17-11-2021

WEDnESDAY, nOVEMBER 17, 2021
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Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Prof. Gamini Lakshman Peiris met State Minister for Shipping Khalid
Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday.
Photo : Courtesy
Tangail lawmaker
Ekabbar Hossain
passes away
DHAKA : Ekabbar Hossain,
member of parliament from
Tangail-7 constituency,
passed away at a hospital in
city on Tuesday. He was 76,
reports UNB.
Ekabbar, also the president
of Mirzapur upazila unit
Awami League, breathed his
last around 2 pm while
undergoing treatment at
Combined Military Hospital
(CMH), Dhaka, said his son
Barrister Tahrim Hossain
Simanto.
He left behind his wife, one
son, two daughters and a host
of relatives to mourn his
death.
Ekabbar, also a valiant
freedom fighter, returned
from the constituency
winning the four successive
general elections in 2001,
2008, 2014 and 2018.
Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina expressed deep shock
at the demise of the Ekabbar
Hossain.
Rajshahi bids adieu to
Hasan Azizul Huq
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITy : People from all walks of life,
mostly teachers and students, paid their last respects to
short-story writer and novelist Hasan Azizul Huq, who died
on Monday night at the age of 82, reports UNB.
As the Ekushey Padak-winning author's body was brought
to Central Shaheed Minar of Rajshahi University around
12pm, district commissioner Abdul Jalil was among the first
to pay his respect to the departed soul.
Abdul placed floral wreaths on Hasan Azizul's body on
behalf of Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid and Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Teachers and students of different departments as well as
representatives of several social and political organisations
of Rajshahi University also placed floral wreaths on the
body.
Hasan Azizul's 'Namaj-e-Janaja' will be held after zuhr
and he will be laid to rest in the university's central library
garden.
Hasan Azizul breathed his last around 9pm on Monday.
In August, Hasan Azizul was airlifted to Dhaka after he fell
seriously ill. He returned home a few days later. He had agerelated
health issues, heart problems and diabetes.
He was first admitted to National Heart Foundation
Hospital and Research Institute. A 16-member medical
board was formed for his treatment. Later he was shifted to
BSMMU where another medical board of five doctors was
formed.
Four-day rehab fair to begin
from Thursday in Ctg
MUNMUN AHMED, CHATToGRAM CITy CoRRESPoNDENT
The Chittagong Fair of the Real Estate and
Housing Association of Bangladesh
(REHAB) is going to start on Thursday,
November 18 in the port city of Chattogram.
The fair will be held for four days starting
from next Thursday. Abdul Qayyum
Chowdhury, vice chairman of REHAB and
chairman of Chittagong Regional Committee,
told reporters at a press conference on the
occasion of REHAB Fair-2021 at the
auditorium of Chittagong Club on Tuesday.
Kaiyum Chowdhury said, we want to create
a second market in the housing sector. Those
who want to exchange flats for new and better
quality flats can sell their old flats. In this case,
if the transfer fee to the government is 2%, it
will be beneficial for everyone. The demand
of people is increasing day by day,
considering this demand, if we can create a
second market, the country will be more
developed. Breath of relief will come down in
public life. Former Chairman REHAB and
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral
Resources Nasrul Hamid Chowdhury will be
the chief guest at the inaugural function of the
fair. Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation
M Rezaul Karim Chowdhury and Chairman
of Chattogram Development Authority M
Zahirul Alam Chowdhury will be present as
special guests.
15 organizations are participating as cosponsors
of the fair. They are Amin
Mohammad Land Development Limited,
Building Technology and Ideas Ltd. BTI, CA
Property Development Ltd :, Concord Real
Estate and Development Ltd., Epic
Properties Limited, Equity Property
Management Ltd., Finlay Properties Ltd.,
jumairaha Holdings Ltd. Ranks FC
Properties Ltd., Seth Properties Ltd.,
syanamara Properties Limited, cleared
Holdings Limited, implementation Housing
Estate Limited, Berger Paints Bangladesh
Limited and Sem UPVC Limited. A total of 46
companies are participating in REHAB
Chittagong Fair.
A press conference was held in Chattogram on the occasion of holding REHAB fair.
PM to meet
press over
UK-France
visit today
DHAKA : Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina will address a
press conference at 4:00 pm
on Wednesday on the
outcome of her two-week
visit to the United Kingdom
and France, PM's Press
Secretary Ihsanul Karim
said on Tuesday, reports
UNB.
