4 events begin today
Four events marking the 12-day “Odommo Chattagram” (Indomitable Chittagong) festival, an initiative of The Daily Star, begin in Chittagong city today.
CONFERENCE
The inaugural session of a two-day conference, “Future Bangladesh, Future Chittagong: A Global Port Needs A Global City”, begins at Ichamati Hall of Hotel Agrabad at 10:00am.
The Daily Star, Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), PPRC Chittagong Research Initiative and AK Khan Foundation are jointly organising the conference.
Editor and Publisher of The Daily Star Mahfuz Anam will deliver the welcome speech while CCCI President Murshed Murad Ibrahim will chair the session. Former adviser to a caretaker government Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman will then present the keynote.
Environment and Forest Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud will attend as the chief guest. The special guests are Chittagong City Corporation Mayor M Manjur Alam, Parliamentary Standing Committee Member on commerce ministry MA Latif, AK Khan Foundation Trustee Secretary Salahuddin Kasem Khan and “Dainik Azadi” Editor MA Malek.
Afterwards two roundtables, “Infrastructural Challenges” and “Regional Economic Hub Challenges”, will be held at the CCCI conference room from 1:30pm to 3:30pm and from 4:00pm to 6:30pm respectively.
The second day will witness three roundtables, “Business Climate Challenges For Growth”, “Challenges to Quality Higher Education” and “Challenges to Quality Health-Care”, at Mahbub Ali Hall of BGMEA Bhaban.
The roundtable periods are from 9:30am to 11:15am, from 11:30am to 1:15pm and from 2:00pm to 3:45pm respectively.
Mahfuz Anam will chair the concluding session from 4:15pm at the hall, where Commerce Minister GM Quader will attend as the chief guest.
BRANDS EXPO
A four-day “Brands Expo” will be inaugurated by Chittagong University Vice-Chancellor Prof Md Anwarul Azim Arif at Chittagong MA Aziz Gymnasium at 5:00pm.
The exposition, to be open from 11:00am to 9:00pm, will bring forth renowned brands which originated from Chittagong to showcase their corporate activities and products and highlight their future prospects to the widest possible scale.
Every day a video session, “Corporate Presentation”, will showcase their corporate profile, including present activities and past and future plans.
Another session, “The Daily Star-Odommo Chattagram Career Fair”, supported by Prothom Alo Jobs, will enable the companies to highlight their job opportunities and offer employment to eligible candidates.
Interested applicants can drop their curriculum vitae at the pavilions of the companies so that spot interviews can be held.
On April 9, a “human resource session” will be held where representatives of renowned companies will hold a direct question and answer session with the audience.
The business organisations include United Commercial Bank Limited, Bangladesh Steels Re-Rolling Mills Limited, Abul Khair Steel, Grameenphone, S Alam, Western Marine, Pushti, Eastern Bank Limited, City Homes, Baizid Steel, Pedrollo, Agrabad Hotel, Southern University, Prothom Alo Jobs and Sun Energy.
CULTURAL SHOW
A three-day cultural show, “Ananda Sandhya” (evening of entertainment), will begin at the DC Hill park premises at 4:00pm.
The first day will feature renowned “dhol” player Babul Jaladash and “Kawali” (spiritual songs) by local artists.
The next day, some prominent artistes of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, including Mrinal Bhattcharia, Sumit Roy and Bani Kumar Chowdhury will perform instrumental and modern songs and Rabindra and Nazrul Sangeet.
The show will end on the third day with performances on indigenous songs and dances.
“Dainik Purbokone” Editor Taslim Uddin Chowdhury will inaugurate the programme as the chief guest while Grameenphone CEO Tore Johnsen will be present as the special guest.
CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
A four-hour Children's Festival will be inaugurated by Monsur Ul Karim of the Institute of Fine Arts of Chittagong University at the Fulki auditorium at 3:00pm.
A total 780 students from 30 schools in the city will take part in recitation and drawing competitions. A magic show will then be presented.
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