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Rights group urges UN Security Council to
impose binding arms embargo on Myanmar
A special lecture on 'Inclusive Education' was held at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of
Dhaka University. Vice-Chancellor of DU Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman presided over the function.
University of Dhaka and Alliance Francaise, Dhaka jointly organized this event. Photo : Courtesy
A Special Lecture on ‘Inclusive
Education’ held at DU
A special lecture on 'Inclusive
Education' was held yesterday at Nabab
Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban
of Dhaka University (DU). Vice-
Chancellor of DU Prof. Dr. Md.
Akhtaruzzaman presided over the
function.University of Dhaka and
Alliance Francaise, Dhaka jointly
organized this event.
President of 'Libraries Without
Boarders' Prof. Dr. Patrick Weil
delivered the lecture on 'Inclusive
Education' while Director of Alliance
FrancaiseMr. Francois Grosjean gave
vote of thanks. Director of DU Institute
of Education and Research (IER) Prof.
Dr. Md. Abdul Halim delivered welcome
speech.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor
Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman stressed
the need for ensuring inclusive
education to achieve Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). Father of
the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh
MujiburRahman had formulated
national education policy for making an
inclusive society, he mentioned.
Bangladesh has made tremendous
progress in achieving target of inclusive
education under the dynamic leadership
of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he
added. He called upon all concerned to
On the occasion of 42nd Home Coming Day of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka Mohanagar Uttar
Juba League organized an extended meeting at Bangabandhu Avenue yesterday. Photo : Courtesy
SC lawyers to get
new building:
SCBA secretary
DHAKA : Supreme Court Bar
Association (SCBA) secretary
Advocate Md Abdun Nur
Dulal said a new building will
be built for the lawyers of the
apex court.
"Chief Justice Hasan Foez
Siddique has visited our office
and given his consent in this
regard," the newly elected
secretary said after assuming
office yesterday.
Dulal said the result of the
recently held election of SCBA
was declared on April 27 and
the new committee took time
of 14 days after that to hold
annual general meeting
(AGM). After the passing of 14
days, today the new
committee assumed office
through AGM.
"We had promised to build
a new building for the
Supreme Court lawyers in our
election manifesto, and we
have already started our work
in this regard. The chief
justice visited our office on
May 11 and exchanged views
with the lawyer leaders there.
He gave his verbal permission
and also visited the place
where the building would be
built," the SCBA secretary
further said.
Reaching urban facilities
to villages stressed
RAJSHAHI : Reaching the
urban facilities to the
villages can be the best way
of substantial and
sustainable reduction of
influx of people to urban
areas from villages.
Many of the rural people
are seen migrating to
urban areas in search of
work, food and shelter as
well as getting a better life
every year. So, utmost
emphasis should be on
ensuring urban amenities
to the villagers collectively
as the present government
under the prudent and
visionary leadership of
Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina is pledged to do the
same.
The observations came at
a daylong regional
workshop styled "Amar
Gram Amar Shohor"
hosted by the Regional
Public Administration
Training Centre (RPATC)
at its conference hall here
today. Around 60 district
and upazila level officials
from different line
departments and other
stakeholders joined the
workshop.
Member Directing Staff
of BPATC, Savar, Abu
Momtaz Saaduddin
Ahmed addressed the
opening ceremony as chief
guest; while another
Member Directing Staff
Baby Rani karmakar spoke
as special guest with
RPATC Deputy Director
Parvez Raihan in the chair.
RPATC Assistant
Director Abdullahel Baki
moderated the discussion,
while Executive Magistrate
Imranul Haque gave an
illustration on the issue
during his keynote
presentation. In his
remarks, Saaduddin
Ahmed urged the
participants to put in their
level best efforts to
supplement the
government endeavor of
reaching the urban
privileges to the rural
people to improve their
work together for ensuring inclusive
education in the country.
Prof. Dr. Patrick Weil emphasized on
ensuring access to education for all
including under privileged and
marginalized communities around the
world.
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more than 50 countries including
Bangladesh.
living and livelihood
conditions.
