20-05-2019

MoNDAy, DHAKA, MAy 20, 2019, JAiSTHA 6, 1426 BS, RAMADAN 14, 1440 HiJRi
Shopping is going on in full swing as families and friends are thronging the city markets to buy their Eid
gifts. The photo was taken from Bashundhara Shopping Mall on Sunday.
Photo: Star Mail
Don't let war criminals
return to power: PM
INTERESTING NEWS
The Diamond Sutra is an ancient
Buddhist sermon that generation of
Buddhists have memorized and chanted
since at least the fifth century. The sutra,
which meditates on the illusory nature of
the material world—the central theme of
Buddhism, was originally written in
Sanskrit in India, from which it was translated
to Chinese in 401 AD. It is said that the
teachings of The Diamond Sutra “cut like a
diamond blade through worldly illusion to
illuminate what is real and everlasting.”
A copy of this original translation, printed
on an 18-feet-long, yellow-dyed scroll of
paper, is housed at the British Library in
London. The last few lines of the text, the
colophon, identifies who printed it, when
and why. It reads: “Reverently made for
universal free distribution by Wang Jie on
DHAKA : Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina on Friday urged all to remain
alert so that anti- liberation forces
and war criminals cannot return to
power, reports UNB.
"We all have to remain alert so that
anti-liberation and war criminals
cannot come to power again to play
with the fate of people," she said.
The Prime Minister said this when
leaders of Awami League and its
associated bodies came to her official
residence Ganobhaban to greet
her marking her Homecoming Day.
On this day, in 1981, then newly
elected Awami League President
Sheikh Hasina returned home from
her exile after the brutal assassination
of Bangabandhu Sheikh
MujiburRahman and his family
members.
Hasina said Awami League had
always engaged in struggle to establish
democracy in the country.
"Because, we believe without
democracy it's not possible for a
country to advance socioeconomically,"
she said.
Hasina thanked the grassroots
Awami League leaders and activists
to keep the organisation alive defying
all sorts of conspiracies and hurdles
to destroy it.
She mentioned that Awami
League is currently the number one
political party in the country.
The Prime Minister said Awai
League gained the trust of people
and that is why they cast their votes
for it in the last parliamentary elections.
"The reason behind this success is
that the party worked for the welfare
of people, for the development of the
country...people realised it properly
and that the most important thing
for a political party," Hasina said.
For a political leader, she said, it is
very much important to gain the
trust and confidence of people.
Hasina, also the Awami League
chief, said it is very much normal for
a political party which is in power to
lose its popularity. "But, Awami
League has gained the confidence
and trust of people while in power."
In the last 10 years, the Prime
Minister said, the government has
taken the country forward socioeconomically,
reduced the poverty rate
and strengthened the national economy.
"Now Bangladesh stands at a
The World’s Oldest Printed Book
behalf of his two parents, 11 May 868.”
The precise date makes this particular
edition of Diamond Sutra the world’s oldest
printed and dated book in existence. The
explicit public domain dedication is also the
first in the history of creative work.
The Diamond Sutra was printed using
woodblock printing—a technique where the
text to be printed is carefully carved as a
relief pattern on a block of wood, and then
stamped on paper or fabric after dipping the
block in a pool of ink.
The scroll comprises of seven panels of
paper, each of which was printed from a single
block and stuck together to create a single
scroll. While individual sheets of woodblock-printed
paper have been found dating
to the early Tang Dynasty (7th century), the
Diamond Sutra is the earliest complete
book to be found intact.
dignified position on the global
stage."
Hasina, who is the party president
for the last 38 years, said she and her
family members have not done anything
during her party presidentship
that may tarnish the country's
image.
"We never worked for our personal
gains, we always worked for the
welfare of the country, we always
think what we've given to people,
what we've done for improving people's
fate," she added.
Hasina said the efforts of Awami
League as a party is to take the country
forward.
Mentioning her 38-year long
tenure as the party president,
Hasina said, "This is too much. Now
time has come for you, too. I'm getting
old as well," she said.
Recalling her Homecoming Day,
Hasina said thousands of people had
gathered at the airport defying
inclement weather on that day.
