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3 educationists made national professors
Staff Correspondent
The government has appointed three eminent educationists as national professors of the country.
They are Professor Alamgir Mohammad Sirajuddin, Professor AK Azad Khan, and Professor Mahmud Hasan. The Ministry of Education issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday.
Alamgir Mohammad Sirajuddin is a reputed professor of history and a former Vice Chancellor of Chittagong University. A Barrister-at-law, he was an emeritus professor of the university. He also served as a UGC Professor. His scholarly writings are considered as assets for students, legal academicians and historians.
AK Azad Khan is the President of Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (BADAS). As the founder President of Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society, he organised Gastroenterology services in the country. This honourary fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and the University College London was also the founder general secretary of Bangla
Pakistan slum dwellers map flood risks to stop evictions
The unusually heavy rains killed dozens, submerged main roads and inundated hundreds of homes
Reuters
April 12, 2021
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation workers use heavy machinery to tear down structures deemed illegal during an on-going anti-encroachment operation in Orangi Town. PHOTO: ONLINE
KARACHI:
Slum dwellers in the Pakistani city of Karachi have stopped the demolition of thousands of homes by mapping flood risks from clogged drains, offering a feasible solution to other informal settlements facing climate change impacts, urban experts said.
After unexpectedly heavy rains flooded much of Karachi last year, authorities said some slum settlements would be removed to allow drains to be widened, with hundreds of homes in Manzoor Colony settlement earmarked for demolition.
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