He told the meeting that
the present government
led by Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina has been
working relentlessly to
uplift the socio-economic
condition of the villagers
through ensuring them
with requisite facilities.
In the workshop, the
participants were
acquainted with Amar
Gram Amar Shohor
besides enabling them to
understand and realize its
importance.
They were also sensitized
and given knowledge to
contribute towards
achieving the main
objectives of Amar Gram
Amar Shohor. In group
discussions, the
participants also devised
ways and means on how to
attain the cherished goal
that will also support the
sustainable development
goals.
DHAKA : The United Nations
Security Council should
urgently convene an open
session on Myanmar and pass
a binding resolution on the
situation in the country,
Fortify Rights said on
Thursday.
A Security Council
resolution on Myanmar
should impose a global arms
embargo on the military, refer
the situation in the country to
the International Criminal
Court, and impose targeted
sanctions, it said. Nine highlevel
representatives from
member states of the
Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) are
scheduled to meet U.S.
President Joe Biden on May
12 and 13 during a special
summit in Washington D.C.,
where the regional bloc's
response to the crisis in
Myanmar will be discussed.
"ASEAN and its consensus
have failed," said Matthew
Quader for
valuing tested
AL leaders
FARIDPUR : Awami League
General Secretary Obaidul
Quader yesterday stressed the
need for valuing the tested
leaders and said the
opportunists would not be
available during any crisis of
the party, reports BSS.
"We have to value the tested
AL leaders as the opportunist
leaders will not be found in
the party during its bad time,"
he told the inaugural session
of Faridpur district Awami
League's triennial council,
joining virtually from his
official residence in Dhaka.
The council was held on
Govt Rajendra College
premises at about 11.30 am.
Quader, also the road
transport and bridges
minister, said those who
siphoned off money abroad,
identified terrorists and
extortionists and drug traders
should not be allowed in the
party.
He said Bangladesh
achieved tremendous
development in the last 13
years under the bold
leadership of Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina.
"But, the BNP leaders do
not see any development or
achievement of the country.
They can see only the
darkness of night in the broad
daylight," the AL general
secretary said.
He said the AL must survive
to protect the country's
democracy, economic
solvency and development.
People should vote for AL
again to keep the party in
power for continuation of the
country's development, he
added.
About the politics of the
BNP, Quader said the
country's people think that
top-to-bottom leaders of the
BNP, including its secretary
general Mirza Fakhrul Islam
Alamgir, should resign from
the party because of their
failures.
Highlighting the progress of
ongoing mega projects, he
said the Padma Multipurpose
Bridge will be inaugurated in
June.
"And then we will think of
constructing the second
Padma bridge at Daulotdia-
Paturia point," he added.
Chaired by president of
Faridpur district AL advocate
Subal Chandra Saha, the
meeting was attended, among
others, by AL presidium
members Kazi Zafarullah, Dr
Abdur Razzaque, Shajahan
Khan, Lt Colonel (rtd) Faruk
Khan, Abdur Rahman and
advocate Jahangir Kabir
Nanak, joint general secretary
AFM Bahauddin Nasim,
organising secretaries Mirza
Azam, BM Mozammel Haque
and SM Kamal Hossain,
publicity and publication
secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan
Golap and secretary of
Faridpur district AL Syed
Masud Hossain.
Smith, Chief Executive Officer
at Fortify Rights, a rights
group which primarily works
to ensure human rights.
"The Security Council has a
responsibility to act. The flow
of arms and money to the
junta must be stopped, and
the Security Council is the key
international body with a
mandate to make that
happen," he said
In April 2021, ASEAN
leaders reached a "Five-Point
Consensus" with the
Myanmar military, aimed at
putting the nation back on a
path to peace following the
February 2021 military coup
d'etat led by Myanmar Senior
General Min Aung Hlaing.
The Myanmar junta has
flouted the agreement while
committing mass atrocity
crimes. The U.K. is the U.N.
Security
Council's
"penholder" on Myanmar and
should table a Chapter VII
resolution mandating an arms
250 students of Green University have been awarded VC and DINS certificates
for achieving meritorious results in academic examinations. The certificate
was awarded for the Spring-2021 semester through an event held
on the online platform Zoom on Wednesday.
