18-10-2022

TUesDAy, OCTOBeR 18, 2022
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Dr. Khursheduzzaman (Mishri Mia) Welfare Trust has started a program to provide free procedures/operations
for various eye conditions to roughly 1000 patients in Jamalpur's Islampur
Upazila.
Photo : Courtesy
President, PM pay homage to Sheikh
Russel on his 59th birthday
DHAKA : President M Abdul Hamid and
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday
paid rich tributes to Shaheed Sheikh
Russel, youngest son of Father of Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,
on his 59th birthday to be observed
today.
On the eve of the day, they issued
separate messages recalling the
memories of Shaheed Sheikh Russel with
due respect.
They also prayed for the eternal peace
of the departed soul of Sheikh Russel.
The President, in his message, said
Sheikh Russel, also youngest brother of
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was born
on October 18 in 1964 at the historic
Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi
and the name 'Russel' was given by
Bangabandhu himself.
He said that Sheikh Russel was
assassinated by the killers on August 15
in 1975.
Russel was brutally killed along with
most of his family members including his
father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman when he was a student of class
four of University Laboratory School,
said the head of the state.
Bangabandhu loved children very
much, Abdul Hamid said, adding that
Bangabandhu knew that in order to build
a happy and prosperous 'Sonar Bangla',
the new generation had to be built as
worthy citizens.
For this, it is necessary to flourish their
good qualities from childhood and they
(new generation) have to be nurtured
with the spirit of honesty, patriotism and
devotion, he said.
"On the auspicious occasion of the
birthday of Shaheed Sheikh Russel, the
youngest son of Bangabandhu, I pay my
deep respects to the memory of Russel,"
said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in
her message.
In order to properly highlight the life of
Sheikh Russel before the children,
'Sheikh Russel Day' is observed every
year, she said.
Bangabandhu's favorite author was the
famous philosopher and Nobel Prize
winner author Bertrand Russell and that
is why Bangabandhu and Bangamata
had named their little boy 'Russel', she
added.
"The first picture that comes to mind
when you hear the name Russel is the
playful childhood of a smiling and lively
little child, she said, adding that the
child's eyes were full of joy. A beautiful
face with messy hair filling the head, that
face is filled with love and affection," she
recalled.
His birthday is declared as 'Sheikh
Russel Day' so that every year, children
and teenagers could learn about the life
of the child Russel, she said.
She lauded this year's theme of 'Sheikh
Russel Day' which is 'Sheikh Russel
Nirmalar Protik Duranta Pranbanta
Nirvik'.
The prime minister said August 15 of
1975 is a fateful night as Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu and 18 members of
his family embraced martyrdom by
conspirators, betrayers and antiliberation
elements on that black night.
Tiny Sheikh Russel was not spared by the
killers, she said, adding, "Russel wanted
to live, appealed to the killers for his life,
told them of going to his mother but the
killers, assuring Russel of taking him to
his mother, killed the little boy brutally."
"Sheikh Russel is no more among us
but there is his sacred memory . . . I roam
around searching Russel in every child
and we have to build these children with
the spirit of Russel for building the
golden Bengal as dreamt by father of the
nation Bangabandhu," added the
premier.
Both the president and the prime
minister wished all the success for the
programmes taken for the birthday
celebration of Russel.
'Actor Masum Aziz
a shining star in
our cultural arena':
Shahriar Alam
DHAKA : Expressing deep
grief and sorrow at the death
of Ekushey Padak-winning
actor Masum Aziz, State
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Md Shahriar Alam on
Monday said Aziz was a
shining star of Bangladesh's
cultural arena, reports UNB.
"Actor Masum Aziz was a
shining star of our cultural
arena. He has made a lasting
place in the hearts of the
audience with his multidimensional
acting talent," he
said in a condolence message.
The State Minister said
people will remember his
quality acting for a long time.
"The death of Masum Aziz
caused an irreparable loss to
our cultural arena," he said.
The Minister prayed for the
salvation of the soul of late
Masum Aziz and expressed
his deepest condolences to his
bereaved family members.
Aziz passed away on
Monday afternoon at a
private hospital in the capital.
He was admitted to Square
Hospital with cardiac
problems on October 3 and
put on life support later as his
condition deteriorated on
Thursday morning.
Rosatom celebrates global handwashing
day with schoolchildren at Ishwardi
DHAKA : The Engineering Division of Russia's
Rosatom State Corporation organised a series
of educational events aimed at improving the
safety culture among the schoolchildren in the
Rooppur NPP construction region.
