22-10-2021

fRIDAY, OCTOBeR 22, 2021
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On Thursday, S Mizanul Islam, a journalist from Banaripara, receiving the "Mahatma Gandhi Memorial
Medal-2021".
Photo : TBT
Bangladesh stall
inaugurated at
Frankfurt Book Fair
DHAKA : Bangladesh
stall was inaugurated at
the 73rd 'Frankfurt Book
Fair', the world largest
book fair, in Germany.
State Minister for
Cultural Affairs KM
Khalid inaugurated the
stall on Wednesday to
brighten the image of
Bangladesh across the
world, said a press
release.
In his speech, KM
Khalid said it is a matter
of great pride that
Bangladesh
is
participating in the
Frankfurt International
Book Fair on the occasion
of the birth centenary of
Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman and on
the golden jubilee of
independence.
He hoped that this
participation would play
a significant role in
brightening the image of
Bangladesh abroad.
Director of the
Bangladesh Agricultural
Institute Dr Sohela
Akhter, Ekushey Medal
winning German
expatriate poet Nazmun
Nesa Piari, Additional
Secretary of the Ministry
of Culture Affairs Asim
Kumar Dey, Director of
National Library Minar
Mansur and Commercial
Counsellor of the
Bangladesh Embassy in
Berlin Md Saiful Islam,
among others, were
present on the occasion.
Dengue: One
more die, 170
hospitalised
DHAKA : One more died
and 170 patients were
hospitalized with dengue
fever across the country in
24 hours till Thursday
morning, reports UNB
The number of fatalities
from the mosquito-borne
disease this year stood at 84
with the latest death,
according to the Directorate
General of Health Services
(DGHS).
Among the new patients,
139 were undergoing
treatment in Dhaka
hospitals while the
remaining 31 cases were
reported from outside the
division.
Of the deceased, 78 people
died in Dhaka division
alone, two each in
Chattogram and Khulna
divisions and one each in
Rajshahi and Mymensingh
division.
Some 792 patients
diagnosed with dengue are
receiving treatment in the
country as of Thursday
morning.
Of them, 624 patients
are receiving treatment at
different hospitals in the
capital while the
remaining 168 were listed
outside Dhaka.
RU in-person classes resume
RAJSHAHI : Academic activities,
including classes in-person, in Rajshahi
University (RU) began on Thursday after
around 19 months of unexpected closure due
to Covid-19 pandemic situation.
Earlier, the varsity authority opened the
students' dormitories on Sunday last for the
convenience of the students, reports BSS.
With this breakthrough, students have
started entering into their respective
dormitories since the reopening day, getting
back to the normal situation in the campus.
The hall authorities set up hand
sanitization basins at the entrance point for
the students.
Vice-chancellor Prof Golam Sabbir Sattar
accompanied by Pro-vice-chancellors Prof
Chowdhury Jakaria and Prof Sultan-Ul-
Islam went round different classrooms
exchanging pleasantries with the students.
He said they have taken the decision of
cancelling the scheduled summer and winter
vacations of the current year to recoup the
academic losses.
Meanwhile, the public varsity has
launched an inoculation campaign on the
same day aimed at bringing its students
under the first dose and second dose Covid-
19 vaccination amid resuming dormitories
and academic activities.
It has also opened a 24-bed Covid-19
isolation room at the medical centre to deal
with any emergency situation.
Apart from this, the RU authority has
issued ten-point directives after its decision
of resuming academic activities, including
classes.
The directives must be followed by the
students while attending classes and staying
in dormitories.
Taking at least one dose of Covid-19
vaccine for all students has been made
mandatory. Otherwise, none will be allowed
to enter dormitory and classroom, it added.
On Thursday, the new initiative of Dhaka Ahsania Mission Health Sector,
'Mayer Hashi' Healthcare Center was inaugurated at Kamrangirchar in the
capital.
Photo : Courtesy
Macron writes to Hasina over
French photographer
Riboud's exhibition in Dhaka
DHAKA : French President Emmanuel
Macron has expressed his happiness over
the exhibition of photographs taken in
December 1971 by French photographer
Marc Riboud that is taking place at the
Liberation War Museum in Dhaka, reports
UNB.
