Professor Dr. Mohammad Sharif Uddin, Vice Chancellor of Green University of Bangladesh, has said that engineers in the industrial sector face widespread discrimination and harassment in their workplaces He was speaking at a programme marking the Victory Day, organised by the Industrial Engineers Association of Bangladesh (IEAB) at the National Press Club on Monday. Online VAT services to remain suspended for 96 hours: NBR He said that Bangladesh is an industrially rich country with great potential, and the number of industrial establishments continues to grow, contributing to the sector's progress. “Despite this growth, hundreds of thousands of industrial engineers employed in these establishments face significant discrimination and harassment in their workplaces,” he added. He further emphasized that the Industrial Engineers Association of Bangladesh (IEAB) is an organization representing engineers in the industrial sector. The association must work actively to eliminate all forms of discrimination faced by engineers working in the industrial and private sectors. He also argued that it is both logical and timely to set a minimum entry-level salary of Tk 20,000 for fresh diploma engineers and Tk 30,000 for fresh graduate engineers joining industrial, private, or non-government sectors. BD Rahmatullah, Director General of the Power Cell, said that the Industrial Engineers Association of Bangladesh (IEAB) has been celebrating December 11 as Industrial Engineers Day every year to facilitate discussions on the legitimate demands, rights, benefits, welfare, and the elimination of discrimination for engineers working in industries and the private sector. Import-Export halted at Benapole Land Port on Victory Day Abul Kashem Haider, former vice-president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), said that the IEAB provides a unified platform for engineers working in industrial and private sectors to voice their demands, rights, benefits, welfare, and the elimination of discrimination.

Green University English Club (GUEC) celebrated "Shakespeare Fest 2022" with an enthralling stage performance of the legendary playwright William Shakespeare’s popular tragedy “Macbeth” at its Mirpur campus auditorium on Monday.  Green University of Bangladesh (GUB) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Golam Samdani Fakir joined the event as the chief guest, while Prof Dr Farhana Helal Mehtab, Dean of the GUB Faculty of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, joined the fest as the special guest.  Prof Shafi Ahmed, Vice President, Theatre Education and Training Committee, International Training Institute (ITI) joined the event as its guest of honour, alongside popular thespian and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Theatre and Film Department Director Afsana Mimi and Md Herock Mushfik, Assistant Professor at the Theatre and Performance Studies, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University. Prof K M Wazed Kabir, Department of English and Proctor of the Green University of Bangladesh, delivered the welcome speech and shared the history of the Green University English Club (GUEC) and its stage performances since 2016. The stage performance of “Macbeth” then began by the students of the Green University English Club (GUEC), under the directive and supervision of Ashik Istiak, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Moderator of GUEC. Read: 'Chilekothar Sepai' staged at JU “Macbeth,” the world-famous tragedy and one of the most-staged plays in the entire world, was written by William Shakespeare in 1606. The play dramatizes the detrimental physical and psychological ramifications of political ambition on individuals who strive for power. In this tragedy, the protagonist Macbeth, driven by prophecy and demented by ambition, kills the Scottish monarch and assassinates him in order to take the kingdom. Driven by remorse and paranoia, the new king and his wife launch an increasingly brutal struggle to uphold their power and position. The characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were played by Pranto Kumar Saha and Tanisha Tafsin Basher, and the entire cast and crew members were showered with acclamation by the audiences for their brilliant portrayal of the characters in the play.  Presided over by Prof Dr M Shahidullah, Chairperson of the GUB Department of English, the event was also joined by other distinguished faculty members including GUB Treasurer Prof Dr Md Fayzur Rahman, Chairperson of the EEE Department Prof Dr ASM Shihavuddin, and Proctor of the Green University of Bangladesh Prof K M Wazed Kabir, to name a few. Faculty members and students from different departments also joined the event and cheered the performance of the students. Afsana Mimi highly appreciated the director, performers, backstage performers and volunteers for staging the play while portraying its full glory.  Md Herock Mushfik, Assistant Professor at the Theatre and Performance Studies, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, recalled his memories of playing the character of Macbeth during his student days while praising the performers. Prof Shafi Ahmed talked about the overall scenario of the stage performance and direction of Shakespearean plays and appreciated the performers of GUEC and the director Ashik Istiak for their hard work and perseverance in making the event a success. Under the supervision of Ashik Istiak, Green University English Club (GUEC) began celebrating Shakespeare Day on July 31, 2016.  The club performed two plays of Shakespeare (Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice) on May 24, 2017, in honour of Shakespeare's Day. In 2018, Othello (in English) and Romeo and Juliet (in Bangla) were staged as full-fledged two-hour plays on March 28 and 29, respectively.    The event was sponsored by Englishology, a premium English language teaching centre and the media partner was Somoy TV.