Prime minister鈥檚 energy adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikram, on Thursday said that Bangladesh was facing a challenge not to be created by it rather it is created by others.
鈥楽ome countries were responsible for certain crises of dollar and others as current wars (in the world) created the volatile situation,鈥� he said at a seminar on Geology for Sustainable Development organised by Bangladesh Geological Survey Department at Petrocenter in Dhaka.
GSB director general Tahmina Yasmin presided over the inaugural function of the two-day long seminar.
Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury urged the scientists for making recommendations based on knowledge and information for taking necessary measures.
Speaking as the special guest, state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid underscored on maximum utilisation of mineral resources.
鈥榃e have to ensure maximum utilisation of mineral resources for the development of our country as today many countries became developed depending on mineral resources,鈥� he said.
Nasrul Hamid said that scientists often work in silence and their works sometimes weren鈥檛 exposed to the authorities concerned.
So, the authorities could not take proper measures at the right time on several occasions, he said.
The state minister urged the scientists to present their research works to the authorities concerned to make appropriate decisions at the right time.
He also said that GSB needed to be modernised and strengthened and different proposals should come from their side. Energy Division secretary Md Nurul Alam said that practical aspects should be included in theoretical aspects.
Petrobangla chairman Zanendra Nath Sarkar said that GSB needed to be strengthened and coordination needs between GSB, BAPEX and other institutions.
GSB director Abdul Aziz Patwari said that the total financial value of mineral resources was over Tk. 248 trillion as high-quality minerals had been found in the sand of the Jamuna River.
Many domestic and foreign companies are showing interest in these minerals, he said.
