In Achmita Union of Katiadi Upazila of Kishoreganj, the ancient British-era Shishu Bazar still survives as a witness of time. Although the name is Shishu Bazar, it is actually a milk market. This traditional milk market has been meeting the demand of milk in the region for years.

Every morning buyers meet with wholesalers and retailers at the cow milk market. Here the farmers sell about 6-7 thousand liters of milk every day. Farmers are happy to get cash by selling milk.

Talking to the local elders, it is known that during the British period, the British used to visit the Achmita area. In Hossainpur and Jalalpur of Katiadi there was a blue hut.(Neel Kuthi). Among them, Jalalpur was the largest furnace in Asia. which still exists today. Considering the geographical advantage, the British started living in the present Achmita area by setting up some palaces. There is a legend that Shishu Bazar for milk is required for feeding their young children. Over time comes the Zamindari era. Then they also used to take milk from this market in the morning. This Bazar used to start from the crowing of dawn which is still going on for ages Today it is known as Shishu Bazar to the people of Ashmita.

The farmers who came to the market said that about a thousand farmers of the union raise dairy cows. They produce about 7-8 thousand liters of milk. Medium and small farmers bring milk to the market and sell milk to retailers and wholesalers. 8-10 wholesalers collect milk here.

Going to the market on Tuesday (May 7) morning, it is seen that farmers are bringing fresh milk by bi-cycle, rickshaw and CNG auto rickshaw. Someone is standing with a bottle, pitcher, jug, some brought two liters, some 10 liters, some brought more milk. Tk. 70-80 per liter is being retailed. Again wholesalers are buying milk and pouring it in drums. The sweet smell of milk is spreading in the air. The farmers got the price at the rate of Tk. 60-70 per litre. Most of the customers in the market are sweet sellers. Milk is collected and used to make sweets.

Zamir Uddin (75), a milk seller of Achmita village, said, 'Our fathers and grandfathers used to sell milk here. I have been watching since childhood. I do not know how old this market is. I am bringing three liters of milk. It feels good to sell and get cash.'

Madan Gopal, a buyer from Bajitpur said, 'I have been collecting milk from this market for 30 years. Ancestors also took from here. I bought 70 liters of milk for the sweet shop.

This Bazar runs from dawn to 9 am in Achmita Bazar next to the Katiadi-Kishoreganj regional road.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Muhammad Farooq Khan said that the government will buy 10 more aircraft made by Airbus.

He said this after a meeting with Annie Marie Trevelainn, Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific Region of the UK Department of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, at her office in the Secretariat on Tuesday (May 7).

The minister said that what can be done in the civil aviation sector was the focus of our discussion. They saw our new airport. They understand that there will be a lot of work here. In Europe they make Airbus, we have Boeing. We are also thinking of buying Airbus.

The United Kingdom will also provide technical support to Bangladesh's third terminal, Saidpur Airport, and the tourism sector. In this case, the country will provide modern training to the workers. The aviation minister said that the third terminal will be inaugurated within the next six months.

At that time, Annie Marie said, UK is interested in Bangladesh's aviation and tourism related issues. The country wants to work together with Bangladesh in this regard. The state minister of the Indo-Pacific region of the United Kingdom said that she had a preliminary discussion with the Aviation minister and said that she will also have a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, where the matter will be discussed in detail.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the concerned authorities to take into consideration how much the country's economy will be boosted and how much the locals will benefit if the development project is accepted.

She said, we should first think what will be the result and how much people will benefit after taking up a project by investing huge amount of money. The development of the country should be done in such a way that we increase our capacity and reduce our dependence on others.

The Prime Minister said this while observing the presentation regarding the outline of the activities of the Roads and Highways Directorate in the construction of Smart Bangladesh-2041 at the government residence Ganabhaban on Tuesday (May 7) morning.

After witnessing the outline, the Prime Minister gave necessary directions and asked all concerned to give priority to avoid unnecessary expenditure and speedy completion of the projects.

The Prime Minister said that you have to consider how much the country will develop and how much the people will benefit while taking the project. She said that some infrastructural development has been done quickly and the people of the country are getting the benefits.

The head of government said, they are running the state with one goal. She said that after coming to power in 1996, her government's first priority was to ensure food and nutrition security for the people.

She further said that we have successfully ensured food security by increasing food production through research.

Sheikh Hasina said her government had announced Vision 2021 and successfully implemented it by gaining recognition from developing countries. She said, now our aim is to transform Bangladesh into a developed, prosperous and smart country by 2041. We are working to implement that vision.