"I might not have found my
known faces on that day, but I was
overwhelmed by the love and affection
of thousands of people there,"
she said.
No bar on media
reporting on
under-trial
cases: Anisul
DHAKA : Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Anisul Huq yesterday said
there is no bar on media
reporting on under-trial cases
but media shall not publish
personal opinion on cases,
those are stuck.
He came up with the observations
while talking to newsmen
after coming out of meeting
with envoys of
Switzerland, Sweden, the UN
and UNDP at his ministry
office yesterday noon.
When asked about High
Court's recent direction on not
to publish report on undertrial
cases, the minister said, "I
want to tell you clearly, there is
a meaning of expression 'subjudice'.
Sub judice is such a
case which is under-trial but
the trial proceeding is not
going on. Supreme Court has
talked about not to give personal
opinion about that type
of under trial cases, whose
proceeding is not going on."
The minister said he doesn't
think that the apex court has
directed about stopping
reporting on any under trial
cases. "If you start giving opinion
about under-trial cases,
thing that will happen is there
will be a media trial. A kind of
pressure will be created on the
judges, that is why they have
said these. I want to make it
clear, you have to separate the
reporting and expressing personal
opinion," he added.
Govt. redistributes
ministers'
responsibilities in
three ministries
DHAKA : The government
yesterday redistributed the
tasks of ministers and state
ministers in two ministries
and changed the portfolio of
another state minister, a cabinet
division notification said
here.
It said Local Government,
Rural Development and
Cooperatives Minister Md
Tazul Islam would be responsible
for Local Government
Division alone and state minister
of the same ministry
Swapan Bhattacharjee would
look after the tasks of Rural
Development
and
Cooperatives Division.
Post, Telecommunications
and Information Technology
Minister Mustafa Jabbar
would look after the affairs of
Post and Telecommunications
while state minister of the
same ministry Zunaid Ahmed
Palak would be responsible
Information
and
Communication Technology
Division.
State Minister for Health
and Family Welfare Dr Murad
Hasan has been given the
charge of State Minister for
Information.
The notification said, Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina redistributed
the offices of ministers
and state ministers as per
Rules of Business, 1996.
Govt will restrict
import of rice, try
to export: Kamal
DHAKA : Finance
Minister AHM Mustafa
Kamal yesterday said that
the government would
restrict import of rice and
try to export it abroad to give
relief to farmers.
"From the government
we'll restrict import of rice
and we'll definitely take
steps in this regard. Import
of rice can't be banned and it
will not go to the banned
items' list. We'll do that
through fiscal and monetary
measures and I believe our
Prime Minister will actively
consider this," he said.
The Finance Minister said
this when country's
renowned agriculture development
and media personality
Shykh Seraj placed a set
of recommendations before
the Finance Minister at his
ERD office on agriculture
and its sub-sectors for considering
those in the national
budget for Fy20.
He said the government
would have to save the farmers
on the whole as they are
the lifeline of the country
since they supply food to the
countrymen.
Kamal said the country
unusually witnessed huge
food grains production
including paddy in this year
side by side the neighboring
countries also witnessed
huge production. "That's
why there is no such
demand of rice in the neighboring
countries, but we'll
definitely try to go for
export," he said.
Citing that supply of
paddy is now much higher
compared to the demand,
Kamal said for this, the
farmers are not getting their
proper price and in some
cases, they are not getting
the cost of production itself.
The Finance Minister said
that the production of vegetables
in the country has
increased significantly due
to the government's steps to
export vegetables through
giving subsidy and now
Bangladesh has became 4th
in the world in vegetables
production.
He also suggested that the
government export rice
through giving subsidy
Members of Khulna District Detective Police in a drive arrested Khokhon along
with 14 locally made sharp weapons and 30 pieces of yaba tablets from
Terokhada upazila of Khulna on Saturday night. Photo: Titash Chakraborthy
Huge quantity of arms,
ammo and drugs
recovered in Khulna
TITASH CHAKRABORTHy, KHULNA CORRESPONDENT:
Khulna District Detective
Police recovered firearms, bullets,
drugs and large amount of
locally made sharp weapons
from two upazilas of the district
in two separate operations.
Police also arrested Ashraful
Islam Masum (28) and Khokon
Sheikh (40) in this connection.
District Detective Police Officer
In-Charge Inspector Tofail
Ahmed confirmed about the
matter.
On Saturday night, a team
led by Detective Branch
Inspector Tofail Ahmed at the
instructions of Detective
Branch Police Superintendent
SM Shafiullah in a drive
arrested Ashraful Islam
Masum (28) from the north
side of Jugnipasha Westpara
Sardarbari Jame Mosque of
Phultala upazila along with
one pistol, = one round cartridge
and 80 bottles of
phensedyl. Sub-Inspector
Mukta Roy Chowdhury PPM ,
filed a plaintiff in two separate
cases under the Arms and
Narcotics Act against
Ashraful. His house is located
in Abhaynagar upazila of
Jashore district.
On the same day, another
team of District Detective
Police detained Khokon
Sheikh (40) with 14 locally
made sharp weapons and 30
pieces of yaba tablets from his
house in a drive in Naliarchar
area of Terokhada upazila of
the district. In this incident
Deputy Police Inspector
Layekuzzaman filed two cases
against Khokon under the
Arms and Narcotics Act.
Khokon is the son of late
Ranga Mia of Naliarchar village
of the same upazila.
DHAKA : Citi has been
named as the best bank in
Asia by Corporate Treasurer
Magazine, Asia's leading trade
magazine covering corporate
treasury and finance, reports
UNB.
The best bank award was
decided by a poll of over 1,200
corporate treasurers and
CFOs across the Asia Pacific
region arranged by the magazine
and East and Partners,
global specialist business
banking market research and
analysis firm, said a media
release on Sunday.
The poll asked companies
for their primary bank and
their satisfaction with it across
transaction services, including
cash, trade and FX services.
The winner was then determined
by the combined
scores of market share and
this satisfaction rating.
"We were delighted with the
level of engagement in this
adding that steps would be
taken in this regard after
consultation with the Prime
Minister.
Kamal said not only vegetables,
the government
could go for export of those
food grains and items which
would be in excess production
as it will help reduce the
mismatch between demand
and supply and thus the
farmers would get the just
price of their produce.
About the use of agricultural
machinery, the
Finance Minister said massive
awareness has to be created
so that the farmers use
modern agricultural
machinery in their farming
and harvesting which would
ultimately reduce their production
cost and enhance
productivity.
He also spoke of introducing
insurance in the poultry
sector to help protect this
sector from sudden collapse
side by side with reducing
import duty on agricultural
machinery to reach them to
farmers with ease, comfort
and with less cost.
HC declares gazette
on minimum age of
FFs' illegal
DHAKA : The High Court
(HC) yesterday declared illegal
an amended gazette notification
issued determining minimum
age of Freedom Fighters'
(FFs') 12 years six months till
November 30, 1971.
A High Court division bench
comprising Justice Sheikh
Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-
Al-Jalil passed the order, disposing
of a rule issued earlier
in this regard.
The High Court in its order
also declared unconstitutional
the definition of a "valiant
Freedom Fighter" by setting
up an age limit by section 2. 11
of Freedom Fighters' Welfare
Trust Act.
The High Court earlier
issued the rule asking the concerned
authorities to explain
why the amended gazette notification
shall not be declared
beyond legal authority.
The court had asked
Liberation War Affairs
Ministry, its secretary, joint
secretary, power and energy
secretary, finance secretary,
Jatiya Muktijoddha
Command Council director
general and director general of
Department of Geological
Survey to respond.
Citi named as best
bank in Asia
ground breaking original
research by Corporate
Treasurer and East. For Citi,
the award was a significant
milestone marking its journey
in Asia," said the editorial
announcing the award.
"The award is important
recognition from clients that
Citi is delivering on our commitment
to be their most
trusted banking partner. We
would like to thank all our
clients for this trust they place
in us. Underpinning this win
is a team across the region
and I would like to congratulate
them," said Jan Metzger,
Asia Pacific Head of Banking,
Capital Markets Advisory.
In the first quarter of 2019,
Citi Asia Pacific reported a 60
percent rise in net income
quarter on quarter across its
Institutional Clients Group in
Asia, which bank's Asia's leading
corporates and global
MNCs doing business in the
region.
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