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A new trust fund titled 'Enayetullah Khan Memorial Trust Fund' has been established at Dhaka
University. Nasreen Zaman, daughter of Late A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan handed over a cheaque for
Tk. 25 lac to DU Treasurer Prof. Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed yesterday at the Vice-Chancellor's Launge to
set up this trust fund. DU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman was present there as chief
guest. Rashed Khan Menon, MP was also present, among others, on this occasion. Photo : Courtesy
‘Enayetullah Khan Memorial
Trust Fund’ established at DU
A new trust fund titled 'Enayetullah
Khan Memorial Trust Fund' has been
established at the Department of Mass
Communication and Journalism of
Dhaka University (DU). Ms. Nasreen
Zaman, daughter of Late A.Z.M.
Enayetullah Khan handed over a
cheaque for Tk. 25 lac to DU Treasurer
Prof. Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed yesterday
at the Vice-Chancellor's Launge to set
up this trust fund. DU Vice-Chancellor
Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman was
present there as chief guest.
Rashed Khan Menon, MP, Registrar
Prabir Kumar Sarker, Dean of the
Faculty of Social Sciences Prof. Dr. Zia
Rahman, Chairman of the
Department of Mass Communication
& Journalism Prof. Dr. Abul Mansur
Ahmed and donor's family member
Abu Saleh Mohammad Shahidullah
Khan were present on this occasion.
Out of the income of this trust fund,
every year one student who will secure
the highest CGPA from the
Department of Mass Communication
and Journalism of DU will be awarded
Gold Medal and some meritorious but
financially challenged students of the
same department will be given
'Enayetullah Khan Memorial Trust
Fund'scholarship.
DU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md.
Akhtaruzzaman thanked Ms. Nasreen
Zaman for her donation to establish
this trust fund. He hoped that the
students of Mass Communication and
Journalism Department would be
highly inspired and benefitted by this
generous initiative.
It may be mentioned that Late
A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan was a
student of DU. He was a renowned
journalist. He died on November 10,
2005.
A Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Dhaka and Noakhali Science and
Technology University was signed yesterday at Prof. Abdul Matin Chowdhury Virtual Classroom of
DU to enhance the quality education and research in the fields of ocean science and technology and
create skilled human resources in this arena. Vice-Chancellor of DU Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman
presided over the function.
Photo : Courtesy
Indictment hearing
in Khaleda’s Gatco
graft case June 5
DHAKA : A court yesterday
set June 5 for holding
hearing on charge framing
against BNP chairperson
Begum Khaleda Zia and 17
others in Gatco graft case.
Judge Ali Hossen of Dhaka
Special Judge Court-3 refixed
the date after filing a
plea by defendant lawyer for
extending time of hearing on
charge framing due to
absence of Begum Zia for her
illness.
On September 2, 2007, the
Anti-Corruption Commission
(ACC) filed the case against
13 people, including Khaleda
and her younger son Arafat
Rahman with Tejgaon Police
Station on charges of
misappropriating around
Taka 1,000 crore while
dealing with Global Agro
Trade (Pvt) Company Ltd
(Gatco).
Next day, Khaleda Zia and
Koko were arrested. The case
was included in the
Emergency Powers Act on
September 18 at the same
year.
On May 13, 2008, the antigraft
body pressed charge
sheets against the BNP chief
and 23 others, inflicting 11 in
the case.
Later, the names of six
accused, including Khaleda's
younger son Arafat Rahman
Koko, were dropped out of
the charge sheet following
their deaths on different
dates.
The other accused are - ex-
BNP Minister M Shamsul
Islam, former State Minister
for Power, Energy and
Mineral Resources AK
Mosharraf Hossen, former
Minister Dr Khondoker
Mosharraf Hossen, former
Chattogram Port Authority
(CPA) Chairman Commodore
Julfikar Ali, Jahanara Akber,
wife of deceased former
Minister Colonel (retd)
Akbar Hossain, and their two
sons-Ismail Hossain Saimon
and AKM Musa Kazal, former
Shipping Secretary Julfikar
Haider Chowdhury, former
CPA Member AK Rashid
Uddin Ahmed, GATCO
Directors Shahjahan M Hasib
and Syed Tanvir Ahmed and
Syed Galib Ahmed, CPA
former Chairman ASM
Shahadat Hossain, former
Port Director (transport) AM
Sanowar Hossain and former
Port Member Lutful Kabir.
