Int’l Committee of Red Cross
A first aid training workshop for the members of Dhaka University Journalists’ Association (DUJA) organised jointly by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) was held in CIRDAP Auditorium in the city’s Topkhana road recently. Contents of the programmes include introduction to first aid, chocking, cardio pulmonary resuscitation, shock, bleeding, wounds and dressing of wounds, burn, fit, fainting, unconsciousness, poisoning, bites, bone fracture and transportation of causalities. A total of 30 university reporters from different media outlets participated in the workshop. In the programme the speakers said that through this training sessions, the young journalists are now capable to save a patient or wounded person with immediate care and support with some life saving techniques. The training will help newsmen in their professional life as sometimes they face violent situation while performing duties. The function was addressed, among others, by Abdou Latif Mbacke, Deputy Head of delegation of ICRC and Course Coordinator Tarun Kanti Saha.
Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad
A meeting organised by Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad was held at Dhakeshwari National Temple in the city. In the meeting held on Saturday it was announced that the Durga Puja will be celebrated at over 30,000 Puja Mandaps (pandels) across the country this year. Beginning on October 15, the five-day celebration will end on October 19 with immersion of Goddess Durga in the capital as elsewhere across the country. Leaders of the parishad urged people of the country to celebrate the Durga Puja amid enthusiasm.
