Conservation problem meets vegetable producers: experts

Bangladesh singing bath Sangstha. Dhaka

Although are not getting desired benefit lack remarkable achievement has been witnessed in vegetable production, farmers due to of modern collection, preservation and management process.

' The country's vegetable production has increased five times in comparison to late 70's. But these perishable items get damaged in the absence of proper preservation and management process,' said Shoaib Choudhury, convener of agro-based trade and industry Standing Committee-2011 of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and industry.

Presenting a key-note paper at a seminar on ' agriculture sector: present status and future prospect' at the DCCI auditorium in Dhaka on Saturday, Choudhury on agricultural expert, suggested the government set up medium and large scale industries and cold storages especially for vegetables under public-private partnership to ensure proper management of vegetables.

' Not only that the government should facilitate the way of sharing experiences of other major vegetable growing countries like Thailand and taking initiatives of imparting adequate training to the growers on preservation and collection of their produces to this end, "Choudhury added.

On the other hand, export of Bangladeshi vegetables export of mainly in major Asian and European countries had raised significantly as statistics showed that of vegetables jumped almost 40 per cent in 2007-'08 fiscal and value rose to $90.38 million against the consecutive period of the previous year.

'Although vegetable export has increased remarkably, it is yet to reach mainstream market,' Choudhry said adding that the main consumers of Bangladeshis vegetables were mainly non-resident Bangladeshi (NBRs) and expatriate workers.

As Thailand had achieved tremendous success in expanding its vegetable markets across the world, Bangladesh could share its experiences both theoretically and practically to into the enter world market, he opined.

' It's a matter of satisfaction that foreign airliners like Qatar, Gulf, Kuwait and Emirates airways have showed their interest to carry vegetables from Bangladesh, Choudhury added.

Reding cooking 20 per cent cash incentives provided by the government to the vegetable farmers, he suggested increase in incentives since the exporters had to pay 75 per cent of their earnings as freight charge.

According to statistics, vegetables cultivation has got momentum across the country and now it has turned into a full-fledged 'cash crop' from the ' kitchen garden' as export and local demand of these items have gone up remarkably during the last couple of years.

Many districts like Jessore, Jhenidah, Satkhira, Bogra, Rangpur, Jamalpur, Tangail, Narsingdi, Comilla, Gazipur and parts of Chittagong have been treated as 'vegetable basket' due to huge farming. Brinjal, beans, guards, tomato, cauliflower, cabbage, carrot, radish and spinach are being grown massively in these districts.

Speaking at the seminar as the chief guest, food and disaster management minister Dr Abdur Razzaque laid emphasised on commercialisation of agriculture so that farmers could get more benefit from agri-farming.

He called upon the private entrepreneurs to take appropriate measurers of their own and supplement the government efforts in commercialisation of agriculture which contributes 20.29 per cent to GDP and generates 63.2 percent of total national employment.

Among others, executive director of Krishi Gobeshona Foudnation Dr M Nurul Alam, DCCI president Asif Ibrahim, general manager of Bangladesh Bank Sukamal Sinha Choudhury, senior vice president of DCCI TIM Nurul Kabir and DCCI director Niaz Rahim also took part in the discussion.

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Juba League arrested leaders

Gournadi police on Sunday arrested - a Juba League leader as alleged killing squad member of the murder of a primary school teacher and former JCD Farid Zamaddar.

Gournadi police station officer in charge (inspection)-Inspektor, which track the mobile-phone Mizanur Rahman and investigation officer from the said case, Mukul Jamaddar, 35, of Diashur in Gournadi urban city in the morning was arrested calls of the suspected.

Mukul is a member of Gournadi shortly Juba League convening Committee and cousin of Nayon Sharif, 29, shortly Secretary and Kajal Howladar, 28, Vice President Gournadi Government College units of BCL, two Prime accused in Farid murder.

Mukul was sent to the District Office Police Barisal Sunday lunch.

The officer-in-charge of police, Inspector Nurul Islam, took him to the district police.

The Police Superintendent of Barisal, dev the Bhattacharyya, said Mukul was shown arrested after he admitted

primary interrogation was, that he was in the squad of the killing.

Mukul would be further interrogated by an interrogation of the various branches of the Police Board and would be produced before the Court for today, the SP said.

Former Gournadi police the statement Shefali included an eyewitness to the incident and verhörten Saddam Sardar and Zia Saradar, two BCL activists, in this context, said police OC Gournadi.

Shah Farid Zamaddar, 29, former President Chandshi Union and Vice President Gournadi Government College JCD units and teachers of the Pinglakathi Government primary school in Chandshi Union in Gournadi shortly was hacked to death during the day opened Thursday morning, as were on the way to school.

