday (September 17), Sumon tried to forcibly occupy 13 percent of the land of his two brothers Kamal and expatriate Akter Hossain in 804 plots of land with 4 khatians in Atiatoli Mouza No. 88 under Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila. At that time, Ismail Hossain Jabu and some journalists went to the spot after receiving the news. When they took pictures on camera, Sumon became angry and at one point he was beaten up. In order to prevent these incidents from being reported, he filed a false case against the journalists. There are allegations of terrorism, extortion and various misdeeds against Sumon in the area. In addition, there are allegations against him that he is harassing the helpless and innocent people of the area by giving various false garlands.

Journalist Ismail Hossain Jabu said that terrorist Sumon went to forcibly occupy the land of his two brothers Kamal and expatriate Akter Hossain. At that time, some journalists along with me received the news and went to the spot and took pictures of the forcible occupation of the land, and Sumon became angry and filed a false and harassing case to cover up the incident.
After searching the area, it was found that there are 8/10 cases against him, including terrorism and extortion. Moreover, he is harassing people by filing false cases. The journalist demanded that legal action be taken against Sumon by conducting a proper investigation into this matter and uncovering the real facts.

It was not possible to obtain Suman's statement on this matter as his mobile phone was switched off.