Condolences pour in for Mahila Parishad President Ayesha Khanam
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DHAKA, Jan 02, 2021, (BSS) – Tributes and condolences continue to pour in for prominent women leader and Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) President, Valiant Freedom Fighter Ayesha Khanam, who passed away today at a city hospital at the age of 74.
Immediately after her demise, people from all walks of life as well as different political parties and leaders expressed their shock and sent condolences.
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock and sorrow at her death, said a press release issued here.
A number of cabinet members also expressed deep shock and sorrow at the demise of the BMP President.
Pvt sector supporting ecomonic growth despite corona
Industries minister tells at function
Staff Correspondent
28th December, 2020 10:07:43
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Monday said private sector is contributing a lot to retract the growth of economy despite adverse impact of Covid-19 pandemic.
Bangladesh’s name has been placed among the few countries that’s economy doing well during the pandemic where the private sector keeps an important role.
The minister came up with the remark while addressing as the chief guest at President Industrial Development Award giving ceremony in a city hotel on Monday.
“The government is working to set up 177 industrial clusters across the country for improving product quality and proper utilization of domestic human sources and their skills,” he also said.
Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 28 Dec 2020 05:03 PM BdST
Updated: 28 Dec 2020 05:03 PM BdST
The government has conferred President s Award for Industrial Development upon 19 companies in recognition of their distinctive contributions to the economy. );
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Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun and State Minister Kamal Ahmed Majumder on Monday handed out the awards on behalf of President Abdul Hamid, who did not attend the awards ceremony due to the pandemic.
In the heavy industries category, British American Tobacco Bangladesh took the first prize, Incepta Pharmaceuticals came in second, while Olympic Industries and Energypac Engineering finished joint-third.
Tafrid Cotton Mills clinched the top prize in the medium industries segment, followed by Sheltech Technologies and Echotex as second and Envoy Fashions as third.
A visionary who blazed trails for many
MA Hashem
MA Hashem, a business tycoon, started as a humble tobacco trader in the early 1960s before becoming one of the leading entrepreneurs and industrialists in Bangladesh.
After Bangladesh s independence in 1971, Hashem realised that the war-torn nation was struggling to supply its people with essential commodities at affordable prices.
He started importing steel, cement, sugar, rice, spices, wheat, salt, milk and numerous other essential commodities after establishing MS Hashem Corporation in Chattogram.
But in order to make the country self-reliant, Hashem decided that these imports would have to be substituted with locally manufactured products. And so, he continued to expand his efforts, and this led to the birth of Partex Group.