Shah Jalal Zamaddar, a school teacher and brother of the victim filed a murder case on Thursday evening with Gournadi police station.

He claimed that his brother Shah Farid Zamaddar was murdered in a sequence to an explanation he had last month with local BCL squad.

BCL squad under the direction of Nayon and Kajal, crashed on Farid, he was on leave critically injured him on the way to school and him about 09: 40 Thursday hacked and of the doctor on the shortly health declared complex Farid dead, when he was accepted there, he said.

In protest against the murder of elementary school teacher and Chairman of JCD on Friday, half-day Hartal was observed urban city in Gournadi and primary school teachers began a week-long protest programme wearing black badges and abstention from work.

Advocate-General of Talukdar MD. Yunus, AL local legislators during conversation with journalists about mobile condemned the killing.

He said that he will free the police and fair investigation and arrest the murderer.

He said that the killing due to personal rivalry has occurred and that it had to do with anything

Policy.

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Farmers to start movement for growing sugar cane price

Bangladesh Chinikal Akkhchasi Federation, an Association of farmers, the supply of Sugarcanes to the State sugar factories, announced on Sunday, that there is a movement to a seven points series of demands, increasing the Sugarcanes and recently been press price of urea fertilizer to the previous version of head would lead.

Farmers lose interest in the cultivation of sugar cane because of the low price and high price of urea, said the Federation Secretary General, Mohammad Akkas Ali, in a press conference at the Dhaka reporters unity.

He said to press home claims, the Federation would a movement, the handing over a memorandum to the Chief Executive Officer of the sugar factories on 29 September, education a human chain at the National Press Club on the 10, including wages and handing over a memorandum to industry minister Dilip Barua on 16.

The Federation for tougher program, their demands go not met from October 20, said President Golam Sarwer of the press conference.

Sugar production is on the wane, as the farmers, have produced less sugar cane after an increase in their cost of production, the Federation said Guide.

Farmers now get TK 83 for a Maund (37.3 kg) of sugar cane and the Federation said they wanted the price increase to TK-120 per Maund.

Leaders Sirajul Islam, Iddris Ali, and Ali Yasin were Federation in the Conference.

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Defense seeks the discharge Sayedee

Defenders on Sunday his argument closed, Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Amir Delwar Sayedee of Hossain imprisoned the discharge by the Bangladesh of war crimes for 79 points, which say that pressed the case against him ', indeterminate and undefined sweep were.'

The persecution began against the defence ask, say, that certain fees with the submission of sufficient evidence has been pressed had were enough for Sayedee the charge in accordance with the law.

The negotiation of the first procedures for prosecution for war crimes in 1971 remained inconclusive and the international crimes Tribunal, introduced, that the process of war crimes, adjourned the hearing until Tuesday.

Tracking the setting of charges against Sayedee in 31 points for crimes against humanity and genocide in ICT case 1/2011 proposed on 4 September,.

Search according to Sayedee of the dismissal of the case, the Defender Tajul Islam said that Sayedee from the case on 79 points, including that the charge against him should be fired were not in accordance with the international crimes (courts) Act 1973 or certain "formal" and the proposal for the prosecution.

No offence accused be can defined in the law is, argues Tajul added that the law must be changed before any indictment.

However, the Court said the Council, that the argument on the amendment of law could be no reason for the discharge of the accused of a criminal case.

He said that the Court had asked itself on 14 September under which the prosecution, the section could be made a charge against Sayedee.

Tajul argues that such a query from the Court proved that the crime have not clearly defined the law.

Also, he claimed that the public prosecutor's Office a mess at the interpret some of the definitions of offences as crimes against humanity and genocide had made according to the law.

He said that down as genocide, rape, arson, rape and murder were not certain the charges against Sayedee for recognized international crime.

The Council argued, that after the request of the law, the prosecution not the date, time and places of occurrence for many counts of charges against Sayedee pressed.

In many cases not provide tracking full details of the victims and witnesses of the prosecution, including their addresses, under the pretext of said for reasons of security, he.

Tajul, said the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the International Covenant on Civil and political rights, that the fees, the intention or purpose of the crime and at the same time, elements had to provide for the intention to establish.

A murder not crimes against humanity is, unless, of course, the intention behind it clearly shows that it was directed against a certain group of people and the elements have to substantiate this claim, he argues.

The Defender also claimed that the prosecution did not specify a role of Sayedee in the alleged crimes.

With reference to the Sayedee participation in setting a Razakar Commons, argued the Council that the prosecution not explain how such an act can be defined as a crime against humanity.

He also asked how ' forced conversion of the Hindu people to Islam' crimes against humanity could be.