In a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina, the French President said the
photos soberly illustrate, with great
humanity, the events that led to the
independence of Bangladesh.
Marc Riboud had then spent a month with
the "Mukhti Bahini", the freedom fighters,
and was one of the very first to enter Dhaka,
freed on December 16th 1971, Macron
mentioned.
"These unique pictures show the
admirable courage of Bengali people
defending their freedom, their language,
their culture, responding to the call of the
Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rhaman," the letter reads.
They also witness the interest of France
and French people for a determined nation
and a country full of promises, as Andre
Malraux expressed right after the
declaration of independence, according to
the letter.
"I am pleased in that regard that this
exhibition also contributes to commemorate
the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment
of diplomatic relations between our two
countries that followed very closely the end
of the war, as well as a never disproven
relationship of trust and friendship,"
President Macron mentioned in his letter
addressed to Prime Minister Hasina.
The solo photography exhibition titled
"Bangladesh 1971: Mourning and Morning"
by Marc Riboud began on October 16.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen
and Ambassador of France to Bangladesh
Jean-Marin Schuh joined the inaugural
session of the exhibition.
It is a unique exhibition of never-beforeseen
photographs taken during the
Bangladesh Liberation War.
Fifty photographs are put on display for
the exhibition. This exhibition is being held
on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of
Bangladesh's independence.
Marc Riboud passed away in Paris in 2016
at the age of 93. The majority of his archives
were given to the National Museum of Asian
Arts - Guimet in Paris.
The ongoing exhibition will remain open
to all till November 16. Visiting hours are
Monday through Thursday from 10 am to 5
pm (closed on Sunday).
Badal made MD
of Journalist
Welfare Trust
DHAKA : The government
has appointed Subhash
Chandra Badal as the
managing director (MD) of
Bangladesh Journalist
Welfare Trust (BJWT) on a
two-year contract.
The Public Administration
Ministry on Thursday issued
a gazette notification saying
that Badal would serve in that
position on a two-year
contract.
According to the
notification, he has been
appointed on condition that
he will relinquish his
relationship with other
organisations.
This appointment will be
effective for a period of two
years from the date of joining.
Badal was a special
correspondent and board
member of Bangladesh
Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). He
was attached to the Press
Wing of the Prime Minister's
Office (PMO) from 2008 to
2011 as a correspondent of
BSS. Subhash Chandra Badal
also served BSS as its
correspond in New Delhi
from 2011 to 2016.
Fire at Mugda
General Hospital
under control
DHAKA : Seven people were
injured in a fire on the fifth
floor of Mugda Medical
College Hospital in the city
yesterday.
The fire that broke out at
the hospital was brought
under control around 2.10
pm.
Duty Officer of Fire Service
and Civil Defense
headquarters Lima Khanom
told BSS that on information
around 12:30pm, seven units
of the Fire Service and Civil
Defense rushed to the spot
and started working to douse
the fire.
"The fire came under full
control around 2.10 pm," she
said, adding that the cause of
the fire and extent of the
damage could not be known
immediately. The injured
people were sent to Dhaka
Medical College Hospital for
treatment.
Student stabbed
dead on college
campus in Sylhet
SYLHET : An 18-year-old
college student was hacked to
death allegedly by another
student at South Surma
College in South Surma
upazila in Sylhet on Thursday
noon. The deceased was
identified as Md Ariful islam
Rahat, son of Surman Ali of
Old Tetli area of South Surma
upazila. He was a class XII
student of the college, reports
UNB.
Witnesses said Rahat went
to his college to meet his
friends.
When he was getting out of
the college gate around 12:30
pm Sadi, another student of
the college, appeared there
riding a motorbike and
stabbed him indiscriminately
from behind , leaving him
injured, said victim's cousin
Rafi.
Later, Rahat was rushed to
a nearby hospital where
doctors declared him dead.
Kamrul Hasan Talkudar,
Officer-in-Charge of South
Surma Police Station, said
police are investigating the
incident. No one has been
arrested yet, the OC added.
