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8 SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2017 DT ‘Power, gas prices fixed for sustainable development’ News • Aminur Rahman Rasel ENERGY State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said the prices of electricity and gas are set keeping sustainable development in mind. As electricity and gas are both directly and indirectly linked to all sectors, their prices are fixed considering the purchasing capacity, income and expenditure, and overall situation of the people, he claimed. Currently, the per capita income is around $1600, which will reach the $6,000-mark in a few years if the ongoing trend of growth continues The junior minister made the comments while addressing, as the chief guest, a seminar on Energy Tariff and National Economy organised by the Forum for Energy Reporters Bangladesh at Biduyt Bhaban in Dhaka yesterday. “Currently, the per capita income is around $1600, which will reach the $6,000-mark in a few years if the ongoing trend of growth continues,” he hoped. According to Nasrul, the countrymen will not find it tough to consume gas or electricity at a higher prices as the government has made long-term plans analysing their advantages and inconveniences. In order to keep in line with global market, change in plans is a must, he opined, suggesting the people to be aware of the issue and use alternative energy, which he said would ensure energy security. “Considering all the issues, the government is providing subsidy on energy and power sector for the people. The annual demand of electricity is increasing by 16-20%, causing the change in plans to help meet the growing demand,” he said. The state minister said the government would manage to provide power connection to 100% household consumers by December 2018. Meanwhile, Prof M Tamim, who presented the keynote paper in the seminar, mentioned how electricity and gas prices should be determined and said the gas prices will be tripled in 10 years. Urging the people concerned to be aware of the matter, he underscored the need for increasing manpower and technology in the power and energy sectors. Power Development Board Chairman Khaled Mahmud, Power Cell Director General Mohammad Hossain, Energy Adviser to Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Prof M Shamsul Alam, CPD Research Director Dr Golam Moazzem and Bangladesh Independent Power Producers Association Vice President Imran Karim, among others, addressed at the event. • A boy carries his sister, as he walks on rubble of a house after it was destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, August 11, 2016 REUTERS UN report claims Saudi coalition killed hundreds of children in Yemen • Tribune Desk WORLD The Saudi military coalition – which receives logistical support, weapons and political backing from the US and UK – has been accused of killing hundreds of children in Yemen, according to a confidential UN report. The report, which has yet to be made public and could still be changed, says that 51% of all child deaths and injuries in Yemen last year were the result of the Saudi-led military operation. It says the deaths were “unacceptably high”. Saudi Arabia has insisted it is operating within international law, The Independent reports. “Attacks carried out by air caused over half of all child casualties, with at least 349 killed and 333 injured,” said the report. “The UN was informed of measures taken by the coalition in 2016 to reduce the impact of conflict on children. However, despite these measures, grave violations against children continued at unacceptably high levels in 2016.” Saudi Arabia has always insisted that its operations follow international guidelines. Its UN mission said in a statement there was “no justification whatsoever” for including the coalition’s name on the blacklist. “We trust that the United Nations will make the appropriate decision on this matter, and the positive exchange of information” on the coalition’s activities, the statement said. It declined to comment on the findings in the draft report for 2016. Saudi Arabia is leading a nine-nation coalition in a bombing campaign that started in March 2015 to defeat Iran-allied Houthi insurgents. The US and UK have offered logistical and political support. Support from US, UK Britain has also continued to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia despite mounting worries over civilian deaths, believed to total around 3,000. Last month, a British court ruled that such sales could continue despite humanitarian concerns and rejected an appeal by the Campaign Against Arms Trade to stop them. The role of the UK and US in supporting Riyadh has come under mounting scrutiny as concern about civilian deaths has grown. Reports suggest it will be up to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to decide whether the report, which blamed the Saudi coalition for more than 680 child casualties and three-quarters of the attacks on schools and hospitals, is made public. The Saudi-led coalition had been named on the blacklist last year after the UN report blamed it for 60% of child deaths and injuries in Yemen in 2015 and half the attacks on schools and hospitals. • Meet UK’s first British-Bangladeshi Justice • Tribune Desk FEATURE Akhlaq Ur-Rahman Choudhury has become the first British person of Bangladeshi origin to have been appointed as a Justice of the British High Court. In an official statement on Friday, the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary of UK said: “The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Mr Akhlaq Ur-Rahman Choudhury QC to be a Justice of the High Court with effect from 2 October 2017.” Akhlaq will be addressed as the Honourable Mr Justice Choudhury. The 50-year-old was called to the Bar in 1992 and became a Recorder in 2009. He was appointed Akhlaq Ur-Rahman Choudhury as a Queen’s Counsel in 2015. In 2016, he was appointed as a deputy judge with the High Court. Akhlaq achieved his Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Glasgow University. He is also a Bachelor in Law from University of London. His parents migrated to the UK from Zakiganj, Sylhet in what was then known as East Pakistan. Akhlaq’s father Azizur Rahman Choudhury was the first Bangladeshi to open a restaurant in Scotland located in Aberdeen by the name of “The Bengal.” During the Liberation War, Akhlaq’s father and mother Sultana Choudhury helped raise funds for the war effort and were recognised by General MAG Osmani. •
News 9 SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2017 DT ‘Bangabandhu started protesting injustice during school life’ • Fazlur Rahman Raju EVENTS Recalling the early days of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Professor Abdul Mannan has said the Father of the Nation had been vocal against injustice even when he was merely a schoolboy. The UGC chief, as the guest speaker, was addressing a programme titled “Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib: Ekjon Protibadi Manusher Protikriti” in Dhaka yesterday, which was chaired by eminent historian Professor Muntasir Mamoon. Abdul Mannan said: “Bangabandhu did not wait until his university life to protest any injustice. He had raised his voice during the non-cooperation movement against the British rule, when he was only at school in Tungipara, Gopalganj.” “During his college days in Kolkata, Bangabandhu was actively involved in forming a student organisation,” said Abdul Mannan, adding, aiming to save the lives of innocent people, Bangabandhu also voluntarily worked during the Direct Action Day, on August 16 in 1946, when a massive Muslim-Hindu riot had sparked in Kolkata.” •
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