08-02-2021

MOnDAY, feBrUArY 8, 2021
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On the occasion of Mujib Borhso, a webinar titled 'Bangabandhu's Gender and Development
Thought' was organized by the Department of Women and Gender Studies of Dhaka University on
Sunday. Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Md. Akhtaruzzaman was attached as the chief guest
at the webinar.
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Polytechnic
students blocked
Shahbagh square
on 4 points
movement
DU CORRESPONDENT
Demanding four points
including shortening
syllabus Polytechnic
students have blocked the
Shahbagh square of capital.
Police detained five
polytechnic students during
the agitation by blocking
Shahbagh square and take
them to the custody.
The police asked to leave.
But we did don't obey, they
are removed by charging
with sticks. Police arrested at
least five people at the time.
Among them are Limon and
Jannatul Ferdous who were
leading the movement.
Mizanur Rahman, a student
of the National Institute of
Engineering and
Technology, has confirmed
this matter.
The protest took place at 11
a.m. on Sunday. It was
attended by students from
different educational
institutions across the
country. At this time
Shahbagh became agitated
with the slogans of the
students.
During the protest, the
students said, "Everything in
the country has been
jeopardized in Corona, we
are in great confusion.
Additional fees should be
postponed for this year and
semester fees will be
reduced. Seats in different
technology universities need
to be increased. During this
time they demanded for
auto-pass or shortening the
syllabus.
Earlier, on February 3,
polytechnic students staged
a human chain and
demonstration in front of
district press clubs across
the country demanding
these four points.
55 Supreme Court
judges including CJ
receive COVID-19
vaccine
DHAKA : Chief Justice Syed
Mahmud Hossain and 54
other judges of both
Appellate and High Court
Divisions of the Supreme
Court yesterday received
their first dose of the
COVID-19 vaccine on the
first day of the nationwide
vaccination programme .
"Seven Appellate Division
judges and 48 Judges from
High Court Division
received their vaccines
today," Supreme Court
spokesperson Mohammad
Saifur Rahman told BSS.
Of the judges, Chief
Justice Syed Mahmud
Hossain received the vaccine
at the Shaheed Suhrawardy
Medical College Hospital in
the capital, while the other
54 judges were vaccinated at
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib
Medical University
(BSMMU) Hospital.
Daffodil Education Network
organizes Virtual Admission Fair
The four-day (February 3-6) virtual
admission fair 'Edugate', held for the first
time in Bangladesh, has been ended
successfully on February 6, 2021. Daffodil
Education Network has organized this fair
and it was inaugurated by Dr. Md. Murad
Hasan, MP, State Minister, Ministry of
Information on February 3, 2021. Dr. Md.
Sabur Khan, Chairman, Daffodil Family,
Prof. Dr. SM M Mahbub Ul Haque
Majumder, Acting Vice Chancellor,
Mohammad Nuruzzaman, CEO, Daffodil
Family also attended the program, a press
release said.
Dr. Shaikh Muhammad Allayear, Associate
Professor and Head, Department of
Multimedia & Creative Technology and
Convener of 'Edugate' informed that the fair
was organized to aiming to introduce the
students with inventions and innovative
teaching learning opportunities during
Corona and post-coronary 'neonarmal'
situations. The fair was attended by 31
organizations including branches of 20
educational institutions belonging to the
Daffodil Education Network comprising of
educational institutions of the Daffodil
family. The fair, which was held on a virtual
platform, and held daily from 10 am to 5 pm.
The virtual platform was developed by
Spiralworldbiz.com
Malaysia
andimplemented by Department of
Multimedia and Creative Technology of
Daffodil International University.
The career partner of the fair was Skill.Jobs
and Career Development Center and the
seminar partner was Human Resource
Development Institute (HRDI) and the event
partner was Spiralworld.biz, Malaysia.
During the corona period, the visitors got
opportunity to know the details about
admission process of all educational
institutes of Daffodil Family as well as other
institutes. From the 'Virtual Educate
Admission Fair', visitor has enjoyed all the
facilities and comforts rather than from
attending in physically. On the other hand,
educational institutions have set up virtual
stalls to provide information about their
quality and service to the interested students
through virtual interactions with them. In
addition, various seminars, symposiums,
workshops and plenary sessions also been
held virtually in this admission fair.
Varatia Parishad-Khilgaon thana committee organized a human chain program
demanding free coronavirus vaccine for Varatias.
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40th BCS examinees demand
reevaluation of written test
DHAKA : A group of examinees, appeared in
the written test of 40th Bangladesh Civil
Service (BCS), demanded re-evaluation of
the result as a significant number of students
who passed two or three times in previous
exams, did not pass this time.
"The collapse, we think, must have
occurred due to OMR, overlapping or other
technical mistake because without such a
mistake such collapse is not possible. So, we
want reevaluation of the result immediately",
an examinee, Jobaer Ahmed, told a press
conference at Dhaka University Journalist
Association (DUJA) Sunday afternoon.
From the press conference, the job seekers
also gave a 24-hour ultimatum to the
concerned authority to respond to them and
threatened to go for a hunger strike
otherwise.
"I was astonished and I still cannot believe
that I did not pass the exam whereas I was
expecting a very good result as I did quite
well in the exam and had enough
confidence", said Saidul Khan, an examinee
who was recommended three times for Noncadre
and expecting for cadre this time.
"Same things happened to around one
thousand examinees as some of my close
contacts, who expected 570 or more number
in the test based on their paper and previous
experience, did not even get the pass marks
(450) this time," he added.
Another astonishing thing is that the
Public Service Commission (PSC) evaluated
8,000 exam papers within 10 to 12 days
while they took one year to evaluate 21,000
papers, said Saidul, adding: "We came to
know through some sources that some
Assistant Directors and Deputy Directors
evaluated the papers instead of professors."
Around one hundred job seekers took part
in the press conference.
Earlier, they held a sit in program in front
of Bangladesh Public Service Commission
(PSC) from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Sunday
to press home their demand.
On January 27, PSC published the result
where a total of 10,964 candidates could
manage to obtain the pass marks in the
written test of the 40th BCS.
Twenty thousand and 26 candidates took
part in the written test after passing the
preliminary test held on May 3, 2019,
participated by 3 lakh 26 thousand
candidates while 4 lakh 12 thousand 532
candidates applied for it.
Al Jazeera report is politically
motivated, biased: Editors' Guild
DHAKA : The Editors' Guild of Bangladesh
on Sunday termed the Al Jazeera's
documentary titled "All the Prime
Minister's Men" as an example of "bad
journalism", saying that it violated
journalistic ethics in many ways and was
politically motivated and biased.
"Though the entire documentary was
made centering a family, the title was "All
the Prime Minister's Men," said a
statement signed by Editors' Guild
President Mozammel Babu yesterday.
The Editors' Guild, an association
formed to protect editorial freedom and
promote responsible journalism in the
country, said that the documentary was
titled "All the Prime Minister's Men"
without any evidence mentioning
allegations published earlier by different
media, which is "bad journalism".
The documentary which is politically
motivated and biased can never be an
example of investigative journalism, the
Editors' Guild observed.
"The documentary is based on some
informal talks. No acceptable evidence was
Rezaul urges all
to receive vaccine
without fear
DHAKA : Fisheries and
Livestock Minister SM
Rezaul Karim, MP,
yesterday urged the
countrymen not to being
confused with the negative
publicity, done by various
vested-quarters, over the
COVID-19 vaccine.
"People should not be
confused with the issue of
the COVID-19 vaccine as
these vaccines have been
disseminated to the rural
areas including cities across
the country amid the
pandemic to ensure public
health-safety," he said.
The minister made the call
while exchanging views with
reporters after taking the
first dose of coronavirus
(COVID-19) vaccine at
Sheikh Russel National
Gastroliver Institute and
Hospital in city's Mohakhali
area.
He added that over 120
states across the globe are
still unable to receive these
vaccines but Bangladesh has
been able to receive the
vaccines in the quickest
possible time for the
diplomatic success and
prudent management of
Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina during the crisis on
earth.
Highlighting that some
dishonest individuals are
showing baseless fear about
the vaccine alongside
expressing insecurity about
the unavailability of getting
the vaccine in the right time,
he urged everyone not to
worry about these issues.
He called upon all to avoid
all concerned propaganda
and rumors over the
COVID-19 vaccine and take
the vaccines without any
fear and confusion
maintaining proper health
guidelines as receiving
vaccines is a time-befitting
step in the very recent time.
College student
stabbed dead
by 'friends' at
Savar
SAVAR : A college student
was stabbed to death by his
'friends' allegedly over a love
affair near Bank Colony
mosque at Savar on
Saturday night, reports BSS.
The deceased was
identified as Rohan,17, son
of Abdus Sobhan of
municipality area and a
student of Savar College.
Rohan's cousin Limon
alleged that Rohan had an
affair with a girl who was
often stalked by his friends
and Hridoy, a resident of the
municipality area, gave him
death threat over the matter.
Quoting witnesses, Savar
Model Police station
inspector Al Amin said when
Rohan went to a tea stall in
the area his friends stabbed
him around 9 pm.
presented to prove that," the statement
said.
Millions of Euros, according to the
documentary, were invested in Hungary
and France, but no source of the fund was
shown in that, it said, adding, "There were
only verbal statements about money
transactions to help get government
projects. Al Jazeera could not show any
official statements of the European Union
or countries concerned in support of those
allegations".
