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NEWS WEDnESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018 2 At the inset, Engineer Khaled Mahmud, Chairman of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) receiving Gold Medal from the Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the 58th Convention of Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB). On March 3, 2018 IEB has recognized Khaled Mahmud's outstanding contribution for the development of Power sector of the country by awarding him the medal. Photo : Courtesy Three fake examinees arrest in Khulna Titash Chakraborthey A team of DB police arrested three fake examinees from the exam center of police recruitment on Tuesday afternoon. They were Md helal (17), Md Rabbanee Gazi (18) and Kamal Hossain (18 ). They are hailed from Dumuria upazila under Khulna district. Officer in Charge of District DB police, Inspector Sikdar Akkas Ali (PPM) confirmed this. Police said, police recruitment examination under the district police was held at Khulna government model school on Tuesday. At 4 pm, district DB arrested 3 fake examinees on the basis of secret news. The detainees informed that Md Helal Son of Abu Taleb at Rudghara village in Dumuria upazila , took part in the exam instead of Md Fazal Under Terokhada upazila in Freedom Fighter quota. At same way, 2 others took part in the exam. In this regard Sub-Inspector of District DB police Md Akidur Rahman filed a case. bvg ms‡kvab Avgvi bvg RvZxq cwiPqc‡Î (AvBwW KvW©) fzjekZ bvwQgv Av³vi †jLv nq| Avgvi mwVK bvg n‡e mxgv Av³vi| hv MZ 27/02/2018Bs Zvwi‡L †dbx †Rjv wmwbqi Rywowkqvj g¨vwR‡÷ªU KZ…©K Gwd‡WwfU Kiv n‡jv| -mxgv Av³vi Bloomberg: Trump will be ‘great’ if he accepts climate deal UNITED NATIONS : The U.N.'s new envoy for climate action, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said Monday that President Donald Trump can become "a great leader" if he changes his mind about global warming and keeps the United States in the Paris climate agreement, reports UNB. The billionaire media mogul expressed hope that Trump will listen to his advisers, look at the data on climate change, and support the 2015 Paris accord aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Bloomberg spoke during a ceremony at which U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave him the new title of U.N. special envoy for climate action, handing him the job of spurring international action to help curb global warming. A longtime activist for clean energy and a green economy, Bloomberg was appointed U.N. special envoy on cities and climate change by then U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon in January 2014. Since then, he has been traveling around the United States and the world campaigning for a reduction in carbon emissions. Guterres announced that Bloomberg will help support a U.N. Climate Summit that he is planning at U.N. headquarters in 2019 to mobilize more ambitious action and start implementing the Paris climate agreement now. Countries agreed in the Paris accord to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and do their best to keep it below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), compared with pre-industrial times. But the agreement starts after 2020 - and at U.N. climate talks in November over 170 countries stressed the importance of implementing ambitious climate actions before 2020. Trump announced last June that he was withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris agreement, fulfilling a campaign pledge to quit the world's chief effort to slow planetary warming. He framed his decision as "a reassertion of America's sovereignty" and argued that the agreement had disadvantaged the U.S. "to the exclusive benefit of other countries," leaving American businesses and taxpayers to absorb the cost. Under terms of the agreement, the U.S. cannot officially pull out until 2020. Bloomberg has urged world leaders not to follow Trump, and has pledged to save the Paris agreement. Last October, for example, his foundation donated $64 million to a Sierra Club program seeking to phase out coalfired power plants and reduce planet-warming carbon emissions. Bloomberg said Monday that his foundation is interested "in spending a lot of money in helping us understand that climate change is real and it's measurable." 5 held over college student murder in Shakharibazar DHAKA : Police arrested five suspected people for their alleged involvement in the murder of a college student during celebration of Holi festival in Shakharibazar area on March 1, reports UNB. Police arrested them from different areas of the city on Monday night, said police. However, the details about the arrestees could not be known immediately. World Dentist Day observed DHAKA :The World Dentist Day was observed in the capital yesterday with a view to raise awareness about oral care, reports BSS. Bangladesh Dental Society (BDS) and Unilever Bangladesh's oral care brand Pepsodent, celebrated the day through various activities in the capital's Krishibid Institute. The celebration came in continuation of a legacy set by BDS and Unilever to stress the need for oral care to build a healthy nation. The day's programme kicked off with a rally in the morning. The day-long programme also featured colorful procession, demo film and advertisement display, view-exchange, and cultural programme. Coast Guard seized Tk. 137 cr. illegal goods in last month TBT RepoRT Bangladesh Coast Guard seized tk. 137.09 crore worth illegal goods including drug, arms in separate drives in last February month, read a press release of the state force. Among seized narcotics, 8,57,102 pieces of contraband yaba tablets worth tk. tk. 32 crore and 85,000, 2,177 bottles of imported wine and bear were mentionable recoveries. Seized illegal arms covered by 8 rounds active ammunition, machete, knife and other local and foreign weapons among other things. Besides, the coast guard seized a large consignment of imported sarees worth tk. 9.50 lakh 59, 700 pairs of earrings worth tk. 5.04 lakh, 2,88,79,000 meters of current net wroth Tk. 101.07 crore. The coast guard also arrested 58 fishermen who caught Jatka fish and shrimp fish fry and were involved with other outside of law activities. The press also read, Sixteen