Bangladesh needs  skilled and educated manpower to face various challenges and good educational institutions can make smart citizens, said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Friday. “A smart society is needed to build a smart Bangladesh.  Smart citizens are needed to build a smart society.  And good educational institutions can make smart citizens,” he said . Bhola can be 2nd biggest port in Bangladesh: Industries Minister The environment minister said these things while addressing as the chief guest at an event on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Notre Dame College. He also said that ideal educational institutions like Notre Dame College can play an important role in building a smart Bangladesh as per the vision of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. NBR  recognises BAT Bangladesh as top taxpayer Such types of educational institutions create the leadership of the society, the leadership of the country. “We have to work for the economic emancipation  of the people of our country.  Everyone should work together to build a developed, prosperous non-communal welfare state dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,” Chowdhury added. 9 more wells to be drilled in Bhola to expedite local gas production: Nasrul Hamid The minister said this traditional institution has been playing an important role in the field of education and culture for 75 years. He assured the support of the government for the overall development of Notre Dame College.

A 17-year-student of Notre Dame College was killed when a garbage truck of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) hit him at Golchattar in the city’s Gulistan area on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Naim Hasan, son of Shah Alam Dewan of Laxmipur district and a 2nd year student of the college. Read:Two Class X students die in Chandpur road crash Quoting witnesses, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) police outpost, said the garbage truck hit Naim while he was crossing a road in the area around 11:30 am, leaving him injured. He was taken to DMCH where doctors declared him dead around 12:15 pm. On information, police seized the vehicle and arrested the truck driver.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of former principal of Notre Dame College Father Joseph S Peixotto.

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep shock at the death of former Principal of Notre Dame College and a US national Father Richard William Timm, saying that Bangladesh will forever miss him.