The original copy of email threatening
Sami with life was not shown in the
documentary, which made the credibility
of reported threat questionable, the
Editors' Guild pointed out.
The Editors' Guild also questioned the
acceptability of the report as it did not have
statements from the governments of the
countries - Hungary, France and Malaysia
- where the people were shown to have
travelled with forged documents, passports
and laundered money.
The footage shown in the documentary
was captured with hidden camera, which
Cooking Workshop with Professional
Chef Arranged by DPS STS School Dhaka
DPS STS School Dhaka has recently
organized a unique workshop on cooking for
their students and parents. The muchanticipated
online workshopwas titled 'DPS
STS Batter & Bake Workshop with Ms.
Urvashi Jain!'.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19
pandemic, DPS STS has been actively
exploring alternative methods to directlearningin
classrooms so that the growth of
the students remains unhampered. A
plethora of webinars and online workshops,
on various aspects of distant-learning and
self-development, have already improved
the DPS STS students' and guardians'
educational experience. Under the
supervision of certified professional baker
and pastry chef, Ms. Urvashi Jain from
India, thelatest workshop saw enthusiastic
participation of students and parents who
DPS STS School Dhaka has recently organized a unique workshop on
cooking for their students and parents. The much-anticipated online
workshopwas titled 'DPS STS Batter & Bake Workshop with Urvashi
Jain!'.
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Dr Zafrullah receives vaccine, urges all to take
DHAKA : Receiving the vaccine on the first
day of Covid-19 mass vaccination drive,
Gonoshasthya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah
Chowdhury on Sunday urged all to take it
without fear. Dr Zafrullah, also a freedom
fighter, was vaccinated at Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)
around 1:15pm, reports UNB.
Later, talking to reporters, he said, "I'm
fine. There's no reason to get panicked. I urge
the country's people to get vaccinated
whenever your date comes. It's your duty to
receive the vaccine." Zafrullah called upon
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to receive the
vaccine soon to encourage people to follow
suit. "Many people have been vaccinated.
Had the Prime Minister taken the vaccine
should not be done by a standard media
outlet, the Editors' Guild said, adding, "The
documentary goes against journalistic
norms as there were no statements of the
accused shown in it".
"The Editors' Guild thinks that Al
Jazeera's comments-they (accused) were
contacted but could not be reached for
comments-were unacceptable after their
two-year-long investigation," it said.
Purchasing spyware is a government
policy but the documentary showed no
evidence of it being purchased from an
Israeli company, the statement said,
adding that the documentary cunningly
showed a blurred image of supposedly
Israeli officials, saying they did not want to
be named. The statement said, "One of the
interviewees in the hour-long
documentary was punished by a
Bangladeshi court."
The Editors' Guild welcomes any report
or programme that is made based on
evidence. But a motivated report hampers
democracy and journalism as well, the
statement added.
are passionate about the culinary arts. Many
baking tips and tricks, along with a special
cheese cake recipe, were presented to the
attendees during the workshop. The
workshop also came as an occasion for
students and guardians to engross
themselves in more engaging
communications amidst the proximity
restrictions, a press release said
Madhu Wal, Principalof DPS STS School
Dhaka states, "Cooking is one of the most
exciting things to experiment with for the
kids; besides, you have everything you need
to play with right at your kitchen! We are
very glad to see how our students have
enjoyed the workshop thoroughly. It came as
a break for many of them from their long,
monotonous homebound routines. We are
also thankful to Ms. Urvashi Jain for her
warm and vibrant presence all the while".
Every village to be turned
into towns: Palak
NATORE : State Minister for Information and Communication Technologies Zunaid Ahmed
Palak on Sunday said with implementation of the 'Amar Gram Amar Shohor' project, the
government is working to turn villages into towns.
"Through the 'Amar Gram Amar Shohor' project, we will make our villages into cities with
ensuring urban facilities," he told a blanket distribution function here.
He also laid the foundation stone of Khirpota High School building in Singra Upazila.
Palak said the present government has taken up the 'Amar Gram- Amar Shohar' project
aimed at ensuring all urban facilities for rural people to give them a better life.
He said all civic amenities of urban areas would be made available for rural people. The
urban facilities include access to electricity, expansion of trade and business, development of
all modes of communication, pure drinking water, healthcare facilities and coverage of
Internet and technology based communication.
today, the people of the country would have
gotten more confidence in the vaccine," he
observed.
Zafrullah said BNP leaders and activists
also should receive the vaccine since they
have to run here and there in the field. "They
(BNP leaders and activists) have to remain fit
and healthy, if they want to wage a
movement." He, however, said Khaleda Zia
should receive it taking doctors' advice since
she has many health complications and
arthritic problems.
The freedom fighter urged the government
to take necessary steps so that common
people, including rickshaw-pullers,
shopkeepers, domestic helps and daylabourers,
get the vaccine.