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The Week That Was
Call to ensure children's rights
A daylong children's fair was held here on Friday with a call for creating congenial atmosphere in the educational institutions ensuring their rights.
Mass-Line Media Centre (MMC) and Plan Bangladesh organised the fair with a slogan titled “Safe school for nice future" at Municipal Model High School Ground. Chittagong University Social Science Faculty Dean Prof Dr Gazi Saleh Uddin, also president of Chittagong city unit of Khelaghor, inaugurated the festival.
The speakers at a view exchange meeting at the first session of the festival said there is a mushrooming growth of schools in the port city with
commercial attitude. They cared a little about imparting knowledge following any principle or rules.
They said Bangladesh is yet to ensure rights of the children though the country has signed Children's Right Charter. They urged all including guardians, teachers, law enforcers to ensure proper education and rights of children.
Prof Saleh Uddin, Chittagong Press Club former general secretary Ejaz Eusoofi, Programme Communication Specialist Saidul Haq Milky of Unicef Education department spoke at the discussion.
Upama Dasgupta, project coordinator of non-government organisation Agami, presented the keynote paper with Menka Tripura of Khagrachhari children communication centre in the chair. Students from 15 schools of Chittagong and Sylhet divisions partici-
pated in the drawing and debate competitions.
Chinese envoy visits COSCO, Bangladesh office
Chinese Ambassador Zheng Quingdian visited the Chittagong office of COSCO, Bangladesh Shipping Lines Limited - a joint venture of China and HRC Group of Bangladesh - atAgrabad on Friday.
The Chinese envoy at a reception accorded to him assured all out support for COSCO, Bangladesh and wished its success.
COSCO, Bangladesh Managing Director Captain Lin, Deputy Managing Director Khandakar Sirajuddin Ahmed
and General Manager ASM Salahuddin welcomed Zheng at their office. China Embassy officials and commercial counsellors accompanied the envoy.
Debate workshop ends
A two-day debate workshop of Panthajon, a debate and recitation organisation, ended at Regional Public Administration Training Centre here on Friday.
A total of 170 students from 16 schools of the city participated in the two-day workshop.
Chittagong chamber president and newly elected lawmaker MA Latif distributed certificates among the participants at the closing ceremony of the workshop with Panthajon Chief Executive Brlzet Daes in the chair.
Udichi conference concludes
The two-day 13th district conference of Udichi Shilpa Goshthi, Chittagong concluded on Friday with a call for ending commercialisation of culture.
Udichi central Vice President Prof Badiur Rahman was the chief guest at the conference at Maulana Maniruzzaman Islamabad! Memorial Hall.
Speakers at the conference placed several demands including saving culture from the commercialisation, trial of war criminals and removal of control over different medium of culture like jatra.
They said it Is a matter of regret that a bad practice of using sms (short message service) through cellphone has begun In different cultural competitions.
It is a form of earning money and culture is now being commercialised In this way. they said.
Speakers urged the government media, Bangla Academy and Shilpakala Academy to play leading role to stop such a malpractice of Bengali culture.
Later a 39-member district committee was formed with Prof Abul Mansur of Chittagong University as president, Prof Badal Baran Barua,
Robin Dey, Dr Chandan Das. Golum Kibria, Pradip Barua and Probal Dey as vice presidents and Sunil Dhar as general secretary.