Combat the defence argument, Prosecutor Syed Hyder Ali claimed that sufficient ingredients and conclusive evidence, including the victims of atrocities, witnesses and evidence of the charges against Sayedee pressed the Tribunal had submitted.

Referring to the investigation report, argued that Prosecutor of next Sayedee, 'a real Razakar Commander,' also helped with the setting of Razakars, an auxiliary force of the Pakistan occupation army and calls to commit crimes against humanity through the establishment of provisional camps in Pirojpur.

No ambiguity about the charges against Sayedee there is no obstacle to top Sayedee, said he.

Sayedee was during the hearing in the Tribunal in the dock.

The Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed apart from Sayedee, the Jamaat Amir Matiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary General and Assistant Secretaries General Mohammad Kamaruzzaman and Abdul cuboid Molla and Bangladesh nationalist party standing Member Salauddin cuboid Chowdhury, also a legislator, were along with other, commit arrested for war crimes.

All of them have the "Safe House" in Dhanmondi Government for one day was interrogated.

Against the Tribunal, but on 31 March bail granted former BNP lawmakers and Abdul Alim under certain conditions.

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Hill people claim fresh attempts of Bengal

Hügel Menschen in Distrikte Khagrachhari und Bandarban behauptet, dass Bengali Siedler in Ramgarh und Bandarban Hauptsitz auf einen frischen Umzug in ihre angestammten Land greifen auslösen eine frische Spannung in den Ortschaften.

Die Gemeindeverwaltung von Khagrachhari versucht eine Mediation, die Streitigkeit zwischen Mamas und Bengali Siedler, aber die Verwaltung der Bandarban war noch Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, nachdem die Khiyang-Gemeinschaft ein Memorandum an es in diesem Zusammenhang vorgelegt hatte.

Einheimischen sagte, dass eine Gruppe von Bengali Siedler am 23 Pagla Abs. des Nabhanga war in Patachara union unter Ramgarh Upazila von Khagrachhari am Morgen Land der Marma-Gemeinschaft gehören aber in der Widerstand von den Mamas ging.

Auch am nächsten Tag, Bengali Siedler auf Pagla Para und versucht, das Land zu besetzen und die Mamas auch dort versammelt waren, um sie zu widerstehen.

Auf Informationen ein Kontingent von Ansar aus Patachara Lager stürzte vor Ort und zwang beide die Gruppen, die Gegend zu verlassen. Ramgarh Upazila Nirbahi Offizier Gopal Chandra Das, Ramgarh Verantwortlicher Polizist Ohidul Rahman, Nabhangra war Headman Saching Prue Chowdhury, und Patachara Union Parishad Vorsitzender Alamgir Hossain ging es auch.

Die UNO angewiesen, Bengalen und Mamas ihn mit ihre Eigentumsurkunden Land zu treffen.

Land Streitigkeiten in Ramgarh schweren Gewalt auf 17. April 2011 ausgelöst, mit vier Bengalen getötet, Hunderte von Hügel Menschen angegriffen und 95 Häuser gehören Hügel Menschen zu Asche verbrannt.

Innerorts Bandarban landet Awami League Einheit gemeinsame Kreissekretär AKM Jahangir vor kurzem versucht, zu besetzen der Khiyang Gemeinschaft auf Gungru Mukh Para in Kuhalong war, neben Chemi Dawlu war, wo er eine Lease hat.

Bacha Khiyang, einem lokalen Führer der unendlich Khiyang-Kommunikation und ein ehemaliges Mitglied der Bandarban Hill District Council, sagte Jahangir sagte, er würde eine Gummi-Plantage, die Khiyangs entfernen. Bacha sagte Jahangir auch Datei Fällen gegen sie und auch für kommunale Angriffe auf sie bedroht.

Am 12. September Jahangir zusammen mit seinen Anhängern nach Bacha Khiyang Haus und drohte ihm der heftigen folgen, wenn er nicht das Land verlassen.

Die Khiyangs sehen Sie ein Memorandum an die Bandarban stellvertretender Kommissar gegen Jahangir der Versuch, aber keine Aktion noch in diesem Zusammenhang getroffen worden.

Jahangir behauptete, dass er gekauft hatte, die Gebiete durch angemessene Verfahren.

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Clean technology of brick kilns can dramatically reduce mortality in city

A brick kiln control law is under active consideration of the Government to curb heavy environmental pollution from energy-intensive and outdated brick kilns, Minister of State for environment and forestry of Hasan Mahmud said on Sunday.

In a workshop in the city, he said that such pollution have a negative impact on the environment.