Probe into Redwan’s
gunfire in Cumilla
going on: Hasan
RANGPUR :
Information and
Broadcasting Minister
Dr. Hasan Mahmud
yesterday said probe is
going on into the
incident of opening
gunfire by Secretary
General of Liberal
Democratic Party (LDP)
Dr. Redwan Ahmed in
Cumilla.
"The incident should
be probed properly to
find out the reasons
behind opening gunfire
by Redwan Ahmed in
response to throwing a
watermelon in
Chandina upazila of
Cumilla district," he
said.
Dr Hasan, also Joint
General Secretary of the
ruling party Awami
League, made the
remarks while
answering questions
asked by local
journalists on Rangpur
Circuit House premises
yesterday afternoon.
Responding to a
question regarding a
blame of BNP Secretary
General Mirja Fakhrul
Islam Alamgir against
Awami League's hand in
the incident, Hasan said
he (Mirja Fakhrul)
supported the action of
opening gunfire by
Redwan Ahmed.
"Israeli soldiers
generally open gunfire
in response to pelting
brickbats by Palestinian
children, but, Redwan
Ahmed opened gunfire
against pelting
watermelon, not even a
brickbat," he said.
Dr Hasan said, "The
incident should be
probed whether
Redwan Ahmed opened
gunfire at the directions
of Mirja Fakhrul Islam
Alamgir or other leaders
of BNP to find out the
real criminals and take
stern actions against
them."
Later, the minister
attended the triennial
conference of Rangpur
Mohanagar Kotwali
Thana Awami League in
the Town Hall
auditorium in the city.
Gas leakage
explosion
injures four in
Narayanganj
DHAKA : Four members of a
family in Fatullah
Narayanganj suffered burn
injuries after a fire broke out
in their house following a gas
leak explosion early yesterday
morning.
The victims were identified
as Anwar Hossain, 40, his
wife Rozina Akhter, 33, and
sons Roman, 17, and Rohan,
9.
The incident occurred at
around 5am at a tin shed
house in Post Office area near
Fatullah Pilot School, said an
official of Narayanganj Fire
Service and Civil Defence.
The injured were taken to
Sheikh Hasina National
Institute of Burn and Plastic
Surgery (SHNIBPS) Hospital
immediately after the incident
with critical condition, Dhaka
Medical College and Hospital
Police Camp In-charge
Bacchu Mia told BSS.
One killed in city
road accident
DHAKA : An unidentified
person was killed as a
speeding CNG-run autorickshaw
hit his bicycle from
behind in the city's Notun
Bazar 100-feet road under
Bhatara Thana around
9:15am yesterday.
The identity of the deceased
could not be known
immediately.
Being critically injured, he
was first taken to Kurmitola
General Hospital.
Later, he was taken to
Dhaka Medical College and
Hospital (DMCH) as his
condition deteriorated, where
the on-duty doctors declared
him dead.
MoU between
DU and
NSTU signed
A Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU)
between the University of
Dhaka (DU) and Noakhali
Science and Technology
University (NSTU) was
signed yesterday at Prof.
Abdul Matin Chowdhury
Virtual Classroom of DU to
enhance the quality
education and research in
the fields of ocean science
and technology and create
skilled human resources in
this arena. Vice-Chancellor
of DU Prof. Dr. Md.
Akhtaruzzaman presided
over the function.
Treasurer of DU Prof.
Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed and
Pro-Vice Chancellor of
NSTU Prof. Dr.
Mohammad Abdul Baki
signed the MoU on behalf of
their respective university.
Vice-Chancellor of NSTU
Prof. Dr. Md. Didar-ul-
Alam and Pro-Vice
Chancellor (Academic) of
DU Prof. Dr. A S M Maksud
Kamal were, among others,
present on this occasion.
According to the MoU,
Dhaka University and
Noakhali Science and
Technology University will
jointly conduct research on
ocean science and
technology. Besides, the two
universities will share
laboratory facilities and
exchange scientific
equipments. They will also
jointly organize seminars,
workshops, conferences
and training programs.
DU Vice-Chancellor Prof.
Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman
thanked the authorities of
Noakhali Science and
Technology University for
signing the MoU and hoped
that this MoU would play an
effective role to strengthen
education and research on
marine science and create
skilled human resources in
the country. It will also help
in achieving Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs),
he also hoped.
Special allocation in next
budget for disaster-prone
coastal area demanded
Speakers at a press
conference on Tuesday
demanded special allocation
in the ensuing national
budget for next fiscal to face
the natural calamities in the
country's Southwestern
costal areas which are very
vulnerable to climate
change, reports UNB.
