04-11-2022

FRIdAy, NoveMBeR 4, 2022
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Raujan (Chittagong): A joyous procession on the occasion of Planning Student Convention-2022 for
the first time in the country.
Photo: Gazi Joynal Abedin
CUET holds Planning Student
Convention-2022
GAzI JoyNAL ABedIN, RAozAN CoRReSPoNdeNT:
The 2-day Planning Student
Convention-2022 has started at
Chattogram University of Engineering
and Technology (CUET) for the first
time in the country with the
participation of 7 public universities.
On November 3 in the Central
Auditorium of the University the
convention was held in a joint initiative
of the Department of Urban and
Regional Planning (URP) of CUET and
Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP).
The chief guest at the opening
ceremony of the convention was the
vice chancellor of CUET Mohammad
Rafiqul Alam.
He said, "There is no alternative to
sustainable development planning in a
densely populated country like
Free eye camp
held in Debiganj
PANCHAGARH: A daylong
free eye camp was held
on the premises of Green
Residential Model School
and College in Debiganj
upazila of the district
yesterday, reports BSS.
Debiganj Upazila Parishad
and Dinajpur Gousil Azom
BNSB Eye Hospital have
jointly organized the eye
camp with the help of
Andheri Hilfe Bonn
(Germany).
Upazila Nirbahi Officer
(UNO) of Debiganj Md.
Golam Ferdous inaugurated
the eye camp as the chief
guest.
Municipality Mayor Abu
Bakkar Siddik, Eye camp
arrangement committee
member and panel
chairman of upazila
parishad Babul Hussein
Sarker were present.
About 500 hundred poor
eye patient were given free
eye treatment after
examining their eye. Of
them, 80 poor patients
underwent cataract
operation.
A total of seven doctors led
by Dr Fahomida Nasmin
conducted the camp.
Jail killing Day
observed in Jamalpur
JAMALPUR: Jail Killing
Day was observed in the
district in a befitting manner
yesterday, reports BSS.
On November 3 in 1975,
four national leaders and
heroes of the country's
Liberation War -- Syed
Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin
Ahmad, Captain Mansur Ali
and AHM Quamruzzaman--
were assassinated inside the
Dhaka Central Jail.
District Awami League
took out various
programmes including
hoisting flags, placing floral
wreaths and discussion
meeting to mark the day.
The Awami League hoisted
national, party and black flags
at half-mast on the party
office premises in Bakultola
area in the town.
It was followed by paying
homage by placing wreaths at
the portrait of Bangabandhu
and four leaders.
Bangladesh. Without sustainable and
innovative planning, no development
will be successful. In the current reality,
that development must also be
environmentally friendly. Bangladesh
is now moving from Digital Bangladesh
to Smart Bangladesh. Our universities
are working towards the
implementation of Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina's vision "Village will be a
city". Our young planners need to focus
on research and innovation."
President of Bangladesh Institute of
Planners (BIP) Mohammad Fazle Reza
Sumon presided over and URP
Assistant Professor ATM Shahjahan
moderated the convention where
Commodore Mohammad Nurul
Abshar (NGP, NDC, PSC), Chairman of
Cox's Bazar Development Authority
(NGP, NDC, PSC), Dean of
Architecture and Planning Faculty of
CUET Dr. Mohammad Kamrul Hasan,
convening planner of the convention
organizing committee, Prof. Dr. M.
Shafiq-ur-Rahman were present as
special guests.
CUET City and Regional Planning
Department Head Professor Dr.
Muhammad Rashidul Hasan gave
welcome speech.
Prior to the seminar at 9:30 am, the
opening day was heralded by the flying
of the dove as a symbol of peace and a
joyous rally in front of the
administrative building of CUET. The
rally proceeded from the
Administration Building to the Civil
Engineering Building and ended at the
URP Building. Students, teachers and
officials of different universities along
with invited guests participated in it.
The court ordered life imprisonment to 5 defendants in the three rape
cases in Sunamganj.
