26-01-2019

NEWS
SATurDAY,
JAnuArY 26, 2019
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DHAKA : A seminar on the prospect of
Bangladesh's IT sector in Japan was
held at Fujitsu Research Institute in
Tokyo on Friday, reports UNB.
Embassy of Bangladesh and Fujitsu
Research Institute jointly organised the
seminar where over100 representatives
from different Japanese companies
took part, said a press release.
Rabab Fatima, the ambassador of
Bangladesh to Japan, presented the
keynote paper on the macroeconomic
development of Bangladesh and
prospects of Bangladesh's IT sector.
She explained the overall
socioeconomic scenario of Bangladesh.
The envoy said the advancement of
Bangladesh is now recognised by the
world. In 2019, Bangladesh was the 41st
largest economy of the world and it is
forecast to be in the 24th position by
2032, said the ambassador.
She informed the audience about the
recent visit to Dhaka of Toshimitsu
Motegi, State Minister for Economic
and Fiscal Policy of Japan. Motegi
emphasised on the cooperation in the
IT sector between Japan and
Bangladesh at the meeting with Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina and visited
several IT companies in Bangladesh,
ambassador added.
She urged the Japanese investors to
invest in the IT sector of Bangladesh
and recruit Bangladeshi skilled IT
professionals.
In a separate presentation, Akito
Takahashi, Director of Japan
International Cooperation Agency
(JICA), explained the JICA
development initiatives in Bangladesh,
including IT cooperation between
Japan and Bangladesh, especially on
the human resources development.
Later, former president of
Bangladesh Association of Software and
Information Services (BASIS)
Mahboob Zaman discussed on the
Bangladesh-Japan IT collaboration.
Besides, Nakatani Hirohisa of Fujitsu
Research Institute pointed out the
diverse IT market of Bangladesh as well
as Asia.
A video documentary showcasing the
development of Bangladesh was
screened at the programme.
The seminar was organised with the
support of United Nations Industrial
Development Organization (UNIDO),
JICA and BASIS.
The programme ended with a
question-answer and business
networking session.
A suspect in four fatal shootings in
Nevada was accused in court Thursday
of being in the U.S. illegally and
possessing weapons and selling jewelry
stolen from some of the dead, reports
UNB.
Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, a
19-year-old immigrant from El
Salvador, appeared before a judge in
Carson City in shackles with a Spanishlanguage
interpreter and a public
defender at his side.
The judge spent more than 25
minutes reading aloud a 36-count
criminal complaint that suggested
property theft as a motive for the
slayings. He set bail at $500,000.
Martinez-Guzman was not charged
with murder and did not enter a plea to
burglary, stolen property and weapon
charges that are punishable by decades
in prison. Authorities in nearby
Douglas and Washoe counties, where
the four victims lived, have said they
plan to file murder charges against him
soon, perhaps as early as Friday.
The Carson City case focuses on
possession and sale of stolen property
and alleges that, because of his
immigration status, Martinez-Guzman
was prohibited from having 12 guns
that were stolen from a couple found
dead Jan. 16 in their south Reno home.
Photo : Star Mail
Seminar on Bangladesh's
IT sector held in Tokyo
Austrian FM
greets Dr
Momen
DHAKA : Austrian Foreign
Minister Karin Kneissl has
congratulated Dr AK Abdul
Momen on his appointment
as the Foreign Minister of
Bangladesh, reports UNB.
Karin Kneissl conveyed the
greetings in a message sent
to Dr Momen, according to
the Finance Ministry here.
"I'm looking forward to
meeting you personally in
the framework of my visit to
Bangladesh next month and
to discussing ways and
means to intensify
cooperation between our
two countries," the Austrian
Foreign Minister said.
"I avail myself of this
opportunity to convey my
best wishes for your health
and personal well-being, as
well as success in the
accomplishment of your
duties," she said.
Karin Kneissl conveyed
the greetings in a message
sent to Dr Momen,
according to the Finance
Ministry here.
"I'm looking forward to
meeting you personally in
the framework of my visit to
Bangladesh next month and
to discussing ways and
means to intensify
cooperation between our
two countries," the Austrian
Foreign Minister said.
