City Desk
Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance
Bangladesh is going to observe World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2018 on May 31 like the previous years. To mark this event, PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) and Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA), with the support from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) jointly organised a discussion meeting at CIRDAP Auditorium yesterday. The theme for WNTD 2018 is – Tobacco and Heart Disease. Tobacco use is the second leading cause of cardiovascular diseases worldwide The awardees of the year are – Mohammad Serajul Islam, Chief Reporter, Daily Sylheter Dak, Sylhet for best local newspaper report; Doulot Akter Mala, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express and Abul Kashem, Senior Reporter, Daily Kaler Kantha for best print online media category, A S M Atiqur Rahman, Senior Correspondent, NTV for best Television report. The Jury also nominated Golam Mortuza Jewel, Chief Reporter, Daily Kirtonkhola, Barishal for his outstanding journalism and offered special recognition. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid MP was present as Chief Guest. The special guest was the founder and president of National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh, National Prof Brig. (Retd) Abdul Malik. Tobacco use is one of the major factors behind this crisis.’ Prof Abul Kalam Azad, DG , Health Services and the guest of honor said, ‘Journalists of ATMA have been playing significant role in generating awareness regarding smoking and tobacco control.
IUBAT
Recently IUBAT- International University of Business Agriculture and Technology organized a seminar on “Brain Engineering: Future Opportunity and Feasibility” at its own auditorium recently. The guest speaker Mr. S. M. Mahabub Alam, Managing Director & CEO, Massive Star Studio Ltd. & Massive Business Academy stressed that the brain is one of the most astonishing and intricate parts of the human body. The brain and the brain alone is the source of our pleasures, joys, laughter, and amusement, as well as our sorrow, pain, grief, and tears. Revolution in Brain Engineering is a result of advancement in medical science and engineering as well as the changes occurring in the society. Recent advances in brain engineering sector are CBI, BCI, IoT, AI, and Robotics and so on. The purpose of the seminar was to disseminate knowledge of BCI, CBI, Bio-net, Bio-Money, AI, Robotics etc. and to create interest among the audience to know the way to explore unlimited brain power, improve quality of life and to know the scope of research and job opportunity in the field of Brain Engineering.
