A week-long Madhumela is being held in Sagardani on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the great poet Michael Madhusudan.

Abdullah Al Mamun Jessore district representative :

Wednesday (January 25) marks the 1990th birth anniversary of epic poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta, the pioneer of Amitrakshar rhythm in Bengali literature. Mahakabi Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a prominent Bengali poet and dramatist of the 19th century and one of the pioneers of Bengal’s renaissance literature. He was born on January 25, 1824 in the Zamindar Datta family of Sagardandi village on the banks of Kapotaksha river in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore. His father is Zamindar Rajnarayan Dutt and mother Janhvi Devi. Madhusudan Dutta converted to Christianity in 1853. Since then ‘Michael’ has been added to his name. Mahakabi Michael Madhusudan Dutta died on 29th June 1873 at Alipore General Hospital. On the occasion of Mahakab’s birth anniversary, a week-long honey fair is being held at Sagardani. To entertain the visitors at this year’s Madhu Mela, there will be a circus, magic show and a death well in the pandal, as well as performances by artists from Keshavpur and Jessore in the Madhu Manch, as well as performances by national poets, writers and artists. There are various events for children including Nagardola.

Distribution of two hundred blankets in Manirampur on behalf of State Minister Swapan Bhattacharya.

Abdullah Al Mamun Jessore district representative :

Blankets have been distributed among the needy on behalf of Minister of State for Rural Development and Cooperatives Swapan Bhattacharya MP Member of Parliament for Jessore Manirampur-5 Constituency. Manirampur No. 7 Khedapara Awami League and Jubo League organized this blanket distribution. On Tuesday afternoon, blankets were distributed among the helpless poor in the room of Khedapara Government Primary School. Khedapara Union Awami League Leader Sardar Mujibur Rahman, Khedapara Ward Awami League General Secretary Sadhan Kumar Nandi, Khedapara Union Awami Jubo League Joint General Secretary Tarak Debnath, Union Jubo League Leader Alamgir Hossain, Debrat Chakraborty also attended the event. Level leaders were present.

The modern Eidgah is being built with the funding of humanitarian expatriate Gazi Yunus Ali.

Md. Tahidul Islam Manirampur Upazila Representative :

There is only one of a few villagers located in Ghaziganj Hat of Nowali village in Mashmimnagar Union of Jessore Manirampur Upazila. The Idgah became unusable due to lack of maintenance for a long time. There is some concern among the common people of the area. At such a time, the matter came to the attention of the beloved person of the people of that area, everyone’s favorite remittance fighter humanitarian expatriate Gazi Yunus Ali. He promised to build a new Eidgah along with the renovation of the Eidgah in consultation with the people from the diaspora. In order to fulfill that promise, he officially started all the activities including laying the foundation of the new Eidgah construction with his own funding. A festival is created in between. Talking to the local common people, it is said that with the thoughtfulness and funding of Gazi Yunus Ali, today we have converted the old Eidgah into a modern Eidgah. People from all walks of life in the area were present during the inauguration of the construction of the Idgah. Gazi Yunus Ali auspiciously inaugurated the construction of Eidgah through video conference. At this time, he asked for prayers from the residents of his union and assured them of full cooperation in all good works.

Mysterious fire at garment in Manirampur.

Manirampur Representative :

According to local sources, a fire broke out in a garment store called Safia Clothing Store on the east side of Hamida Shopping Complex in Durgapur Ward, Jessore, Manirampur, on Friday 20th January 2023 at approximately 10:40 PM. First seeing the fire in Hamida shopping complex, Md Hazrat Ali, the owner of the neighboring Imran Hotel and Restaurant, informed Safia Begum, the owner of the garments, and a policeman on foot saw the fire and informed the officer in charge of Manirampur police station, Md Maniruzzaman. Immediately, the fire service called the rural electricity office and turned off the electricity. The fire service team reached the spot and managed to put out the fire. Also, the owners of various garments rushed to Hamida complex from far away. He came late. According to sources, the Safia clothing store was almost closed. He kept some of his store’s goods and sold the rest to the owner of Chanchal Garments for Tk 1 lakh 47 thousand and to Md. Hamid, the owner of Smart Fashion and Express, last Thursday. On the afternoon of 19/01/23, he sold goods worth 17 thousand taka, he sold goods worth 40 thousand taka to Atiqur Rahman, the owner of the shop in front. Sufia Begum sold the chair in the shop to the pass shop and removed the battery with electric IPS. According to sources, Reliance Insurance Limited has insured Tk 11 lakh in the name of the shop. And 9 lakh 28 from Janata Bank on 24/12/22. A CC loan of thousands of taka has been taken in the name of the shop. According to Manirampur Fire Service sources, at 10:50 a.m., a call was made from this number 01719266449 and informed that there was a fire at Krishi Bank. The fire service reached the spot at 10:53. The fire was brought under control in 6/7 minutes. It was 11 o’clock at night. Pranab Kumar Biswas, fire service officer of Manirampur police station said, “We were able to bring the fire under control at 11 pm. It is not yet known how the fire started. Subject to investigation, it will be possible to say how the fire started and how much damage was done. However, initially we saw that there were not many goods in the shop. There were some Genji. The shop owners of the pass said that Safia Begum opened the shop 20 to 23 minutes before the fire broke out in the shop. At that time, the garment owners were busy closing the market shop. Garment owners have demanded a thorough investigation of the incident, about 30 garment shops in this market and Bangladesh Krishi Bank on the second floor. If the fire had spread to the entire market, a bank with around 30 shops would have been destroyed. Garment owners demanded a proper investigation into the incident.