Photo: AK Milon
5 people sentenced to life
imprisonment in Sunamganj
AK MILoN, SUNAMGANJ CoRReSPoNdeNT:
The court ordered life imprisonment to 5
defendants in the three rape cases in
Sunamganj. Judge Zakir Hossain of
Sunamganj Women and Children Torture
Prevention Tribunal gave this verdict on
Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, in 2012,
the court sentenced 4 people to life
imprisonment in the sensational case of
mass rape in the shrine area of "Shah Arefin
Shah" in Tahirpur of the district and
spreading the video on the Internet. Besides,
Judge Zakir Hossain ordered life
imprisonment to another person in the case
of kidnapping and raping a girl child in
Chhatak. Meanwhile, the court sentenced
the bus driver Shaheed to 5 years
imprisonment for saving the life of the girl
after jumping from the bus during the
attempted rape of a college girl in a moving
bus in Dirai. Lawyers for the defendants
claimed that the verdict was unfair. Nantu
Roy, the public prosecutor of the Women
and Child Abuse Prevention Tribunal, said
they were happy with the verdict.
In Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj, the second RAMSAR site and protected
wetland known as Mother Fisheries, Tanguar Haor, banned konazal and
China duari nets worth about 10 lakh 10 thousand taka was seized by the
mobile court in the operation.
Photo: Jahangir Alom Bhuiya
Tributes paid to
four slain national
leaders in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI: People of all
walks of life including
different political parties,
educational institutions,
corporate bodies and sociocultural
organizations here
today paid glowing tributes
to the four slain national
leaders on the occasion of
the Jail Killing Day, reports
BSS.
Marking the day, huge
wreaths were placed on the
grave of Shaheed AHM
Kamaruzzaman, one of the
four national leaders, in
city's Kadirganj family
graveyard besides
garlanding of portraits of
Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman and four
national leaders at Awami
League's party office.
Rajshahi City Corporation
(RCC) observed the Jail
Killing Day paying rich
tribute to the four national
leaders, assassinated inside
the Dhaka Central Jail on
this day in 1975.
Several mourning rallies
were brought out and
marched toward the grave of
Shaheed
AHM
Kamaruzzaman to pay
homage to the national
leader.
City Mayor and Presidium
Member of Bangladesh
Awami League AHM
Khairuzzaman Liton, eldest
son of Shaheed AHM
Kamaruzzaman, along with
his office colleagues and
employees placed wreaths
on the grave and offered
prayers there.
A blood donation
programme was also held at
the city bhaban premises
followed by a discussion and
doa mahfil.
After Zuhr prayers, milad
and doa mahfil was held at
Sonamasjid Jame Mosque
and city bhaban wakita
mosque and other ward level
mosques.
City and district units of
Bangladesh Awami League
and its associate bodies
observed the day through
various programmes and
paid rich homage to the
martyred.
BNP leaders
gathering in Barishal
for upcoming rally
Md SHAH JALAL, BARISHAL
CoRReSPoNdeNT:
On the occasion of the
November 5 rally of BNP in
Barishal, BNP workers have
started coming to Barishal
from other districts of
Barishal through different
means, especially since
Bhola area of Barishal
division is a riverside area,
many leaders and activists
are coming to Barishal by
road by boat. On the other
hand, construction of stage
is going on in a part of
Bangabandhu Udyan. And
all the work is supervised by
the activists. The work of
installing banners, festoons,
panaflux on the surrounding
roads including the rally
ground is going on in full
swing. The central leaders
say that there will be no
benefit by stopping the
transport; the activists have
already taken up their
position in Barishal city.
Along with that, if
necessary, the leaders and
activists will come by seatrawlers
and bicycles on the
road, and if there is a
problem with that, they will
come on foot. BNP leaders
said that after getting the
permission for the rally, they
started the ground
preparation work by visiting
the rally venue on Tuesday.
The work of preparing the
BNP stage at the rally venue
started from Wednesday
afternoon. And BNP leaders
are taking care of these
works from present.
Besides, preparatory
meetings are being held at
the gathering place from
time to time. Leaders and
activists are traveling there
from different places on
motorcycles and on foot.
BU observes Jail killing day
On the occasion of Jail killing day, a
discussion meeting has been organized
under the initiative of Barishal University
Teachers Association. The discussion
meeting was held on November 3, 2022 in
the Kirtankhola auditorium of the university.
