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the week that was
Minister listens to shop owners
Leaders of Bangladesh Shop Owners' Association, Chittagong, held a meeting with Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday.
The leaders briefed the minister about various problems the shop owners facing for long and sought his cooperation in this regard. Khosru gave them a patient hearing and assured them of necessary cooperation.
Association leaders SM Mahbubul Islam Tuku, Md. Shahabuddin, Salamat Ali, Belal Hossain, Abul Kashem and Noab Ali were present.
Women's medical college to be set up
The extra-ordinary general meeting of Maa-O-Shishu Hospital here on Thursday decided to set up a women's medical college in the port city.
Besides, a decision was also taken to upgrade the Maa-O-Shishu Hospital into a 500-bed hospital and the Nurses Training Centre into a full-fledged nursing training institute.
Hospital secretary Dr. Khurshid Jamil Chowdhury placed the proposals at the meeting. The proposals were passed unanimously. Prof Md. Nurun Nabi presided. Life members Abdus Sattar, Malati Barua, Halim Bin
Rahman, Abu Taher and Dr Mahmud A Chowdhury, hospital vice-president Dr. Anjuman Ara Islam and joint secretary engineer Rashid Ahmad Chowdhury spoke.
IEB to open students' chapter
The Chittagong centre of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) will open up a chapter for the engineering students to aware them of the IEB activities.
IEB leaders told this at a view exchange meeting with the journalists at the IEB council room on Sunday.
Chittagong centre chairman M Shahjahan, vice-chairman Delwar Hossain, acting honourary secretary M Abul Kashem and joint member secretary Mir M Saki Kausar and journalists Jahidul Karim Kochi, Nurul Alam and Hafiz Imam Inam took part in the meeting. M Khurshed Alam presided.
AGM of BITA held
The annual general meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Institute of Theatre Arts (BITA) 2001-2002 was held at Karitas auditorium in the city on Friday.
BITA president Professor Zia Haider chaired the meeting and general secretary artist Pijush Bandopadhya
presented the annual report.
BITA executive director, poet Shishir Dutta presented report on the activities of different projects while treasurer Kamal Sen Gupta placed the finance report. Mosharraf Hossain, Roshangir Bachchu, Kohinur Salam, Absar Habib, Subrata Barua Rony and Munir Helal took part in the discussion on the reports and suggested future guidelines.
Mahbubur Rahman memorial scholarship
A scholarship titled 'Mahbubur Rahman Memorial Scholarship' for the poor and maritorious students was launched at a simple function recently at Chunati High School under Lohagara thana.
Jowshan Ara Rahman, a social worker and former chief of the women's division of the UNICEF, sponsored the scholarship in memory of her late father. The scholarship has been made effective from July this year. It would be given under Grameen Shikkha Scheme, said a press release.
Chunati High School Secretary Abu M Shahabuddin presided. Grameen Shikkha Scheme Managing Director Nurjahan Begum, school headmaster Joydatta Barua and Chittagong zonal manager of Grameen Bank SM Musa spoke on the occasion. Mahiuddin Ahmed, a student of Class IX of the school, got the scholarship.
Tumor removed from tigress Shankari
A team of veterinarians removed the breast tumor of tigress 'Shankari' at Chittagong Zoo in a successful one-and-half-hour long operation recently.
Shankari, the mate of tiger Bhim,
was successfully operated upon by four veterinary surgeons from Dhaka to have the 1 -kg tumor removed, said Mujibal Haq, the zoo supervisor. He said Shankari, one of the key attractions of 5-acre Chittagong Zoo, had been suffering from the complications for last two months. Shankari has returned to her normalcy and now she is well.
Specialist veterinary surgeon of Dhaka Zoo and director of Livestock Department Abdul Quader led the operation assisted by Rezaul Karim,
Enayetur Rahman and Mohammad Selim also from Dhaka Zoo. The couple, Bhim and Shanakari, was procured from Dhaka Zoo in 1993.
Igloo night for acid victims
Popular singers Mamtaz and Quddus Boyati enthralled some few hundred audience at a musical night titled
'Igloo Night' at the Engineers Institute auditorium here on Friday.
They sang 20 popular songs. Scintilla Ltd, an event management firm of the port city, organised the night for the victims of acid attacks in cooperation with Igloo.
Earlier, a brief discussion was held with Scintilla managing director Mohammad Shahjahan in the chair. Senior vice-president of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) Ershad Ullah was present as chief guest while executive director of Abdul Monem Ltd MA Taher, Igloo regional manager Borhan Uddin and Scintilla director Emdadul Aziz Chowdhury were special guests.
Tribute to Dr Zakir
Speakers paid rich tribute to Dr Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, one of the pioneers in homeopathy, at a memorial meeting at the Abdus Sattar auditorium of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) on Sunday. CCC organised the meeting.
City Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury said Dr Zakir Hossain Chowdhury had devoted his life to the poor people and contributed greatly in the faculty of homeopathy.
Ward commissioner Md Yakub presided. Chief executive officer Md. Abul Bashar, secretary Mostafa Kamaluddin and chief health officer Dr. Sarfaraj Khan Chowdhury also spoke.
People hostage
to criminals
Left Democratic Front leaders at a public meeting said people are now hostage to the criminals and extortion-i s t s .
The leaders said present alliance government is more corrupt than its any other predecessors.
Central CPB leader Morshed Ali, central BSD leaders AFM Mahbubul Haq and Shuvrangshu Chakravarty, CPB Chittagong general secretary Shah Alam and BSD coordinator in Chittagong Razekuzzaman Ratan addressed the meeting. General secretary of Workers Party, Chittagong, Nasiruddin Ahmad Nasu presided over the meeting on the central Shaheed Minar premises on Sunday.
IIUC prize giving ceremony
The prize-giving ceremony of the students of the autumnal semester of the International Islamic University, Chittagong (IIUC) was held at Muslim Hall on Thursday.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr AKM Azharul Islam was present as chief guest.
The function was also addressed by Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Abu Bakar Rafique, IIUC Trust Secretary Muhammad Badiul Alam and Treasurer Prof Mohammad Lokman. Director of Students' Affairs Division AZM Obaidullah presided.