Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury on Saturday said that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman taught us how to love the people and soil of the country. “It is possible to build a prosperous country by properly following the ideals of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman”. The minister said these while addressing a discussion programme marking the distribution of copies of the book ‘Unfinished Biography of Bangabandhu’ among students in the city.   Uddokta Chattogram on Friday organised the event on Kazem Ali High School premises on the occasion of National Mourning Day and the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Read: Dipu Moni hints at reopening of educational institutions soon He said they (students) should be engaged in development activities being imbued with the ideals of Bangabandhu and it would be a real tribute to be paid to Bangabandhu, he added.        Sonia Azad, founder of Uddokta Chattogram presided over the meeting while Helal Akbor Chowdhury Babor, former finance affairs secretary of Awami Juba League, Md Shahabuddin Ahmed, president of the managing committee of Kazem Ali School & College, Ansar Ul Haque, general secretary of Chawkbazar thana Awami League, Nur Mostafa Tinu, councilor of No. 16 Chokbazar ward, among other, were present as special guests.        

At least 16 people, including four policemen, were injured as two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) clashed over visit of Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

The younger brother of Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel’s has been diagnosed with coronavirus.   According to Chattogram Civil Surgeon office, 75 people tested coronavirus positive in two labs of the port city  on Sunday night.   Deputy Minister’s brother Burhanul Hasan Chowdhury Salehin, also son of late former mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, was among those infected.   Doctor Selim Akhter Chowdhury, Nowfel’s brother-in-law and also health official of Chattogram City Corporation, said that Salehin has been suffering from fever since Thursday after returning from Dhaka.   Later, his sample was sent to Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Disease (BITID) in Fouzdarhat.

Mentioning that they are yet to decide whether educational institutions will be closed down following the detection of coronavirus in Bangladesh, Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury Nowfel on Sunday said steps will be taken as per instructions of the Health Ministry.

Steps will be taken to investigate and action will be taken accordingly if the allegations are lodged against the Jahangirnagar University (JU) administration with any specific information, said Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury Nowfel on Wednesday.