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Private initiative can also dig government canals and sell soil: Land Ministry
Private initiative can also dig government canals and sell soil: Land Ministry

Private initiative can also dig government canals and sell soil: Land Ministry

The government has issued new instructions to involve private initiative in re-excavating government canals. The instructions state that the opportunity will be given to remove excavated soil and sand through digging government canals at kheyaghats or private initiative. On the one hand, this will make it possible to restore the navigability of the canal, and on the other hand, the demand for soil and sand will also be met for local development work.

Chuknagar Genocide Day observed today
Chuknagar Genocide Day observed today

Chuknagar Genocide Day observed today

The Chuknagar massacre in Khulna remains one of the most painful and brutal chapters in the history of the great Liberation War. On May 20, 1971, the Pakistani occupation forces carried out one of their most savage killing sprees in this remote area of Dumuria upazila. The Chuknagar Martyrs' Memorial still stands today as a grim witness to one of the most heinous genocides in world history.

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