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Jewellers submit memo to mayor
Leaders of Bangladesh Jewellers' Association, Chittagong, submitted memorandum to Chittagong City Corporation Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury on Saturday.
They in the memorandum said that the anti-smuggling task force seized huge quantity of mortgaged ornaments 'unlawfully' from Nath Jewellers at Boxirhat in absence of the owner on August 11.
"The owner has long been doing the business with legal trade, dealing and mortgage licences and also having those documents renewed properly from time to time. Yet he fell victim to illegal treatment from the law enforcing agencies, which has damaged his reputation," the leaders said.
They sought mayor's cooperation in getting back those ornaments, withdrawal of the case and release of the staffs arrested so far. He assured them of his cooperation.
Association president Shafique Ahmad, General Secretary Advocate Amol Dhar, Joint Secretary Swapan Chowdhury and other Association members and jewellers were present.
Seminar on 'CNG and its benefit'
A seminar on 'CNG and its benefits in automobiles' was held at Hotel Agrabad on Friday.
Rotary Club of Agrabad and Intraco CNG Limited jointly organised the seminar.
Professor Dr Mohammad Tazul Islam, an automobile expert at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet), presented the keynote paper and give guidelines about the ways of converting vehicles into CNG.
"Better knowing of CNG and its usage in automobiles can benefit the vehicle owners to a great extent," the speakers told the seminar.
Rotarian Dr Panna Lal Saha, Intraco CNG Chief Executive Mohammad Irad Ali, Intraco Director Gias Uddin, engineer Mohammad Ali and Rafi Ahmed also spoke.
Women Welfare Trust launched
A new organisation named Chittagong Women Welfare Trust was launched here on Friday with Sheikh Faridatunnesa Tahmina and Hosne Ara Munni as its first president and general secretary respectively.
Jatiya Mohila Sangstha, Chittagong chapter chairperson and Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) leader Dr Kamrun Nahar Dastagir was present as chief guest. She hoped that the trust would stand beside the distressed womenfolk of the society and help them towards selfreliance.
Hasina Chowdhury, Noorjahan Begum, Kumkum Sarwar and Munmun Ahmed also spoke.
One lakh drug addicts in Ctg
Speakers at a discussion here on Friday expressed concern at the rising trend of drug addiction in Chittagong and urged all to help reduce the menace from the port city.
"The port city has now over one lakh drug addicts but it lacks enough facilities to treat them," they said at the discussion in the ARK auditorium, a drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation centre, at Chandgaon in the city. Madok Nirodh Committee (Manic) organised the discussion with Ranjit Kumar Chowdhury in the chair.
Senior lawyer Mafizul Haq Bhuiyan was present as chief guest. Consultant of World Health Organisation (WHO) Tapan Kumar Nath, Advocate Madhu Maloti Chowdhury, engineer Biren Mistri, Mostafa Kamal, Salah Uddin, SM Masrur Rahman, Shamima Sultana, Rokeya Khanam,
Jannatul Ferdous and ARK chief executive Parvez Ahmed participated in the discussion.
Concern at ship-breaking atmosphere
Sitakunda Ship Breaking Observer Forum and a team from Scotland exchanged views about the present state of ship breaking industry at a meeting was at Sonaichhari on Thursday.
Scotland team leader Miss Laina, Dr Shamima of 'Manusher Jonno', Mouri Muhini Mohan, Mohammad Monju and Basanti Sen of Communica Consultancy, programme officer of Young Power for Social Action (YPSA) Abdullah Al Mamun, Assistant Programme Officer Mahfuza Akhter, field officer Kanij Sumaiya, forum leaders Syed Forkan Chowdhury and Quaiyum Chowdhury attended the meeting.
The speakers expressed grave concern at the subhuman working atmosphere at ship breaking industry, environmental hazards and pollution, and ill treatment to the workers by ship breakers.
Khelaghar for a better society
Chittagong south district unit of Khelaghar organised a rally at Zila Parishad auditorium on Friday.
Speakers at the meeting underscored the need for upbringing the children properly to build a better society free from communalism and other social evils. "Thousands of Khelaghar activists and members can help achieve that dream," they said.
District President Pradip Bhattachariya chaired the meeting. Former presidium member Ashish Sen, engineer Rathin Sen, district vice-president Osman Gani Chowdhury Babul, Sanath Kumar
Chowdhury, General Secretary Subimal Ghosh Riton, Professor Biplob Basu, Baghirath Das and Polash Chowdhury addressed the meeting.
The meeting also condoled the death of eminent journalist Santosh Gupta and eminent writer and Dhaka University teacher Professor Humayun Azad.
IUB seminar on Internet
A seminar on 'Internet use in business and management' was held on the Chittagong campus of Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB) on Wednesday.
Rebecca Macduff, the information resource officer on Bangladesh-India-Nepal-Sri Lanka at US Embassy in Delhi, was present as key speaker on the subject. She highlighted the significance of Internet use and its different practical aspects.
Coordinator of the seminar Syed Safdarul Haq also spoke. IUB, Chittagong campus and the American Centre of US Embassy in Dhaka jointly organised the seminar.
Termination of 2 schoolteachers protested
Leaders of Hathazari chapter of Bangladesh Teachers' Association at a meeting on Friday protested the removal of two teachers of South Mekhal High School and demanded their reinstatement in jobs immediately.
"The school managing committee sacked senior teachers Mohammad Selimuddin and Nurul Alam without showing any specific reasons violating the law," they said. Mohammad Ali presided.
Association's Hathazari President Ranjit Kumar Nath, Vice- President Ratan Nath, General Secretary Firij Chowdhury, Moulana AAM Shaker, Narayan Chakraborty and Jahangir Alam also spoke at the meeting.