The Engineering Division of Rosatom State
Corporation of Russia is the general designer
and general contractor for the construction of
Rooppur NPP at Ishwardi.
According to a Rosatom press release, the
programme was supported by the Bangladesh
Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) and the
Public Information Centre on Nuclear at
Ishwardi.
As part of the programme, a gala event was
held at the Maniknagar Girls High School on
October 15 to celebrate global handwashing
day. The event under the slogan
"Handwashing is your superpower" was
participated by 535 students from 5 schools of
Ishwardi. The main goal is to show how simple
handwashing with soap and water can
effectively fight numerous diseases.
Before the event started, students of the
Manik Nagar Girls High School organized a
cultural program. The girls presented
traditional Bangladeshi dances, songs, and
recitations of poems among others.
Nina Dementsova, Head of the
Communications Department of
Atomstroyexport (ASE), and Engineer Md.
Ashraful Islam, Site Director of the Rooppur
NPP addressed the schoolchildren.
Dr. Muhammad Hasanuzzaman, a doctor
from the Upazilla Lalpur Medical Complex,
conducted training on disease prevention and
demonstrated the correct hand-washing
technique.Following that, all participants
properly washed their hands with soap in
specially prepared washbasins.
At the end of the event, all schoolchildren
received leaflets with simple, understandable,
and illustrative examples of personal hygiene.
On the next day, a group of students were
taken to the Square Toiletries factory in Pabna
and they practically saw the production
process of personal hygiene materials.
The programme will continue for two weeks
and as a part of the programme personal
hygiene products will be distributed among
low-income families in the Rooppur NPP
construction region.
Freight transport strike
in Sylhet from Oct 31
SYLHET : Sylhet divisional unit of Truck-Pick-up-
Covered van Owners Oikkya Parishad has called
for a 48-hour freight transport strike from October
31 demanding the resumption of stone extraction
from quarries, reports UNB.
Golam Hadi Soyful, convener of Sylhet
divisional unit of Truck-Pick-up-Covered van
Owners Oikkya Parishad and President of Sylhet
District Truck-Pick-up-Covered van Owners
Association, made the announcement at a press
conference held at a city hotel on Monday.
He said that about 15 lakh people are involved in
the stone trade in Sylhet. They are now having a
hard time due to the closure of the quarries for
almost 5 years. On October 16, the Oikya Parishad
submitted a memorandum to Sylhet's divisional
commissioner and district commissioner
demanding the opening of the stone quarries.
SAFA president visits ICMAB
DHAKA : President of South
Asian Federation of
Accountants (SAFA) H M
Henneyake Bandara paid a
courtesy visit to Institute of
Cost and Management
Accountants of Bangladesh
(ICMAB) yesterday.
Md Mamunur Rashid,
President, ICMAB welcomed
the SAFA President at the
institute. The SAFA
President met ICMAB
officials in a meeting, said a
press release.
The President of ICMAB
highlighted the education
and
professional
development initiatives of
ICMAB. SAFA President
appreciated ICMAB's new
curriculum in line with IFAC
guidelines.
He also emphasized on the
mutual professional
collaboration of regional
PAOs in South Asia for
creating professional
synergy in this region.
He assured his best
cooperation regarding
mutual professional
development between SAFA
and CMA Bangladesh. He
emphasized on research and
education of ESG and other
contemporary issues related
to professional development.
Former presidents of
ICMAB Abu Bakar Siddique,
ASM Shaykhul Islam, Vice
President Md Munirul Islam,
Chairman of Dhaka Branch
Council Dr. Syed Abdullah Al
Mamun, Vice-Chairman of
Training Committee Arifur
Rahman Meethu and senior
officials of the Institute were
present in the meeting.
12 hacked to
death in east
DR Congo
BUNIA : Suspected militiamen
hacked 12 people to death with
machetes in a village in eastern
DR Congo, a region plagued by
violence from armed groups for
years, local sources said
Saturday.
The armed men attacked the
village of Masome in Ituri
province on Friday morning,
local civil society leader Gustave
Kakani told AFP.
"The victims were women
and men, cut up with machetes.
Some bodies were decapitated,
others were found tied up. The
victims were subjected to
atrocious torture before being
executed," he added.
A fire incident occurred due to electrical short circuit at Rangpur Divisional Headquarters. Before
the fire spread, the fire service members with the help of the headquarters people were able to douse
the fire quickly.
Photo : TBT
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