Thousands of people were out on the streets
Thursday at several locations in Sudan's
capital, Khartoum, calling on the country's
longtime ruler to step down, according to
videos circulating online. Activists said at
least two protesters were killed and seven
injured, reports UNB.
The demonstrations are the latest in a wave
of unrest that began Dec. 19 across most of
Sudan, first to protest worsening economic
conditions but soon to demand an end to
Omar al-Bashir's 29-year, autocratic rule.
Thursday's demonstrations began in more
than a dozen of the capital's residential
neighborhoods and in at least six cities
across the country, with numbers in each
protest varying from scores to the low
hundreds.
In response, security forces in Khartoum
sealed off main roads to keep protesters on
side streets and used tear gas to disperse
them, said the activists, who spoke on
condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
They chanted "Just leave!" - which is fast
becoming the uprising's definitive slogan
and already is a Twitter hashtag used by
activists - and "Freedom, peace and justice. "
Activists late Thursday said at least two
protesters were killed and seven injured,
including five from gunshot wounds, in
clashes with police.
There was no word from authorities on
Thursday's casualties, but the government
announced that 29 people have been killed
so far in the unrest, five more than the last
tally it gave.
Al-Bashir, who led a 1989 military rule that
Prosecutor Melanie Brantingham
told The Associated Press that she
could not say if any of those guns was
used in the slayings. The weapons
included several shotguns and boltaction
rifles, at least one military-style
weapon and a handgun.
Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said
the rifles and shotguns were found
buried off a road on the edge of the
Ambrose Carson River Natural Area, a
rural spot in the hills overlooking the
state capital city. The handgun was
found in a BMW in which Martinez-
Guzman was arrested Saturday.
"This is not your run-of-the-mill
property crime," Brantingham told the
judge. "Most of the property alleged in
the complaint belonged to homicide
victims."
Even if Martinez-Guzman posts bail,
immigration authorities could take him
into custody pending deportation
proceedings. The judge scheduled a
Feb. 8 hearing to determine if there is
enough evidence to send the case to
trial.
A pawn broker told AP that Martinez-
Guzman used his passport for
identification at the Carson City store
where he is accused of selling jewelry
allegedly stolen from some of the dead.
Martinez-Guzman did not speak
English well, "but there wasn't anything
that just made us say, 'This is odd or
weird,'" said Allen Rowe, owner of
several Northern Nevada Coin stores.
Rowe said routine receipt paperwork
that goes to local sheriffs, along with
store video, led authorities to Martinez-
Guzman last week.
"We had him on camera. We had his
ID. They could pinpoint who he was,"
Rowe said. "Because we do everything
aboveboard, it led to this person being
caught. Had he sold it online or met
someone somewhere else, it could have
gone unreported."
Sudan gripped again by a day
of anti-al-Bashir protests
toppled a freely elected but ineffective
government, has repeatedly said that any
change of leadership could only come
through the ballot box. Already one of the
region's longest serving leaders, he is
expected to run for another term in office
next year.
Thursday's protests came one day after al-
Bashir met in Doha with the ruler of the tiny
but energy-rich Gulf nation of Qatar, likely
looking for financial support. The Sudanese
leader and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al
Thani did not speak to the press after their
meeting and there was no word in the official
Qatari media on what they agreed on to help
al-Bashir ride out the ongoing crisis.
Sudan's official news agency said last
month that Sheikh Tamim promised in a
telephone call with al-Bashir that Qatar will
"provide all that is needed" to help Sudan get
through its crisis. Qatar at the time only
acknowledged the phone call took place.
If Qatar were to help al-Bashir, whose
position is becoming increasingly precarious
after a month of continuing protests, it
would likely in part be to spite Saudi Arabia,
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates who,
together with Bahrain, are boycotting the
Gulf nation for its alleged support of militant
groups and its close ties with non-Arab,
mainly Shiite Iran.
Thursday's demonstrations began in more
than a dozen of the capital's residential
neighborhoods and in at least six cities
across the country, with numbers in each
protest varying from scores to the low
hundreds.
Death toll
reaches 100
in Mexico
pipeline blast
The number of fatalities in
Mexico's tragic pipeline
explosion has climbed to
100, the Mexican Social
Security Institute (IMSS)
said on Thursday, reports
UNB.
The death toll climbed
after four of the injured in
Friday's blast in the central
Mexican town of
Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, died
of their wounds late
Wednesday and early
Thursday.