The chief guest was the Vice-Chancellor of
Barishal University, Professor Dr. Md.
Sadequl Arefin.
President of the Barishal University
Teachers Association and Associate
Professor of the Marketing Department Md.
Abdul Qayyum chaired the meeting and
Treasurer of Barishal University
Mohammad Badruzzaman Bhuiyan and
Dean of Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Professor Dr. Mohsinuddin were present as
special guests. In the speech of the chief
guest, the Vice Chancellor said, the four
national leaders were very honest, simple,
trustworthy, prudent and far-sighted.
He exhorted all, including the young
generation, to follow these qualities of a
national leader. In the meeting, among
others, Associate Professor of
Mathematics and Vice-President of the
Teachers' Association Dr. Bijan Krishna
Saha, Associate Professor, Department of
English, Bangabandhu Hall's Provost and
Teacher's Committee Member Md. Arif
Hossain, Assistant Professor of Geology
and Mining Department, Shere Bangla
Hall's Provost and Teacher's Committee
Member Abu Zafor Mia and Barishal
University Officers' Association General
secretary Abu Hasan.
Editor-in-Chief of the Teachers'
Association and Associate Professor of the
Department of History Mohammad Abdul
Baten Chowdhury, the leaders of the
teachers' committee of the university along
with the teachers, officers and employees
were present in the discussion meeting
conducted by.
A discussion meeting has been organized under the initiative of Barishal
University Teachers Association on Thursday.
Photo: Courtesy
BNP leader Salimullah Lavloo's
burial completed
ARAFAT AL-AMIN, MATLAB CoRReSPoNdeNT:
Fatepur West Union BNP General Secretary
Salimullah Lavlu of Chandpur's Matlab
Uttar Upazila has been buried after the
funeral. On Thursday, people of all walks of
life participated in the funeral prayer in the
premises of Mojaddediya High School
adjacent to Mandartali Bazar. After the
funeral prayers, the leaders of Matlab Uttar
Upazila BNP paid tribute with flowers. After
the funeral prayers, Salimullah Lavlu's body
was buried in the social cemetery.
Thousands of leaders and activists came to
pay their last respects to this popular leader
of Union BNP.
Member of the Central Executive
Committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party
(BNP) Dr. Alhaj Jalal Uddin and Tanveer
Huda, son of former Minister of State for
Establishment Nurul Huda, participated in
the funeral prayers and expressed their
deepest condolences to the bereaved family.
Matlab Uttar Upazila BNP President Adv.
participated in the funeral prayer. Fazlul
Haque Sarkar Hannan, General Secretary
Nurul Haque Jitu, Former General Secretary
Alamgir Sarkar, Chhengarchar Municipal
BNP General Secretary Jahangir Pradhan,
BNP Leader SM Jahangir Alam Pradhan,
Upazila BNP Organizing Secretary Mian
Manjur Amin Swapan, Upazila Juba Dal
President Khairul Hasan Benu, General
Secretary Rashed Zaman Tipu, Jubo Dal
leader Faisal Ahmed Sohail, Jubo Dal leader
Noman Hossain, Jubo Dal leader Momin
Sarkar, Upazila Chhatra Dal president Nurul
Huda Faizi, Chhatra Dal leader Joynal
Patwari and hundreds of activists.
Someone killed him and left him on the
side of the road of his house in the night of
November 1. Later on the morning of
November 2, a van driver named Jahangir
Alam saw the body and called out. Later
Matlab North police station recovered his
frozen body and sent it for postmortem.
Later on Thursday, November 3, after the
funeral, the burial was completed.
Meanwhile, his wife, children and relatives
are almost mad after losing Salimullah
Lavloo prematurely. His death has cast a
shadow of mourning on all levels in the area.
Mandartali and the surrounding area
seemed to be paralyzed.
Fatepur West Union BNP General Secretary Salimullah Lavlu of Chandpur's
Matlab Uttar Upazila has been buried after the funeral. Photo: Arafat al-Amin
on the occasion of the November 5 rally of BNP in Barishal, BNP workers
have started coming to Barishal.
Photo: Md Shah Jalal