Follow ‘building code’ properly: PM

Against the backdrop of a number of fires in the country in recent times, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday asked all concerned to follow the ‘building code’ properly in constructing buildings and other establishments.
‘The building owners and users will have to take appropriate measures about the overall safety to check accidents, including fire,’ she said while chairing a meeting of the Awami League presidium held at the Ganabhaban in Dhaka in the afternoon.
In this connection, Sheikh Hasina, also the AL president, instructed the government agencies to enhance vigilance regarding the overall safety of life and property.
‘Special importance will also have to be given to raise mass awareness in this regard,’ she added.
The prime minister thanked all concerned, including the Fire Service and Civil Defence, armed forces, law enforcement agencies and students of different educational institutions, for playing a courageous and effective role after the fire broke out at FR Tower in Banani in the capital on Thursday.
At the outset of the meeting, the prime minister expressed deep shock and sorrow at the deaths in the Banani FR Tower fire.
She also prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls and conveyed profound sympathy to the bereaved families.
Hasina strongly denounced the terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques in New Zealand.
She also conveyed her deep sympathy to New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern in this regard.
The meeting decided to form eight teams to celebrate the birth centenary of founder president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and to strengthen organisational activities ahead of the upcoming council of the party.
These teams comprising members of the advisory council and presidium as well as the leaders of central working committee of the party will monitor activities of the eight organisational divisions and the grassroots councils and make the activities dynamic.
It also took a decision to draw up elaborate programmes to celebrate the birth centenary of the founder president. 
The party will observe programmes throughout the year and publish books as part of the celebrations.
From the meeting, directives were given to the concerned to prepare a report and take actions against the ministers, members of parliament and party leaders who were not working for the partynominated candidates in different local government elections.
AL presidium members Matia Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Mohammad Nasim, Kazi Zafarullah, Sahara Khatun, Pijush Kanti Bhattacharya, Nurul Islam Nahid, Md Abdur Razzaque, Colonel (retd) Faruk Khan, Ramesh Chandra Sen and Abdul Mannan Khan, office secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap and deputy office secretary Biplab Barua were present at the meeting.

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