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BGMEA urges Aldi to source more
high-end apparel from Bangladesh
DHAKA : The Bangladesh
Government Manufacturers
and Exporters Association
(BGMEA) has called upon
Aldi, a Germany based
international retailer, to
source more diversified
high-end garment products
from the country.
President Faruque Hassan
urged Aldi to strengthen its
partnership
with
Bangladeshi suppliers in
building their capacities in
manufacturing apparel
products that have greater
demand in the international
market.
He made the call when a
delegation of Aldi paid a visit
to him in Dhaka Wednesday.
The delegation included
Denise Hochreiter-
embargo and referral to the
ICC, and President Biden
should use the occasion of the
Special Summit to obtain
ASEAN's support for such a
move, Fortify Rights said.
Chapter VII of the U.N.
Charter enables the Security
Council to take coercive action
with respect to threats to
international peace and
security; Chapter VII
resolutions are binding on all
U.N. member states.
The Myanmar military is
responsible for genocide,
crimes against humanity, and
war crimes and has long
posed a threat to international
peace and security, said the
rights body.
Since launching a coup
d'etat on February 1, 2021, the
Myanmar army and police
have reportedly killed more
than 1,800 people and
detained more than 13,640.
President Biden should also
encourage ASEAN member
Hamberger, managing
director for global sourcing,
Anke Ehlers, managing
director for corporate
responsibility international,
Katharina Wortmann,
director of corporate
responsibility international,
SM Nurul Azam, director of
corporate responsibility, Md
Hasan-Uz-Zaman, senior
manager, corporate
responsibility, Aldi South
Group.
BGMEA Vice-President
Miran Ali and Director
Abdullah Hil Rakib were also
present.
During the meeting,
Faruque said Bangladesh
has earned global
recognition and accolades as
a safe, sustainable and
states to engage the National
Unity Government of
Myanmar, as recommended
by Malaysian Foreign
Minister Saifuddin Abdullah,
said Fortify Rights.
Thailand should be urged to
stop returning refugees to
Myanmar and to authorize
cross-border humanitarian
aid, it said.
The U.S. Government and
ASEAN should also ensure
that humanitarian aid to
Myanmar is not directed
through the military junta,
said Fortify Rights.
"The Myanmar junta is
destabilizing the entire region,
and ASEAN is at risk of losing
all credibility for failing to take
decisive action," said Matthew
Smith.
"All governments have a
responsibility to protect the
people of Myanmar from
mass atrocities and that
includes members of the
Security Council."
No Covid-19 death reported
in 24 hours, 51 new cases
DHAKA : Bangladesh yesterday reported
zero Covid-19 death in the past 24 hours
while it recorded 51 coronavirus positive
cases during the same period.
"Bangladesh reported 0.89 percent Covid-
19 positive cases as 5,736 samples were
tested in the last 24 hours," Directorate
General of Health Services (DGHS) sources
said. During the past 24 hours, the combined
figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka city
and upazilas of the district is 43 while no
Covid-19 death was reported during the
period.
The official tally showed that the virus
killed 29,127 people and infected 19,52,939,
so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 18,98,603 after
another 291 patients were discharged from
the dedicated hospitals during the past one
day.
From the beginning of the pandemic,
97.22 percent Covid-19 patients recovered
among the infected people while 1.49
percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.
Among the 29,127 fatalities, 12,796
occurred in Dhaka division, 5,863 in
Chattogram, 2,142 in Rajshahi, 3,718 in
Khulna, 982 in Barishal, 1,327 in Sylhet,
1,417 in Rangpur and 880 in Mymensingh
divisions.
ethical apparel sourcing hub.
To retain its fame and
competitiveness, the apparel
industry of the country has
given priority to product
diversification, especially to
non-cotton and high-end
product segments, and
innovation in product
development and process
optimisation, he added.
The BGMEA president
also requested the Aldi
delegation to share
encouraging stories of
Bangladesh's garment
industry with relevant
international stakeholders.
Aldi, an international
retailer with over 10,000
stores around the world, has
long been sourcing garments
from Bangladesh.