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The week that was
Seminar on income tax
A seminar on "Salient Features and Implication of Changes in the Income Tax Ordinance '84" was held in the port city on Tuesday.
The Institute of Chartered Accounts of Bangladesh, Chittagong (ICAB) organised the seminar at Agrabad Conference School.
The speakers at the seminar urged the chartered accountants to work hard with dedication for the betterment of the country.
President of Chittagong Stock Exchange Habibullah Khan was the chief guest. Former Deputy Prime Minister Jamal Uddin Ahmed and former ICAB chairman Sidhartha Barua also spoke.
Mohammed Zainul Abedin presented the keynote paper.
lish rights and secure due position in the society.
The speakers at the meeting organised by Chittagong Ladies Club at the club auditorium said that women often became victim of discrimination and harassment in the male-dominant society.
Club President Zinat Alam chaired the meeting. Begum Runu Siddique, Khaleda Aual, Sabiha Musa, Farida Farhad, Parvin Chowdhury, Morsheda Nasir, Aleya Chowdhury and Sakina Begum Chowdhury also spoke.
They said empowerment of women remained confined only to functions and seminars and vowed to bring in a positive change in the society for women.
Workshop on one-way edn
St Scholastica Debating Society formed
Installation ceremony of newly formed Saint Scholastica Debating Society was held at Saint Scholastica School auditorium here on Thursday.
The installation ceremony was followed by the final round of the Intra-Class Debating Competition organised on this occasion by the Society in association with Panthajan, a cultural organisation.
Prodip Dewanji, Divisional Editor of The Daily Azadi, was the chief guest while Journalist Reaz Haider attended as the special guest. Sister Mary Palma presided over the session.
The speakers at the ceremony said the practice of logics now a days is confined only to the functions. They called for much practice and application of logic in everyday life for further progress and advancement of individuals.
Bridget Dayes, senior teacher of the school, Saran Barua, debater moderator,
Mithun Mollik, Executive Director of 'Panthajan', Roktim Biswas, Debaraj Sen and Sazzad Shakil also addressed the session.
The 21-member executive committee of the Debating Society was formed with Shahida Afreen and Ismata as president and general secretary. other office- bearers are Programme Secretary: Priya Das and Club Coordinators: Srabosti Das and Ananya Bhattacharya.
Japanese researcher meets CCC mayor
Prof Michihiko, a researcher of Osaka City University Research Centre for Human Rights, made a courtesy call on Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury at his office here on Thursday.
He congratulated Mohiuddin Chowdhury on his being elected mayor for the third consecutive term.
Prof Michihiko lauded him for keeping the city clean and beautiful and thanked for calling the sweepers of the city as "Sebok" (service provider).
The name makes recognition to the service provided by the sweepers, he said.
Michihiko, who also carried out a research on the lifestyle of sweepers in Dhaka and Chittagong, urged the mayor for starting Japanese language course for the Seboks and provide the educated ones with better jobs.
Mohiuddin Chowdhury thanked Michihiko for the research work on sweepers and hoped that it would help develop a positive outlook for the "Seboks".
Discussion on women's empowerment
A discussion titled "Empowerment and Rights of Women" was held on Wednesday with a call for helping the womenfolk estab-
A daylong workshop was held at Theatre Institute Chittagong auditorium on Saturday to create mass awareness about the introduction of one-way education system.
The speakers at the workshop called for making school based assessment of students, privatisation of textbooks publication and reforms in the Secondary School Certificate Examination.
Education Minister Dr M Osman Farook was the chief guest at the workshop organised under Secondary Education Sector Improvement Project (SESIP).
The education minister in his speech said the age-old present education system prevents the students from acquiring complete knowledge on any subject.
"Government is actively thinking of introducing the one-way system for improving quality of secondary education further," he said.
Prof Dr Gazi Md Ahsanul Kabir, Chairman of the National Curriculum and Text Books Board, presided. Chittagong Board Chairman AJM Sahidullah, SESIP director Basirul Hoque, Dhaka Board Curriculum specialist Faruk Ahmad and team leader of the project Berry Taylor also spoke.