Govt cancels allocation of 700-acre forest land for Mujib Academy

The government has canceled the allocation of 700 acres of forest land previously allotted to the Ministry of Public Administration for establishing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Academy of Public Administration.The cancellation came following the request of Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan to protect the forest land, said a media release of the Environment Ministry.In a letter dated 10 November, signed by Aminur Rahman, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Land, the Cox's Bazar Deputy Commissioner was instructed to take necessary action and submit a report to the ministry on this matter.The 700-acre land, situated in Jhilanja Mouza of Cox's Bazar Sadar,