Sheikh Hasina went on the
foreign visit on october 31
and returned home on
November 14.
In the UK the prime
minister attended the 26th
UN Climate Change
Conference of the Parties
(CoP) at Glasgow in
Scotland and Bangladesh
Investment Summit 2021 in
London. During her visit to
France she handed over the
first Unesco-Bangladesh
Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman
International Prize for the
Creative Economy as well as
joined the 75th founding
anniversary event of Unesco
and the Paris Peace Forum
in Paris.
Sheikh Hasina also had
meetings with British Prime
Minister Boris Johnson,
French President
Emmanuel Macron, French
Prime Minister Jean Castex,
French Prime Minister Jean
Castex, Australian Prime
Minister Scott Morrison and
other heads of state or
government.
Besides, she had meetings
with UK's Prince Charles,
First Minister of Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon,
Commonwealth Secretary
General Patricia Scotland,
Bill Gates, as well as other
important dignitaries from
different organisations and
business bodies.
The PM joined three civic
receptions accorded to her
by the Bangladeshi
expatriates living in
Scotland, London and Paris.
Photo : TBT
DCCI signs MoC with IBA
to facilitate research
DHAKA : A Memorandum of Cooperation
(MoC) between the Dhaka Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and Institute
of Business Administration (IBA), University of
Dhaka was signed yesterday at the DCCI.
DCCI President Rizwan Rahman and
Director of IBA Professor Mohammad Abdul
Momen signed the document on behalf of their
respective organisations.
According to the cooperation agreement,
mutually agreed training courses will be
arranged for DCCI. Both DCCI and IBA will
conduct sector-wise business research
activities, job fairs, seminars, workshops, and
business conferences. DCCI will provide
internship opportunities for the students of
IBA, said a press release here.
During the signing ceremony, DCCI
President Rizwan Rahman said that in this era
of rapid industrialization, it is now high time to
bridge the gap between industry and academia.
He also underscored need-based curriculum as
per the demand of industry.
"Skill development is the priority area for the
government as well as for the private sector
SANGSAD BHABAN :
The Public Debt Bill, 2021
was placed in Parliament
on Tuesday to make the
existing law a timebefitting
one, reports UNB.
Finance Minister AHM
Mustafa Kamal placed the
Bill and it was sent to the
respective scrutiny
committee for further
examination. The
Committee was asked to
submit its report within 15
days.
The Public Debt Act 1944
is a very old law, which was
extended on several
occasions.
The Bill said since the
because in order to compete with the global
standard, we must have better skills in every
sector," he added.
Rizwan also called for conducting extensive
research and development works under the
universities so that they can contribute to the
development of nation's economy.
Director of IBA, Prof. Mohammad Abdul
Momen said that there should be greater
collaboration between industry and academia.
He also said that to cope up with the
changing global geo-political and technological
transformation, there is a need to become
competitive in terms of skills and education.
Citing that research facilities of the
universities in Bangladesh are still unexplored
and under-utilized, Prof Momen invited the
private sector to invest for expansion of
university research in the country for the sake
of industry development.
DCCI Senior Vice-President NKA Mobin,
Vice-President Monowar Hossain and
Director Golam Zilani were also present on
the occasion.
'TikTok'
video maker
held in city
DHAKA : Members of Rapid
Action Battalion (Rab) have
arrested a TikTok video
maker from the city's
Mohammadpur area
allegedly for cheating people
using fake identity in social
media platforms, reports
UNB.
The arrestee is Md Abdur
Rakib alias TikTok Raj, 26,
son of late Abdur Rahim of
Naogaon's Niyamatpur.
According to a media
release of Rab
Headquarters, a team of
Rab-2 and Rab-5 arrested
him after conducting a drive
in Mohammadpur area on
Monday.
During the drive, a mobile
phone, seven SIM cards,
memory card, Rab uniform,
fake ID card, whistler, boots
etc. were seized from his
possession.
During primary
interrogation, Tiktok Raj
confessed to his involvement
in various criminal activities
in the virtual world with his
fake identity as a 'member of
law enforcement agency'.
He used to develop illicit
relationship with women
alluring them in social
media platform and realized
money after blackmailing
them, said the press release.
Tiktok Raj, who works as a
security in a hotel in Bogura,
used to threaten them of
circulating their indecent
photos on social media
platforms to realise money
from them. Legal processes
are underway in this regard,
said the release.
A strategic agreement was singed between Trust Axiata Digital Limited and Sonali Bank Ltd yesterday
at a city hotel.
