Govt launches plan of action to combat human trafficking

DHAKA, MAY 19: A three-year national plan of action was launched on Saturday for combating human trafficking. The stress is on prosecution of offenders and protection of victims, with the involvement of all stakeholders.

The objectives are to make way for certain implementable measures to prevent and put a check on human trafficking and allocate responsibilities among various government agencies and other organisations for these measures, and monitoring the enforcement of existing laws.

Price giving ceremony of Sub-Editor Council

SAVAR: Md Bashir Hossain Miah of The Independent receiving the first prize ‘a laptop’ of raffle draw of the DSEC’s Family Day 2012 held at Montri Bari, Kabirpur here on Tuesday. Dhaka Sub-Editors’ Council (DSEC) President Al-Mamun, General Secretary Abul Kalam Azad and former DSEC presidents Mir Mostafiz Ahmed, Humayun Sadik Chowdhury and Shah Muhammad Mutasim Billah are also seen.

    

New committee of Sub- editor council

Journalists vow to resist any attempt to curb pres freedom

 DHAKA: Journalist observing hunger strike in front of the Jatiya Press Club to press home their demands for arrest the killers of all journalists including sagar-Runi and freedom of the press on Thursday. 

Hunger strike

DHAKA:Leaders of the journalist community in Bangladesh, on Thursday, said that journalists would resist any attempt to curb the freedom of the press.

Vowing not to go back home till the killers of Sagar and Runi are brought to the book, they said that no influential quarter, including the judiciary, would ever be able to intimidate or control the media.

149th board meeting of Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd. held

DHAKA: Anwer Hossain Khan, chairman of the Board of Directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited, presiding over the bank’s 149^th board meeting in the district recently.

Among others Vice Chairmen of the Board Md. Harun Miah and Khandoker Sakib Ahmed, Directors Akkas Uddin Mollah, Alhaj Mohammed Solaiman, Md. Sanaullah Shahid, Syed Nurul Arefeen, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Tofazzal Hossain, Abdul Halim, Abdul Barek, Mohammad Hasan, Alternate Director Mr. Md. Masud, Managing Director Mr. Md. Abdur Rahman Sarker, Additional Managing Director Mr. Md. Mukhter Hossain and Deputy Managing Director Mr. Md. Abdul Jabber Chowdhury were present in the meeting.       

Closing ceremony of the Dhaka International Trade Fair-2012.

DHAKA: The Pavilion of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was awarded 1^st prize in Mini Pavilion category at Dhaka International Trade Fair-2012.

Commrece minister Ghulam Mohammad Quader handing over the award to Mohammad Abdul Mannan, managing director of the Bank at the closing ceremony of the fair in the district recently.

Hajj a way to global peace and amity

By Khandaker Nazneen Sultana

Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is a visit to the Ka'ba, the house of Allah .The Ka'ba was built for the purpose of worshipping Allah and it is the holiest place for Muslims and represents the direction that Muslims pray five times a day, from all around the world.