The week that was
Artistes of Avyudoya Sangeet Angan perform at a function organised on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore at Theatre Institute, Chittagong auditorium on Saturday.Photo: STAR
'Grassroots activists have limited access to nomination process'Speakers at a workshop here said grassroots level people have limited access to nomination process in elections while it depends highly on opinion of central and senior political leaders. They recommended more participation of mass people in nominating candidates to vie for the national and local government elections. They were addressing the workshop titled 'Expectation of people on nominations in election' at the conference room of Institute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB), Chittagong centre on Saturday. Shachetan Nagorik Committee (Shanak), Chittagong chapter and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) jointly organised the workshop moderated by TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekheruzzaman. Shanak Chittagong Convener Advocate Akhter Kabir Chowdhury made the address of welcome. The speakers said though some political parties nominated their candidates in last parliamentary election according to the recommendation of their grassroots level activists, mass people had no involvement in the process at all. A worksheet was presented at the workshop mentioning that except some changes in the nomination process, it is still influenced by the political high command. Local leaders, activists and supporters of different political parties, representatives of the citizen groups and professionals took part in the workshop. East Delta University Vice Chancellor Prof Sikander Khan, Chittagong University Law Faculty Dean Prof Md Zakir Hossain, Shanak Joint Convener Delwar Majumder, Bangladesher Samjtantrik Dal Chittagong Coordinator Manas Nandi, Engineer Subhash Barua and Advocate Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury spoke at the workshop. Trial of war criminals demanded
Peshajibi Samannaya Parishad, Chittagong, a forum of the professionals, formed a human chain in front of Chittagong Press Club on Sunday demanding immediate trail of the war criminals. Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique and Parishad Central Convener and Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists' (BFUJ) President Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury attended the human chain programme. Speakers at the programme urged the government to bring the criminals, who were involved in crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation, under the trail immediately. Parishad President Dr AQM Sirajul Islam, General Secretary Prof Helal Uddin Nizami, Teachers' leader Abdul Wahab Chowdhury, Dr Moinul Islam, Chittagong Press Club President Abu Sufian, Chittagong Union of Journalist (CUJ) President Shahid Ul Alam, General Secretary Nazimuddin Shyamal and Woman leader Nur Jahan Khan attended the human chain. CUJ ultimatum to newspaper owners
Leaders of Chittagong Union of Journalists' (CUJ) at a meeting on Monday urged the newspaper owners to implement the '7th Wage Board' within May 30. They said if their demand is not met within this time they would wear black badges from June 1 to June 4 and observe work abstention from 9:00am to 5:00pm on May 5. They were addressing a rally of the daily Purbokone unit on the fifth day of the CUJ announced demand week. Purbokone Unit Chief Nawsher Ali Khan presided over the rally while CUJ President Shahid Ul Alam, Vice President Sultan Ahmed Ashrafi, General Secretary Nazimuddin Shyamal, former presdent Mustaq Ahmed, general secretary Reaz Haider Chowdhury, Purbokone Acting News Editor Kalim Sarwar and Senior Sub-Editor Abu Taher Muhammad spoke at the meeting. Reception to new Cuet teachers
Newly appointed teachers of different department of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) were accorded reception on Monday. Cuet Teachers' Association organised the reception at the seminar room of the Engineering Building on the university campus. Cuet Acting Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Mohammad Saiful Islam was the chief guest at the ceremony with association President Mohammad Ibrahim Khan in the chair. Prof Saiful in his speech said anyone can earn reputation through attaining success in education and research instead of lobbying. Only initiative and hard industry are needed to earn the reputation and the new teachers should keep these in mind to take the institution and him ahead. Architecture and Town Faculty Dean Prof Dr Mohammad Jahangir, Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Dean Prof Dr Poitosh Kumar Shadhu Khan, Students' Welfare Director Prof Dr Tajul Islam and the association General Secretary Mir Mohammad Saki Kawser also spoke at the reception. Customers conference held
Customers Conference of branches of Mercantile Bank Limited under Chittagong Regional Office was held at a hotel in the port city on Sunday. The Bank Managing Body Chairman Abdul Jalil MP was the chief guest at the conference with the bank Managing Director Dewan Mujibur Rahman in the chair. The conference aimed at exchanging views and developing business relations with the customers. The bank Executive Committee Chairman Mohammad Shahabuddin Alam, Audit Committee Chairman Morshed Alam, directors Akram Hossain, MS Ahsan, AKM Belal, Deputy Managing Director Manindra Kumar Nath and Entrepreneur Director MA Khan Belal were present at the conference. Later, singers Nila Naznin and Hoimanti Rakkhit Man performed at a cultural function.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments