Shaheed Smrity Sangsad
Planning Minister M A Mannan on Saturday said the trial of war crimes is on, will continue and will not stop. “The trial of those culprits – Razakars, Al-Badr and Al-Shams – who worked against the homeland joining hands with Pakistani army and committed genocide in 1971 will be continued,” the Minister told a discussion as chief guest in Sylhet. The meeting on ‘Sriramsi genocide day’ held at Sriramsi School and College at Jagannathpur in Sunamganj district with president of Shaheed Smrity Sangsad Nur Mohammad Juwel in the chair. Sunamganj district Awami League Vice-President Siddique Ahmed, Police Super (SP) Mizanur Rahman, UNO Mahfuzul Alam Masum, former Chairman of Upazila Parishad Akmal Hossain and Upazila AL General Secretary Rezaul Karim Rizu, among others, spoke.
International Assoc for Religious Freedom
A day-long seminar on Guru Nanak’s “philosophy of harmony and its relevance to the present world” was held on Saturday at Dhaka University (DU). International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) organised the event at RC Majumdar auditorium, said a press release. President of International Sikh Centre for Interfaith Relations Bhai Nanak Singh Nishter, Former Dean of DU Social Sciences faculty Prof. K A M Saaduddin, Dr. Kazi Nurul Islam and Associate Prof. Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Chairperson of the Department of World Religion and Culture Dr. Fazrin Huda addressed the programme. While addressing the programme, Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman said, Guru Nanak had played an effective role to establish religious harmony in society. He stressed the need for taking lessons from Nanak’s philosophy to make a peaceful and secular society with liberal, humanitarian and non-communal values.
