BSS :
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said the commerce ministry is setting up Sheikh Russel Institute of General Engineering and Technology in Mirsarai in remembrance of Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The Commerce Minister said this while addressing a discussion meeting marking ‘Sheikh Russel Day’ organized by the Ministry of Commerce at the conference room of the ministry on Monday, said a press release.
He said, “Sheikh Russel was the dearest child of Bangabandhu. Everyone loved him.”
“A child can never be an opponent of any political party or individual. Killing a child is a horrible act and a heinous crime. Killers of Sheikh Russel will be condemned by all,” Tipu added.
Chaired by Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh, the discussion was attended by the Chairperson of the Bangladesh Competition Commission retired senior secretary Mofizul Islam, Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute and retired senior secretary Dr Md Zafar Uddin, Director General of National Consumer Rights Protection Directorate Babul Kumar Saha, Vice Chairman of Export Promotion Bureau AHM Ahsan and Chief Controller of the Office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports SK Rafiqul Islam.
Before the discussion, Tipu Munshi laid a wreath at the
portrait of Shaheed Sheikh Russel.