pirates were arrested from Sundarban area and six fishermen were rescued from their limbo. Three heads, rawhide of deer and venison of deer have been recovered from the mangrove area. Sundarganj by-election to be held free and fair: EC Rafiqul Islam GAIBANDHA : Election commissioner (EC) M. Rafiqul Islam yesterday said the by-election in Gaibandha-1 constituency (Sundarganj upazila) would be held on March 13 in a free, fair and transparent manner. "To make the by-election acceptable to all, the Election Commission would work seriously taking the help and assistance of different wings including district administration, district police, BGB, RAB, Ansar, and other intelligence agencies," he said, reports BSS. The EC made the comments while addressing a district level meeting, on the forthcoming by-election in Gaibandha-1 constituency as the chief guest. Election officials, law enforcement agencies and candidates were present at the meeting held at the conference room of District Collectorate Building here on Tuesday noon. Additional secretary of Election Commission Secretariat M. Mokhlesur Rahman, Rangpur divisional commissioner Kazi Hasan Ahmed, deputy inspector general of police, Rangpur range Khandkar Golam Faruk, superintendent of police Mashruqur Rahman Khaled, and regional election officer and also returning officer of the by-election GM Shahatab Uddin were present as special guests. Presided over by deputy commissioner (DC) Gautam Chandra Pal, the function was also addressed, among others, by RAB-13 commander Major Talukdar Nazmus Shakib, district election officer and also assistant retuning officer Mahbubur Rahman, Sundarganj UNO SM Golam Kibria, district commandant of Ansar and VDP Aftekharul Islam, and district correspondent of BSS Sarker M. Shahiduzzaman. Islam said initiatives have been taken in the constituency so that the voters could go to the polling centres easily and cast their votes in a festive mood. Special security measures had also been adopted at the remote areas particularly in the char areas of the constituency to hold the election peacefully like the main land of the upazila, he added. The EC also sought whole hearted cooperation of all the concerned to hold a peaceful and acceptable by-election in the constituency aimed at enhancing the image of the election commission to the country people and international community. Earlier, EC M. Rafiqul Islam talked to the four candidates who are contesting at the by-election from the constituency with patience, and thanked them for the open discussion. A total of 3, 38,556 voters including 1, 64,934 male would cast their votes at 109 centres of all the 15 unions and one pourashava of the upazila on March 13 to elect Member of Parliament from the constituency, sources said. The constituency fell vacant for the second time following the accidental death of Golam Mostafa Ahmed, who was elected MP, from the constituency in the by-polls on March 21, 2017 on Awami ticket. Earlier, the seat was vacant for the first time when ruling party lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton was shot dead by the miscreants at his Shahbaz village home near Bamondanga rail station of Sundarganj upazila on December 31, 2016, sources added. Bangladesh Dental Society and Unilever Bangladesh's oral care brand Pepsodent brought out a rally in the capital city yesterday marking World Dentists Day. 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METRO WEDnESDAY, MArCH 7, 2018 3 Success without morality is not accepted: President DHAKA : President M Abdul Hamid yesterday asked guardians and teachers to be more active to keep the children away from doing any misdeed or immoral activities and ensure quality education to make them well-educated, reports BSS. "Success without morality is not accepted anyway . . . It's our moral responsibility to start each learner's early education on a strong base that would help end the incident of question-paper leak and adoption of unfair means in the examinations," the President said at the inaugural function of the National Primary Education Week-2018 at Osmani Memorial Auditorium here in the afternoon. Referring to recent media reports in this connection where a section of teachers and guardians were found involved, President Hamid said parents want to see the success of their children but success without morality cannot be accepted at all. As the foundation of education is built from the primary school, the President said the teachers can help GD-366/18 (7 x 3) make each child an ideal nationbuilder with their principles and ideals. "The teachers can create leadership quality among the students and give them actual idea about good or bad things which would be helpful for the development of the country and nation," he suggested. Abdul Hamid urged the teachers to become initiators and more committed to nurture patriotism in the students. It is possible to realize the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by transforming country's huge population into human resources by providing them with modern, science-based and realistic education, the President said. Terming the children future of the nation, Abdul Hamid urged the guardians to behave friendly with their children and make them well aware of the healthy competition among themselves. "Children always deserve friendly behaviour from their parents and Dbœq‡bi MYZš¿ †kL nvwmbvi g~jgš¿ physical and mental nurturing is mandatory for the normal growth of a child," the president added. Mentioning different development activities of the present government, he said the education sector has been given top priority for achieving sustainable and balanced development of the country alongside nurturing the spirit of Liberation War, exercising democratic values, flourishing noncommunal thoughts, preserving environment and achieving Vision- 2021 in line with the 'Digital Bangladesh' concept. Earlier, President Hamid distributed awards among the nominated best teachers and winners of the inter-primary school cultural competition in the function. Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman Fijar presided over the programme. Chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on primary and mass education M Motahar Hossain and Secretary Mohammad Asif-Uz- Zaman also spoke. Call to allocate funds in budget for preventing child trafficking Participants at a workshop called upon the government to allocate adequate funds in the national budget for prevention of child trafficking, says a press release. They made the remarks while addressing a workshop at Mohammadpur in the capital on Monday. They drew attention of policymakers for taking opinions of children while making awareness-raising SMS, poster, leaflet and sticker for prevention of human trafficking. Community Participation and Development (CPD), a NGO working for prevention of human trafficking, organized the programme at No. 33 ward commissioner's office. Presided over by Moslema Bari, executive director of CPD, the programme was addressed by Mohammad Alauddin, founder headmaster of Ha-mim Model School, Jamal Hossain, headmaster of Mohammadpur Laboratory High School and Mijanur Rahman, secretary No. 33 ward council. About 35 students from different educational institutions participated in the programme. Center for Ethics Education (CEE), an entity of Dhaka Ahsania Mission organized a roundtable meeting at Ahsanullah University of Science of Technology (AUST) campus yesterday. Photo : TBT JCD leader murdered in Ctg CHITTAGONG : A local Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader was killed in an attack by miscreants at Chandrapur in Hathazari municipality on Monday, reports UNB. The deceased is M Sohel Rana, 24, a member of Hathazari municipality unit JCD and son of Nur Mohammad of the area. Police and witnesses said miscreants tried to swoop on Sohel in the afternoon while he was passing by the Upazila Health Complex area. As he started running to escape the attack, they hurled bricks at him and he collapsed on the ground after being hit. Locals took him to the upazila hospital from where he was shifted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH). However, the JCD leader was declared dead at the CMCH in the evening. Officer-in-charge of Hathazari Police Station Belal Uddin Jahangir said a chase and counter-chase took place between the followers of BNP leaders Wahidul Alam and Mir Nasir Uddin at a programme in the afternoon. "Sohel was killed after being hit by bricks thrown by the supporters of Wahidul," he claimed. Meanwhile, central JCD blamed Bangladesh Chhatra League for the incident. In a statement, acting JCD President Mamunur Rashid Mamun and acting General Secretary M Asaduzzaman Asad alleged that a group of 25-30 BCL men hacked Sohel to death. Help rural women come forward-Chumki DHAKA : State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroj Chumki on Tuesday said everyone has to work to bring the rural women who are lag behind forward for attaining further economic and social progresses, reports UNB. 'The country has achieved a significant progress in the field of women empowerment but we need to work for the development and advancement of our rural women who are lag behind' she said while addressing a human chain programme formed in front of the National Press Club in the city. The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Department of Women Affairs, many other Non- Government Organisations (NGOs) and women platforms jointly formed the human chain on the occasion of the International Women's Day to be observed on March 8. The theme of this year's Women Day is 'Somy ekhon narir; Unnoyone tara, Bodle jasche grame-shohore karmo jibon dhara'. Chumki also said this year they will put special concentration on advancement of rural women. The secretary of the ministry, Nasima Begum, NDC, said, "I urge the male part of the society to be respectful towards the female and help them come forward." Many others, including Joyeeta Foundation managing director Md Asraf Hossain, women leaders from different NGOs addressed the human chain. Woman dies ‘falling’ off city drug rehab centre DHAKA : A woman died as she reportedly fell from the 4th floor of a drug rehabilitation centre at Uttara Sector-12 in the city early Monday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Parvin Runa, 50, daughter of late Abdul Jabbar of Barchar village in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi district. Sub-inspector of Uttara West Police Station Aminul Kabir said Runa fell off the building while trying to escape from 'Nabajagoron Drug Rehabilitation Centre' around 1:15am climbing down it using a piece of cloth. Police recovered the body around 2:30am and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for autopsy, he said. According to family sources, Runa, who was a drug addict, had been undergoing treatment at the rehab centre since February 10 last. Ethics education needs to be started from Primary Level Ethics education needs to be started from primary school. At the same time, primary school teachers must practice ethics. Speakers said this at a roundtable discussion titled "Quality Education and Ethics for Sustainable Development Goal" held at capital's Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology on Tuesday, a press release said. The speakers said, moral education is being tactically removed from the textbooks while work-oriented and practical education is given priority. Not only that, instead of unity; disparity is being created among students in the name of religious education. Speakers also said, national psychology has not been formulated in our country. As a result, disparity in education, in some cases, are creating unethical issues in students. Moreover, speakers also emphasized on establishing rule of law for ethics education. Former Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University, Prof Dr. A.A.M.S Arefin Siddique, Vice-Chancellor of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology Professor Dr. AMM Shafiullah, Green University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr. Golam Samdani Fakir, Educationist and Writer Professor Murshed Shafiul Hasan, Director of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Professor Sarker Abdul Mannan, Professor of Psychiatry of BSMMU, Salahuddin Kausar Biplab and prominent persons were present in the roundtable discussion. Dbœq‡bi MYZš¿ †kL nvwmbvi g~jgš¿ Dbœq‡bi MYZš¿ †kL nvwmbvi g~jgš¿ GD-362/18 (7 x 4) GD-363/18 (7 x 4)
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