Saturday | 5 October 2024 | Reg No- 06
বাংলা
   
Saturday | 5 October 2024 | Epaper
BREAKING: ● 3 die in Sherpur flood; 60,000 stranded      ● Ex-president Badruddoza Chowdhury passes away      ● Killing during students' movement: 9 bodies to be exhumed in Sylhet      ● Malaysian prime minister leaves Dhaka for home      ● CA seeks Malaysian support for Bangladesh to be ASEAN dialogue partner      ● Malaysian PM assures of attention to 18,000 Bangladesh workers       ● Bid to kill Khaleda Zia: Sheikh Hasina among 113 sued      

Nandail gets Planning Minister

Published : Wednesday, 17 January, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 354
Our Correspondent
NANDAIL, MYMENSINGH, Jan 16: After independence, Nandail Constituency in the district did not get any minister, state minister or deputy minister.

 Now the constituency has got a full minister of planning affairs. He is Major General (Rtd) Abdus Salam. He was sworn in as the full minister on January 11.

He was the chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board, and vice-chairman of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).

 He was also chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society for a long time. He was elected MP in 1996 and 2008 and served as the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Communications.

Abdus Salam is a resident of Rasulpur Village at Nandail Union and second child of late Abdul Waheed and Noor Jahan couple.

  He was born on February 28, 1942 in his village.  He passed BA from Punjab. He achieved experiences of PSC and RCDS of military.

He retired in 1992 after 33 years of service and joined actively in politics in 1996 at the age of 54.

He was the political advisor of the president of Awami League (AL). He served as a member of Advisory Council of AL. He is a member of Mymensingh District AL Executive Committee.  Since 1996, he has been serving as the President of Nandail Upazila AL.
 
For the first time since the independence, nearly five lakh people of Nandail have got a full minister.  

General Secretary of the party Aminul Islam Shahan said, "With his ministership, historical Nandail has reached new height of     history."



LATEST NEWS
MOST READ
Also read
Seven found dead in five districts
3,086 puja mandaps being set up in five districts
Unplanned RCC footover bridges turn useless 
26 nabbed with drugs in 12 districts 
RWASA plans to install meters to reduce system loss
Load-shedding hampers treatment in Kamalganj hospital 
T-Aman fields growing brightly at Amtali
Bithi becomes widow before first marriage anniversary! 
Editor : Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury
Published by the Editor on behalf of the Observer Ltd. from Globe Printers, 24/A, New Eskaton Road, Ramna, Dhaka.
Editorial, News and Commercial Offices : Aziz Bhaban (2nd floor), 93, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000.
Phone: PABX- 41053001-06; Online: 41053014; Advertisement: 41053012.
E-mail: info©dailyobserverbd.com, news©dailyobserverbd.com, advertisement©dailyobserverbd.com, For Online Edition: mailobserverbd©gmail.com
🔝