The state minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury has said six more educational and training institutes would be established to produce trained and skilled sailors. He said this while speaking as the Chief Guest at the golden jubilee and ex-cadets’ reunion at the Deck and Engine Personnel Training Centre (DEPTC) at Sonakanda of Narayanganj on Sunday.
Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has built many DEPTCs, marine academies and the National Maritime Institute (NMI). Currently, we have three DEPTCs at Narayanganj, Barisal and Madaripur. Two more DEPTCs would be established at Kurigram and Gaibandha, he added.
In addition to Chittagong, the Awami League government established an NMI at Madaripur while construction of another NMI at Kurigram is currently underway.
The shipping minister said, over the last 14 years prime minister Sheikh Hasina has transformed the country into ‘Sonar Bangla’ as predicted by Bangabandhu. She has expanded Chittagong port, built Payra port in the southern region while building of a deep-sea port at Matarbari is currently underway.
Principal of DEPTC Captain Md Shahjahan presided over the ceremony. Present among others were BIWTC Chairman Ahmed Shamim Al Raji, BIWTA Chairman Commodore Golam Sadek and Director General of Shipping Department Commodore Md Nijamul Haque.
