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4 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 DT News British PM looks forward to meeting Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina shares a page of the recently released book, ‘Karagarer Rojnamcha,’ the second autobiography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at its launch organised by Bangla Academy in Bangladesh Krishibid Institution at Khamar Bari in Farmgate yesterday BSS • Syed Zainul Abedin British Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed an interest in holding her first official meeting with her Bangladeshi counterpart Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In a letter, May acknowledged the strong and growing relationship between Bangladesh and the United Kingdom. Permanent Under-Secretary at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Sir Simon McDonald confirmed this to reporters after signing a MoU yesterday morning. Simon said: “We are celebrating 45 years of diplomatic relations with our first strategic dialogue which I am very happy to conduct with my honourable opposite number.” The British diplomat with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Foreign Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shahidul Haque, held their first ever strategic dialogue at the Padma State Guest House in Dhaka with a view to strengthening bilateral relations and taking them to the next level. Acknowledging the importance of historic relations with Bangladesh beyond Europe, Simon said the UK wants a better relationship with Bangladesh in the future outside of the EU. When asked about global terrorism, he said: “This is a priority issue for both governments. We work closely.” They discussed preparations for the Commonwealth Summit to be held next year. Various issues were discussed at the meeting, including sustainable development goals, airport security, Rohingya issue, economic cooperation, post-Brexit impacts, security cooperation, and combating militancy and visa issues, according to a foreign ministry source. • 60 British MPs laud country’s progress • Tribune Desk Some 60 members of the British Parliament have lauded Bangladesh’s ongoing development efforts under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said a press statement released by Bangladesh High Commission London yesterday. Bangladesh has made significant progress and they would stand by this South Asian country in its efforts to improve the lives of its people, the MPs said in a March 27 event at the Palace of Westminster’s Terrace Pavilion, stated the press release. UK Awami League’s President Sultan Mahmud Shariff and General Secretary Syed Shazidur Rahman Faruk confirmed that nearly 60 MPs had joined the event to observe Bangladesh’s 47th Independence Day and National Day. Chief guest State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, thanked the British lawmakers for joining the celebration organised by UK Awami League. He said that Bangladesh, “under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has made significant progress in social and economic areas, and is very much on the road to becoming a middle-income country by 2021.” “We need the continued support and assistance of the UK government and private bodies in our journey” to fulfil the goal of Bangladesh becoming Sonar Bangla, he added. Bangladeshi-British MPs Tulip Siddiq, Rupa Huq and Rushna Ali, among others, made brief speeches. Bangladesh High Commissioner to UK Md Nazmul Quaunine also addressed the guests. State Minister Shahriar Alam and the MPs condemned the terrorist acts that have taken place across the globe, especially the attacks in Britain and Bangladesh. Labour Party MP Tulip Siddiq, also Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s granddaughter, said everyone should be alert against acts of terrorism. “Terrorists do not represent Islam or Muslims, but resort to violence to fulfil their own needs,” she said. •
News 5 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 Teachers in lucrative question leak trade • Kamrul Hasan and Sanaul Islam Tipu A nexus of employees from the question paper formulation committee of education boards, the district administration and the Bangladesh Government Press, colluding with school and college teachers, are behind the frequent leaks of SSC and HSC questions. Nine people, including four teachers, were detained yesterday from the Dhaka’s Tejgaon, not many days after the education minister’s allegation that some unscrupulous teachers are behind the crime. The teachers apparently use different social media sites and apps, including closed Facebook groups, to disseminate screen shots of questions before the exams. The four detained teachers are Ashulia’s AM High School and College’s principal Md Mozaffar Hoaasin, its teacher Md Ataqul Islam, Srishty Central School and College’s teacher Md Jahangir Alam and Tongi-based coaching instructor Md Hamidur Rahman. Detective Branch of DMP detained them, in two separate operations, and found several sets of question papers of a number of subjects of last year’s JSC exams and the recently finished SSC exam. The DB members also seized screen shots of rumours of question leak and mobile sets during the raids. DB Joint Commissioner Abdul Baten in a press briefing said the dishonest officials sent screen shots to the teacher Jahangir while the MCQ questions were being delivered to the exam centre from district administration office, an hour before the exam. Later, Jahangir spread the questions through different social networking sites, especially Facebook, WhatsApp and Imo. “They have a closed group in Facebook with around 2,000 candidates, where the questions were posted,” he said, adding, upon receiving the question, a group of teachers solved it and passed on the answers to the deviant students. Principal Mozaffar was helping his clients see the answers before the exams, Baten continued. They charged up to Tk5,000 for each question and collect the money from mobile financial service bKash, Baten said. DT “We are observing three points – the question formulation committee, the government press and the DC office, from where the questions are supplied to exam halls. These people were working in the third point,” he said. Meanwhile, the arrestees were put on a one-day remand each after police filed a case with Tejgaon industrial area police station. Earlier, on March 8, police detained eight people, including a teacher of Kamalapur Sher-e-Bangla Railway High School, for leaking this year’s SSC question.• Like what you’re reading? SUBSCRIBE TODAY Call: 0161-I-WANT-DT (01614926838) | Visit: dhakatribune.com/subscribe Dhaka Tribune TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TODAY Dhaka 33 25 Chittagong 29 24 Rajshahi 35 24 Rangpur 28 22 Khulna 35 25 Barisal 32 25 Sylhet 29 21 Cox’s Bazar 31 24 RAIN LIKELY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 DHAKA TODAY TOMORROW SUN SETS 6:13PM SUN RISES 5:53AM YESTERDAY’S HIGH AND LOW 33.8ºC 20.1ºC Chuadanga Dimla Source: Accuweather/UNB PRAYER TIMES Fajr: 5:30am | Zohr: 1:15pm Asr: 5:00pm | Magrib: 6:20pm Esha: 8:15pm Source: Islamic Foundation
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