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Bhashantek slum catches fire

A fire broke out at a Bhashantek slum in Mirpur early Monday. The fire originated at the slum around 12:10am, said Mahfuzul Riven, duty officer at the Fire Service's central control room. On information, thirteen fire-fighting units from different Fire Service and Civil Defence Stations including Mirpur, Mohammadpur and its headquarters rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control around 01:21am. The estimated losses and the origin of the fire could not be known immediately, Riven added.

Pro BNP-Jamaat panel sweeps Ctg Bar polls

The lawyers' panel, backed by BNP and Jamaat, has swept the Chittagong Bar Association election bagging 12 out of 19 posts, including that of the secretary. Awami League-backed lawyers' panel got the rest seven posts, including that of the president. Sheikh Iftekhar Saimul Chowdhury has been elected president of the body while Mohamamd Nazim Uddin Chowdhury from Pro BNP-Jamaat panel has been elected general secretary. Chief Election Commissioner and senior lawyer advocate Nazmul Ahsan Khan Alamgir Chowdhury announced the results on Sunday midnight. The daylong voting of the election concluded around 4:00pm starting from 9:00am on Sunday after 3,715 lawyers cast their votes. 56 lawyers competed for 19 posts of the body. Jatiyatabadi Lawyers Forum secretary general and Supreme Court Bar Association secretary Mahbub Uddin Khokon congratulated the pro-BNP lawyers' panel for their victory in the election

Training on “Brand Yourself” held

Junior Chamber Industry (JCI) Dhaka West organised training on “Brand Yourself” under their project Expedite recently, says a press release. The trainer was Sarajit Baral, Packaging Development Manager for South Asia Area at British American Tobacco and currently stationed at Malaysia. The training solely focused on Self-development and Personal Branding. JCI Dhaka West is a chapter of JCI Bangladesh. JCI is a worldwide membership-based nonprofit organisation of young active citizens’ ages 18 to 40 who are dedicated to creating positive change in their communities.

Recitation event in city Feb 17

A recitation event titled ‘Prem o Nirjonotar Golpo’ will be held at the Shawkat Osman Memorial Auditorium of the Central Public Library in the capital on February 17. Kalporup, a recitation organisation, will arrange the event on the occasion of the 119th birth anniversary of Jibanananda Das. The event will be performed under the direction of Shawon Hasnat.  Inviting all to enjoy the show, Hasnat told UNB that they are working selflessly to practise recitation and train people to use the pure language.

During his lifetime, Jibanananda remained solely a poet who occasionally wrote literary articles, mostly on request. Only after his death were a huge number of novels and short stories discovered.

 

 

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Bhashantek slum catches fire A fire broke out at a Bhashantek slum in Mirpur early Monday. The fire originated at the slum around 12:10am, said Mahfuzul Riven, duty officer at the Fire Services central control room. On information, thirteen fire-fighting units from different Fire Service and Civil Defence Stations including Mirpur, Mohammadpur and its headquarters rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control around 01:21am. The estimated losses and the origin of the fire could not be known immediately, Riven added. Pro BNP-Jamaat panel sweeps Ctg Bar polls The lawyers panel, backed by BNP and Jamaat, has swept the Chittagong Bar Association election bagging 12 out of 19 posts, including that of the secretary. Awami League-backed lawyers panel got the rest seven posts, including that of the president. Sheikh Iftekhar Saimul Chowdhury has been elected president of the body while Mohamamd Nazim Uddin Chowdhury from Pro BNP-Jamaat panel has been elected general secretary. Chief Election Commissioner and senior lawyer advocate Nazmul Ahsan Khan Alamgir Chowdhury announced the results on Sunday midnight. The daylong voting of the election concluded around 4:00pm starting from 9:00am on Sunday after 3,715 lawyers cast their votes. 56 lawyers competed for 19 posts of the body. Jatiyatabadi Lawyers Forum secretary general and Supreme Court Bar Association secretary Mahbub Uddin Khokon congratulated the pro-BNP lawyers panel for their victory in the election Training on Brand Yourself held Junior Chamber Industry (JCI) Dhaka West organised training on Brand Yourself under their project Expedite recently, says a press release. The trainer was Sarajit Baral, Packaging Development Manager for South Asia Area at British American Tobacco and currently stationed at Malaysia. The training solely focused on Self-development and Personal Branding. JCI Dhaka West is a chapter of JCI Bangladesh. JCI is a worldwide membership-based nonprofit organisation of young active citizens ages 18 to 40 who are dedicated to creating positive change in their communities. Recitation event in city Feb 17 A recitation event titled Prem o Nirjonotar Golpo will be held at the Shawkat Osman Memorial Auditorium of the Central Public Library in the capital on February 17. Kalporup, a recitation organisation, will arrange the event on the occasion of the 119th birth anniversary of Jibanananda Das. The event will be performed under the direction of Shawon Hasnat. Inviting all to enjoy the show, Hasnat told UNB that they are working selflessly to practise recitation and train people to use the pure language. During his lifetime, Jibanananda remained solely a poet who occasionally wrote literary articles, mostly on request. Only after his death were a huge number of novels and short stories discovered.