They also demanded
declaring Satkhira, Khulna
and Bagerhat districts as
disaster-prone area and
taking necessary measures
to protect the people and
their property from the
strikes of natural calamities.
LEDARS (Local
Environment Development
and Agricultural Research
Society), a non-government
organisation, and
Sundarbans and Coastal
Belt Protection Movement
jointly organised the press
conference at Dhaka
Reporters Unity.
In his presentation,
LEDARS executive director
Mohan Kumar Mandal
called upon the government
to implement the
undertaken government
projects including
construction of sustainable
coastal embankments and
supply of potable water and
taking new projects for the
people of disaster-prone
areas. Coordinator of SCPM
Nikhil Chandra Bhadra
moderated the press
conference while Member
Secretary of Unnayan Dhara
Trust Aminur Rasul Babul,
former president of DRU
Rafiqul Islam Azad, BMA
office secretary Dr. Md.
Shahidullah, SCAN general
secretary Moniruzzaman
Mukul, SKUS chairman
Jasmine Prema, Faith in
Action Program Coordinator
Timon Barai also spoke at
the press conference.
The other demands raised
at the press conference
include seting up adequate
cyclone shelters and
preventive measures in the
coastal areas, ensuring
sustainable and sustainable
solution for coastal potable
water and taking effective
measures to protect the
Sundarbans.
The demands also include
formation of a coastal
development board to look
after the coastal people
facing frequent natural
disasters,
fragile
infrastructure, poverty,
long-term salinity and
endangered agriculture.
The press conference was
informed that Bangladesh
has faced 198 major natural
disasters between 1991 and
2020 due to climate change.
Which has created other
crises including livelihood,
resources, food, water,
shelter of the people of this
country?
LEDARS (Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research
Society), a non-government organisation, and Sundarbans and Coastal
Belt Protection Movement jointly organised a press conference at Dhaka
Reporters Unity.
Photo : Courtesy
Bangladesh sees zero
Covid death for 20th
straight day
DHAKA : Bangladesh
reported 26 Covid cases in
24 hours until Tuesday
morning which took the
total caseload to 1,952,855.
With no new Covid death
reported during this period
for the 20th consecutive
day, the total fatalities from
the pandemic remained
unchanged at 29,127.
The daily test positivity
rate slightly increased to
0.54 per cent from
Monday's 0.40 per cent as
4,745 samples were tested,
according to the
Directorate General of
Health Services (DGHS).
On Monday, the number
of cases was higher as 30
new cases were reported.
The mortality rate
remained unchanged at
1.49 percent. The recovery
rate rose to 97.19 percent
as 265 patients recovered
during this period.
In April, the country
reported only five Covidlinked
deaths and 1,114
new cases, while 14,100
patients recovered from
the disease, according to
the DGHS.
Among the five deaths
during the period, two
were unvaccinated patients
while three were
vaccinated with two doses
of the Covid vaccine.
The country reported its
first zero Covid death in a
single day on November 20
last year, along with 178
cases, since the pandemic
broke out here in March
2020.
On January 28,
Bangladesh logged its
previous highest positivity
rate of 33.37 percent.
The country registered its
highest daily caseload of
16,230 on July 28 last year
and daily fatalities of 264
on August 10 in the same
year.
Bangladesh Embassy in Washington
DC celebrates Mother's Day
DHAKA : Bangladesh
Embassy in Washington DC
celebrated the Mother's Day
on Sunday by paying
profound respect to all
mothers of the world with
particular mention to
Bangamata Sheikh
Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of
Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman, for their
great contributions and
sacrifice for society and the
nation.
On the occasion, a
discussion meeting was
organised at the
Bangabandhu Auditorium of
the Embassy, said a press
release.
Bangladesh Ambassador
to the USA M Shahidul paid
deep homage to Bangamata
Fazilatunnesa Mujib at the
discussion.
He recalled Bangamata's
outstanding contributions
and sacrifice for society and
the nation saying,
"Bangamata was the source
of inspirations for Father of
the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in
the country's all democratic
movements, including
independence struggle."
Admiring the efforts and
sacrifices of the motherkind,
the ambassador also said
that, "Mothers are playing an
important role in building an
enlightened society alongside
their families by forgetting
their all pains and sorrows."
Rokeya Aktar Kakoli, wife
of Minister (Consulate)
Brigadier General
Mohammad Habibur
Rahman, also took part in the
discussion. Later, a
documentary on the life and
works of Bangamata was
screened.