Health and Family Welfare Minister Professor Dr
Samanta Lal Sen today stressed the need for boosting confidence on healthcare
services in the country.
“We are focusing on restoring confidence of the people through improvement of
healthcare services at all levels of medical facilities in the country,” he told a media
briefing at his ministry, an official release said.
Secretary of Medical Education and Family Welfare Division Azizur Rahman,
Director General of the Directorate General of the Health Services (DGHS) ABM
Khurshid Alam, Director General of Directorate of Drug Administration Major
General Mohammad Yusuf and Additional Secretary of Health Service Division Md
Saidur Rahman, among others, were present at the media briefing.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the international community to take measures to repatriate Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar and ensure their dignified life there.
"The world should think that how the Rohingya crisis can be resolved so that they could return to their homeland and have a decent life there," she said.
The premier said this while a British cross party parliamentary delegation led by Vice Chair of All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh and Chair of APPG on Indo-British, Virendra Sharma, MP, paid a courtesy call on her at her official Ganabhaban residence here.
PM Speechwriter M Nazrul Islam briefed the newsmen after the meeting.
National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) Director General Abu Sayed Md. Kamruzzaman said in a seminar that the personal information privacy decreasing day by day due to lack of awareness for handling online activities.
He said, the protection of personal information is now a global concern. For the first time we are very happy to observe Data Protection Week. Along with the advancement of technology, digital literacy of people is also very much needed. Covid-19 has made us a lot smarter, especially when it comes to home offices and online meetings. However, as we increase our presence online, the privacy of our personal information decreases. So, we have to be more aware of ourselves.
He made this remark in a seminar titled “Ensuring Data Privacy and its Challenges Amongst ICT Industry” as part of Data Privacy Week 2024 held at Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) auditorium in the city on Thursday.
BASIS and Legalized Education Bangladesh jointly organized the seminar.
Election to 233 local government bodies, including by-polls to Cumilla City Corporation (CCC) and general election to Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC), will be held on March 9.
Election Commission (EC) secretariat secretary Jahangir Alam announced the polls schedule at a press conference held at Agargaon Nirbachan Bhaban today.
According to the schedule, the last date for submission of nomination papers to the returning officers is on February 13 and nomination papers will be scrutinized on February 15. Appeals against cancellation of candidatures will be settled on February 19 and 20.