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UNB, Dhaka

Shaheed Dr Fazle Rabbi Foundation has demanded the naming of the proposed medical college in Pabna after the martyred intellectual for paying respect to his memory.

The foundation placed their demand at a press conference held at the National Press Club here yesterday.

In a written statement, foundation president Shaheen Reza Noor said many organizations have been named after the martyred freedom fighters, intellectuals in different areas of the county. But, in many respects, political views were there behind the decision at that time, he added.

He expressed hope that the present caretaker government would take action in naming the medical college neutrally.

The statement stated that in 1971 Dr Rabbi provided treatment to the freedom fighters taking risk on his own life and fell victim to the wrath of the occupation forces and their collaborators.

The collaborators picked him up on the eve of the independence and later his body was recovered from Rayerbazar killing field on December 18, 1971.

The foundation drew attention to the Chief Adviser, Education Adviser and Health Adviser and demanded to pay gratitude to the contribution of Shaheed Dr Fazle Rabbi in the liberation war.

Former Principal of Dhaka Medical College Dr Waliullah, Dr Rashid-E-Mahbub, Dr Mujibul Haq and poet Asad Chowdhury were, among others, present in the press conference.

DU Correspondent

Japanese Ambassador in Bangladesh Masayuki Inoue said his Government is ready to extend all-out technical support to different sectors including education and ready-made garments (RMG) in Bangladesh.

Inoue said no company could survive in the world market without ensuring quality of its product, as quality is the key demand of customers.

He was speaking as chief guest at the inaugural session of a three-day training course on 'Improvement of Production Management Skills for the Garments Industry' at the city's Spectra Convention Centre yesterday.

Association of Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS), Japan, Pegasus Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company and Pegasus Sewing Machine Private Ltd, Singapore have jointly organised the course to help garment manufacturers in Bangladesh achieve grand success in RMG with optimum level of skills and minimum cost.

Japan-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Abdul Haque, JETRO Representative in Dhaka Tomohiro Kinomoto, President of Pegasus Singapore Masayuki Okumura, Kazumi Kawata of Pegasus Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co Ltd, Japan, AOTS Bangladesh-Nepal Representative Moazzem Hossain and Pegasus Bangladesh Ltd Liaison Office DGM Imrul Islam Khan, among others, attended the function.

Japanese ambassador said many of the world-famous companies have vanished in the passage of time, as they couldn't maintain the quality of products rather they only hankered after profit.

He expressed the hope that Bangladeshi products would be famous across the globe with the high quality.

JBCCI President said the mission of his association is to promote more investment from Japan to Bangladesh for accelerating the pace of industrialisation.

"We will continue such training programmes even in the days ahead to enrich skills of Bangladeshi manufacturers", he said laying emphasis on ensuring quality of products.