The victims were being
treated at a specialized
medical unit in central
Mexico State along with a
fifth survivor who is still
receiving treatment there,
while 10 others are
hospitalized at two other
hospitals run by the IMSS.
"In total, the Social
Security Institute continues
to provide medical
treatment to 11 people
injured in the pipeline
explosion," the agency said
in a statement.
Scores of other victims are
receiving treatment at
hospitals in central Mexico,
and several have been taken
to a hospital in the U.S. city
of Galveston, Texas that
specializes in treating burn
victims.
The explosion and an
ensuing blaze occurred at a
pipeline spot in the
community of San
Primitivo in the
municipality
of
Tlahuelilpan on Friday.
According to the local
government, between 600
and 800 people gathered at
the site to collect leaked fuel
with containers when the
explosion took place.
Authorities said that the
pipeline leakage was
illegally tapped by fuel
thieves, a problem that cost
the country some 3 billion
U.S. dollars last year.
Sri Lankans demand
justice for slain, abducted
journalists
Sri Lankan rights activists, lawmakers and
relatives of slain and disappeared journalists
held a vigil over their abductions and
killings, demanding the government
expedite investigations, reports UNB.
Freddie Gamage, an organizer of the vigil
on Thursday, said that despite being in
power for four years, the current
government "has miserably failed to fulfil its
promise to punish those responsible for
attacks on journalists."
President Maithripala Sirisena came into
power in 2015, promising to end a culture of
impunity and ensure justice to the slain
journalists. Under Sirisena's predecessor,
Mahinda Rajapaksa, dozens of journalists
were killed, abducted and tortured. Some
fled the country, fearing for their lives.
In some cases, military officers were
arrested and released on bail.
Gamage said 44 journalists and media
workers were killed between 2006 and 2015,
during the Rajapaksa presidency. According
to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 11
journalists were killed in the same period,
including five who were targeted for murder
and whose cases remain unsolved.
"Investigations have been launched only
into two or three cases, but so far those
probes too have not been concluded and
culprits have not been punished," he said.
"All the other cases of attacks on journalists
have been totally neglected by the
authorities."
Ajith Perera, a lawmaker and government
minister, lamented about the slow-progress
of the investigations on attacks on
journalists.
"None of those responsible for attacks on
media have been punished. The government
should be ashamed," he said.
In the past, the government has said the
investigations are handled by police and that
they will not interfere.
Separately on Thursday, Sandya
Ekneligoda, the wife of abducted journalist
Prageeth Ekneligoda, staged a sit-in protest
in front of the president's office, demanding
his administration bring to justice the
perpetrators responsible for her husband's
disappearance nine years ago on Jan. 24.
Ekneligoda, a journalist and cartoonist,
wrote about corruption and nepotism and
Rajapaksa's leadership of the military
OFFICE OF THE
Barlekha Pourashava, Moulvibazar
campaign against the Tamil Tiger rebels. He
was abducted two days before a 2010
presidential election in which he actively
supported Rajapaksa's rival. Several military
intelligence officials have been arrested in
connection with his disappearance but they
have been bailed out.
Most of the killings and attacks on
journalists took place during Sri Lanka's civil
war, which ended in 2009, after the
government troops defeated the Tamil Tiger
rebels who fought for a separate state for the
ethnic minority Tamils.
Both the government and the rebels were
accused of killing and abducting critics.
President Maithripala Sirisena came into
power in 2015, promising to end a culture of
impunity and ensure justice to the slain
journalists. Under Sirisena's predecessor,
Mahinda Rajapaksa, dozens of journalists
were killed, abducted and tortured. Some
fled the country, fearing for their lives.
In some cases, military officers were
arrested and released on bail.
Gamage said 44 journalists and media
workers were killed between 2006 and 2015,
during the Rajapaksa presidency. According
to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 11
journalists were killed in the same period,
including five who were targeted for murder
and whose cases remain unsolved.
"Investigations have been launched only
into two or three cases, but so far those
probes too have not been concluded and
culprits have not been punished," he said.
"All the other cases of attacks on journalists
have been totally neglected by the
authorities."
Ajith Perera, a lawmaker and government
minister, lamented about the slow-progress
of the investigations on attacks on
journalists. "None of those responsible for
attacks on media have been punished. The
government should be ashamed," he said.