Photo : ISPR
India-Bangladesh can explore
common opportunities: Doraiswami
RANGPUR : Indian High Commissioner
to Bangladesh Vikram K Doraiswami has
said India and Bangladesh can take more
initiatives to explore common
opportunities for better future of the next
generations.
"Both India and Bangladesh are closely
connected through business and
communications, enjoying a very good
tenure of relations and working together
for cooperation, peace, security, progress
and connectivity in the region," he said.
Narrating the shared history of
Bangladesh and India, he discussed the
prevailing huge bilateral opportunities
saying that the two friendly neighbours
might think what they could do in the
Army chief
leaves Dhaka
for UAE
DHAKA : Chief of Army
Staff General S M
Shafiuddin Ahmed left
Dhaka for the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) on a twoday
official visit on Tuesday.
During the visit, the army
chief will join a bilateral
meeting with army chief of
the UAE and discuss on
extending mutual
cooperation, said an ISPR
release.
Besides, General S M
Shafiuddin Ahmed will
witness the International
Dubai Air Show-2021 in
Dubai at the invitation of
Chief of Staff of the UAE
Armed Forces Lt. General
Hamad Mohammed Thani
Al Rumaithi. The army chief
will return home on
November 18.
Public Debt
Bill lands in
Parliament
debt system witnessed a
radical change, the Finance
Division designed the new
law.
According to the
proposed law, the
government will give a
precise guarantee against
the debt taken by the
government from people
that they would get back
the deposited money
anyhow.
next 50 years for their next generations.
Doraiswami was addressing a dinner
reception arranged in his honour by
Rajshahi-based Assistant High
Commissioner of India at Grand Palace
Hotel in the metropolis tonight.
Assistant High Commissioner of India
in Rajshahi Sanjeev Kumar Bhati
delivered the welcome speech.
Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-
1 constituency, Manoranjan Sheel Gopal,
Rangpur Divisional Commissioner Md
Abdul Wahhab Bhuiyan, Rangpur
Metropolitan Police Commissioner
Mohammad Abdul Alim Mahmud,
Mayor of Rangpur Mostafizar Rahman
Mostafa, Deputy Commissioner Md Asib
DHAKA : Bangladesh and Tanzania have
agreed to work with Bangladesh in
agriculture, blue economy and other
economic sectors through establishing
official contacts.
Tanzania has expressed interest to know
about the aquaculture, fisheries sectors,
shipbuilding industry and horticultural
sector of Bangladesh.
They also highlighted the importance of
exchange of business delegations to develop
their trade and economy.
Tanzanian Minister of Livestock and
Fisheries Mashimba Mashauri Ndaki and
Minister of Blue Economy and Fisheries
Abdullah Hussein Kombo met Foreign
Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at the State
Guest House Padma on Monday evening
and discussed the ways of broader
cooperation.
Both the ministers are visiting Dhaka for
participating in the 21st Indian ocean Rim
A new provision was also
incorporated in the draft
law for running a Shariahbased
deposit system
alongside the normal
deposit system.
The public would be
informed about the profits
or interest against their
deposits.
If anyone does not
provide false information
in obtaining the issued
certificates under the
government security and
saving certificate schemes,
he or she would face
maximum six-month
imprisonment, Tk one lakh
fine or both.
Ahsan, President of Rangpur Chamber
Mostafa Sohrab Chowdhury Titu and
high officials were present.
Noted industrialists and business
community leaders and private sector
entrepreneurs, religious leaders of the
Hindu community, representatives of
the print and electronic media and elite
of the city and across Rangpur division
attended the dinner reception.
Indian students studying at Rangpur
Community Medical College and local
students and artists rendered colourful
programs like popular songs, group
dance, Indian classical dance
(Bharatanatyam) and other cultural
events.
Bangladesh, Tanzania keen to work
on blue economy, agriculture
Association (IoRA) Council of Ministers and
related meetings.
Dr Momen narrated the development
march of Bangladesh to the visiting
ministers.
He mentioned that under the visionary
leadership of Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,
Bangladesh had attained remarkable socioeconomic
development.
Dr Momen thanked the Tanzanian
government for supporting Bangladesh
Chairship at Indian ocean Rim Association.
The Foreign Minister said Bangladesh
believes in economic growth and prosperity
for all.
He said Bangladesh has attained
remarkable success in many areas, including
creative economy for which UNESCo has
conferred The UNESCo-Bangladesh
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
International Prize to Bangladesh.