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CABINET-RPO-AMENDMENT-3-DHAKA
The Cabinet in today’s meeting approved as well drafts of three more acts
and two policies with one being the proposed Bangladesh National Social
Welfare Council Act, 2018.
The two others were drafts of the Brick Manufacturing and Brick Klin Set Up
(Control) Act, 2018 and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and
Aerospace University Act, 2018.
The policies adopted by the cabinet are- National ICT Policy, 2018 and
National Telecommunications Policy, 2018.
The proposed law on brick fields proposed incentives for the manufacturing
environment friendly of holo-brick and block and bar operations of brick
klins without licenses. But no license, however, would be required for
manufacturing blocks, the cabinet secretary said.
The law has empowered the deputy commissioner to scrap or suspend brick
klin licenses for 90 days for violation of the any condition of the license
or creating environmental hazard in the neighbourhood.
A person may get one year imprisonment or pay maximum penalty of Taka five
lakh or both for violation of the law, the cabinet secretary said.
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University
Act, 2018 will has been passed to establish a higher educational institution
to promot and upgrade the aeronautical and aerospace studies in the country.
Bangladesh Air Force Academy, Flying Instructor School, Flight Safety
Institute, Command and Staff Training Institute, Aeronautical Institute,
Officers Training Institute would emerge as affiliated bodies of the
university under the proposed law.
“It will be a public university and run following the procedures of
existing public universities with the president being its chancellor,” Alam
said.
A serving or retired offiver of the air force holding the rank of Air Vice
Marshal or above would be appointed as the university’s vice chancellor for
four years on certain conditions.
BSS/AKH/AR/1859 hrs