In the past, the government has said the
investigations are handled by police and that
they will not interfere.
Separately on Thursday, Sandya
Ekneligoda, the wife of abducted journalist
Prageeth Ekneligoda, staged a sit-in protest
in front of the president's office, demanding
his administration bring to justice the
perpetrators responsible for her husband's
disappearance nine years ago on Jan. 24.
Memo No: Bar:Pour/Engg./Z/IUIDP-2/2018-19/15 Date : 23.01.2019
e-Tender Notice No: e-GP-01/BARLEKHA/IUIDP-2/2018-2019
Sl.
No.
Tender
ID
Tender Package
Number
Package No & Brief Name
01. 272811 IUIDP-2/BARA/P-1 1. Maintenance & Improvement of Panidhar village
Road by Bituminous Dense Carpeting DC Ch. 0180m
Ch.0181m to 0268m under Barlekha Pourashava
Dist. Moulvibazar. 2. Construction of Murirgul
Village Road by RCC from Rail line to Salu Miah
residence Ch. 0285m under Barlekha Pourashava Dist.
Moulvibazar. 3. Maintenance of Panidhar-Muchagul
road by BC from Panidhar Mr. Soyful Master House
to Muchagul Mr. Iqbal Ali residence Ch.0354m &
Ch-01678 by Bituminous Dense Carpeting under
Barlekha Pourashava Dist Moulvibazar.
02. 272810 IUIDP-2/BARA/P-2 1. Construction & Rehabilitation of Murirgul Village
road by RCC & Bituminous Dense carpeting Ch-
0194m BC Ch-0195m to 0135m RCC CH-0736m to
01100m under Barlekha Pourashava Dist.
Moulvibazar.
03. 272809 IUIDP-2/BARA/P-3 1. Construction & Maintenance of Pakhiala Village
road by RCC & Bituminous Dense Carpeting DC Ch-
0313m & Ch-0314m to 01478 under Barlekha
Pourashava Dist- Moulvibazar.
04. 272808 IUIDP-2/BARA/P-4 1. Construction of Alipur Road by RCC from R&H
road from to Ailapur Mosque Ch-01022.47m under
Barlekha Pourashava Dist. Moulvibazr.
05. 272807 IUIDP-2/BARA/P-5 1. Construction of Mohubond road by RCC from
Kotal Miah House to Sonapur Mosque Ch-0958m
under Barlekha Pourashava Dist. Moulvibazar.
06. 272806 IUIDP-2/BARA/P-6 1. Construction of Balichara Road by RCC from
Dorga Bazar Mosque to Salik Miah House Ch-0640m
under Barlekha Pourashava Dist. Moulvibazar
07. 272805 IUIDP-2/BARA/P-7 1. Construction of 1 Nos. 2.5x2.5m RCC Box Culvert
at Adittarmohal road Ch-05m under Barlekha
Pourashava Dist. Moulvibazar. 2. Construction of 1
Nos. 2.5x2.5m RCC Box Culvert at Alipur road Ch-
06m under Barlekha Pourashava Dist. Moulvibazar. 3.
Construction of 1 Nos. 2.5x2.5m RCC Box Culvert at
Purushuramer Chak road Ch-0200m under Barlekha
Pourashava Dist. Moulvibazr. 4. Construction of 1
Nos. 2.5x2.5m RCC Box Culvert at Muchagul road
Ch-0300m under Barlekha Pourashava Dist.
Moulvibazar. 5. Construction of 1 Nos. 2.5x2.5m RCC
Box Culvert at Adittarmohal road Ch-05m under
Barlekha Pourashava Dist. Moulvibazar.
Last selling
Date & Time
10-Feb-2019
14:00
Closing Date &
Time
11-Feb-2019
13:00
This is an online tender where only e-Tenders will be accepted in e-GP portal and no offline and hard copy will
be accepted. To Submit e-tender please register on in the National e-GP system portal
(http://www.eprocure.gov.bd) is required. Further information and guidelines are available in the National e-GP
System portal and from e-GP helpdesk (helpdesk@eprocure.gov.bd)
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(Md. Kamrul Hasan AE Incharge)
GD-144/19 (10 x 4)
Assistant Engineer