Covid: 10 more die,
243 test positive
DHAKA : Covid-19 in
Bangladesh claimed ten more
lives and infected another 243
people in 24 hours till Thursday
morning, reports UNB.
The daily-case positivity rate
decreased further to 1.51 per
cent from Wednesday's 1.81 per
cent.
With the fresh numbers, the
Covid fatalities reached 27,801
while the caseload climbed to
1,566,907 in Bangladesh,
according to the Directorate
General of the Health services
(DGHS).
'Week of the Italian Language'
celebrated at DU
'The Week of the Italian
Language' has been
celebrated today October
21, 2021 at the Institute of
Modern Languages (IML)
of Dhaka University (DU)
marking the 700th death
anniversary of Italian
famous poet, writer and
philosopher Dante
Alighieri. The Embassy of
Italy in collaboration with
the IML of DU has
organized a virtual
exhibition and a workshop
on 'Dante 700' to celebrate
the week. Dhaka University
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr.
Md. Akhtaruzzaman
inaugurated the program
as chief guest, a press
release said.
Ambassador of Italy in
Bangladesh Mr. Enrico
Nunziata, Political Attaché
of the Embassy of
Switzerland in Dhaka Mr.
Thomas Baumgartner,
Deputy Head of the
Mission of the Embassy of
Italy in Dhaka Dr. Mattia
Ventura and Prof. of Italian
Language Course of IML
Dr. Stefania Chiapello
addressed the program.
Director of DU Institute of
Modern Languages Prof.
Dr. A. B. M. Razaul Karim
Faquire conducted the
program.
Dhaka University Vice-
Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md.
Akhtaruzzaman urged the
students to learn Italian
Language
for
strengthening academic
and economic relationship
between Bangladesh and
Italy. Terming Dante
Alighieri as the great poet
the VC said, he had
inspired people to make an
inclusive society across the
world. He stressed the
need for enrollment of
more students in Italian
Language course at IML of
DU to gather knowledge
about ancient Italian
civilization.
Italian Ambassador
Enrico Nunziata thanked
the Dhaka University
authorities to extend
support and cooperation
for holding this colorful
program. The relationship
among the people of the
two countries will be
further strengthened
through this program, he
hoped.
'The Week of the Italian Language' has been celebrated on Thursday at the
Institute of Modern Languages of Dhaka University marking the 700th
death anniversary of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Dhaka University Vice-
Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the program as
chief guest.
Photo : Courtesy
SC dismisses convict's review
plea in Arafat killing case
DHAKA : The Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court (SC) yesterday dismissed a
petition filed by the sole convict, pleading to
review its judgement in a case lodged over
the murder of Noakhali madrasa student
Arafat Hossain, reports BSS.
The Appellate Division bench headed by
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed
the order, after holding hearing on a plea
seeking review of the Appellate Division
judgement that upheld the death sentence of
convicted killer Md Zahangir.
Advocates Jainul Abedin and ABM Bayejid
argued for the plea, while Deputy Attorney
General Biswajit Debnath stood for the state.
The apex court on July 8, 2021, upheld the
High Court judgement that maintained the
initial judgement of the lower court,
convicting and sentencing Zahangir to death.
According to the case documents,
Zahangir took Arafat Hossain, 9, a student of
Maijdi Nurani Hafijia Madrasa and son of
Babul Khan of village Gopinathpur under
Sudharam Police Station of Noakhali, to a
nearby graveyard and brutally hacked the
child to death.
Arafat's father filed the case and the police
arrested him soon. Zahangir later gave
confessional statement under section 164,
saying he killed Arafat as he had a long
standing dispute with Arafat's father.
Noakhali District and Sessions Judge
Court on July 28, 2008, convicted and
sentenced Zahangir to death. After holding
hearing on his death reference and jail
appeal, the High Court on November 18,
2013, scraped his plea and upheld Zahangir's
death sentence.
The Khulna branch of Jahan International School has been inaugurated.
Sheikh Belal, nephew of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, inaugurated
the new branch at Gaganbabu Road in Khulna recently. Photo : Courtesy