At this time Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader and Prinipal Secretary to the Prime Minister Tofazzal Hossain Mia were present. 

# To take the tender, the bribe payment slip has to be submitted to the bank

# Withdrawal of money without working on Haor project

# Construction of houses in Jamalpur with money from contractors

# Abuse, death threats to staff and contractors

Muhammad Mashiur Rahman, Executive Engineer of Public Health Engineering Directorate of Netrakona district. This government office is located in the neighboring Netrakona district. There are allegations against him starting from tender control.

He is also accused of misbehaving with office staff and contractors and threatening to kill them, including embezzling money without working, accepting bribes through banks by promising to get tenders. Along with this, allegations have also been raised that they are building houses in Jamalpur by taking money from contractors. However, Executive Engineer Moshiur Rahman denied these allegations. He claims that someone is plotting against him.

According to the source of the complaint of a complainant, he took Tk. 3 lakh as a bribe through Sonali Bank account of BUET branch for getting tender for repair work of 30 wash blocks in Madan and Khaliajuri upazilas of Netrakona. If he did not work with the money, he attacked him when he asked for the money back. When complaining to the Chief Engineer, Mashiur proudly said, "Do whatever you want, those Chief Engineers can't do anything to me."

He is also accused of building houses in Jamalpur by taking money from contractors including collecting bills for installation of 50 tube wells of Haor project in Kalmakanda and abusing the staff and contractors in inaudible language and threatening to kill them for various reasons.

When asked about the complaint, Netrakona Public Health Executive Engineer Moshiur Rahman told Barta24.com that this complaint is false. I don't even know the person who made the complaint.

The receipt of the money given to your account through the bank is attached in the charge sheet, if you do not know him, then why did a stranger give so much money to your account, he said, this money was deposited by my staff. There is a signature there, that of my accountant. If the contractor had submitted, he would have signed. My accountant's signature was gone.

In response to the question that if your account assistant or your office staff deposited the money, then how the receipt of that money went into the hands of someone else, Moshiur said, "I don't know that." This is my question too because I have that slip too.

In the complaint written by the contractor Haji Abdul Wahab to the Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government, "Complaint regarding Executive Engineer Moshiur Rahman's non-payment of cash (proof attached)", it is said, "This is my submission to you that I am a 3rd-tier contractor in Netrakona district. I participated in small and medium quality work in various government departments including Public Health Engineering Directorate. When talking about the work to Mr. Moshiur Rahman, Executive Engineer of Directorate of Public Health and Engineering, Netrakona, he showed the estimate of 30 wash block repair works in Madan and Khaliajuri upazilas and said, I will give you this work, you prepare, how will you work in the E-GP system. He said I will do the quotation by manual tender. if you want to do the work I have to pay Tk. 3 lakhs, he gave me an account number 4404034166124 of Sonali Bank, BUET branch. Ask him to give the original slip by sending money to that address. As promised, I went to Sonali Bank Netrakona branch on April 3 and deposited the money and submitted the original slip to him and asked him to issue a work order.

In the complaint, Haji Abdul Wahab also wrote, "He (Mashiur) asked to meet on 8th." When I went to him on the 8th, he said that now there is a little problem and he is late for a couple of months. When I asked for my hard earned money back, they attacked me and told me to do whatever they want; those Chief Engineers can't do anything for me. Immediately called the Chief Engineer sir, he hung up. When I spoke to Shafiq Bhai, the contractor, he asked me to file a complaint with the secretary. Shafiq Bhai also said that he has done many irregularities in the Haor project, his close friend is the Engineer of Kalmakanda Upazila and in the same area, he collected the bill without doing the work of installing 50 tube wells of the Haor project in Kalmakanda, I also learned that he is building houses in Jamalpur by taking money from the contractors. He was very ill-tempered, verbally abused office staff and contractors and threatened to kill me, I heard.'

He also said in the complaint, "Netrakona Public Health Engineer Moshiur of Buet was the leader of the Chhatra Dal. Complaining to the office doesn't do anything, so I am forced to appeal to you. I have attached the photocopy of the bank slip of depositing three lakh taka to his own account number as proof. I am making an urgent request to investigate the matter and take necessary measures.

When asked about the complaints, Superintending Engineer of Mymensingh Circle of Public Health Engineering Directorate Md. Abdul Awal told Barta24.com, "I do not know about these complaints. I have not received any complaints. I will look into the matter if there is a complaint.

But I don't think that's the case, he said. Aren't there many evil people? I heard about the bank slip. But that does not mean that he took this money from there. Those who take bribes, I think they don't take bribes through banks.