The clean air and sustainable environmental project of the Department of environment and the World Bank jointly organized the workshop with the title "introducing energy-efficient clean technologies in the area of brick of Bangladesh" the key findings of the country's brick, to share the processing industry.

The speakers included, among other, the environment and forestry Ministry Joint Secretary Mohammad Nasiruddin, Department of environment Director General Monowar Islam, WB, country director Zahid Hussain and Bangladesh Bank Vice-Governor Abul-Quasem.

World Bank senior environmental specialist Shakil A. setting presented a paper on ' alternative and improved brick kiln technologies ' and WB advisers Lelia Croitoru "Economic costs and benefits of different technologies".

Chinese energy specialist Jie Li and brick expert Xiao Hui presented a paper on "China's experience in transforming the brick industry."

The two WB-environment specialists said that the pollution by solid chimneys in more than 90 percent of the brick kilns in Bangladesh account for up to 20 percent of premature mortality as a result of environmental factors.

You said, the main source of fine particulate pollution that 530 highly polluting lorries and energy-intensive kilns with solid smokestacks in the North of Dhaka produce the 2.1 billion bricks per year are also the city.

It calls for immediate replacement of the outdated furnaces of clean brick making technologies such as the vertical shaft brick kilns and the hybrid Hoffmann, cement kilns which are socially profitable, as the highly polluting lorries fixed chimney kilns.

You said that the replacement of Northern Dhaka would reduce existing brick ovens with vertical shaft brick, the kilns premature mortality by more than 60 percent kilns it would reduce during hybrid Hoffmann by 45 percent.

She said that the brick-making industry about contribute 1% to the country's GDP and about one million jobs.

Speakers described the increased costs of flood free land and shortage as obstacles to the transition to brick kilns with clean technologies.

They said that flood free land would require operating brick kilns with clean technologies.

For a solution, which they set up of the industrial park on flood free land exclusively for one brick kilns proposed for.

The two experts said, that their reports of the Government and other stakeholders to provide the information that they need would the industry of the country, which use only cleaner technologies for the development of an energy-efficient brick.

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Its economy invest UAE to raise awareness in Bangladesh

The Government of the United Arab Emirates is its economy to investment potentials in Bangladesh, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said at a meeting with his counterpart Bangladesh Dipu Moni in New York, Department of State to raise as a press release.

He said this as Dipu Moni his collaboration for UAE investments in power generation, oil, gas and minerals exploration and development of infrastructure in Bangladesh.

The two Ministers that the United Nations General Assembly were their respective national delegations in the 66, had a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Dipu Moni sought the support of the UAE of the candidature of Bangladesh for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council (2016-2017), UN Human Rights Council and International Maritime Organization (2011-2012).

The United Arab Emirates Minister assured that his country Bangladesh would seriously consider the requirements in terms of the excellent bilateral relations between the two countries.

It checks the existing air transport agreement between the two countries, cooperation between the Chittagong Port and DP port of Dubai and discussed about the 4th session of the Joint Economic Commission, which this year would be held in Dhaka.

Dipu Moni informs its counterpart to the introduction of the disposition.

Foreign Minister Mohamed Mijarul Finley's was present during the session.

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Automatic vehicle control centres in operation taken

Shahin Akhter

The Bangladesh road transport authority plans, local consultants run five automatic vehicle control centres, are to appoint idle for more than a decade.

Because the Danish International Development Agency the centres set up handed that under a joint care and rehabilitation of road schemes, to BRTA in 1999, the authorities could foreign consultants to gain operational plants.

BRTA engineering department director Mohammad Saiful Haque said new age, that under the joint project with Danida, five vehicle centers in different parts of the country in 1997-98 had set up fiscal years.

Each of the centres with a capacity of 150 vehicles per day, has been checked up, at a cost of TK one crore, he said.

"But the Danida consultants in 1999 left the country without the support of the operational side of the plants and as a result, they could work not for a single day", he said.

Saiful Haque, said that the BRTA tried to attract other foreign companies, but they showed interest in the work.

He said "So we have asked the Ministry of communication, delicate local consultant appoint, and invite the plants as soon as possible, enable".

He hoped, that the tender for local consultants this year floated would be.

Earlier, Deputy Director of the Department of Sheikh Mohammad Mahbub-e-Rabbani new age said BRTA that fitness centres would check motor vehicles, by you automatic equipment, including brake tester, testers, smoke Tester and under chassis Lady.

He said that there were two centres in Mirpur and Ekuria in Dhaka and three more in Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi.

BRTA sources said that on this vehicles have been manually reviewed by 57 motor vehicle inspectors all over the country.

The sources said about 16 lakh registered motor vehicles were plying the highways and all annual re-registration required.

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Sangram editor released on bail

Bdnews24.com. Dhaka

Der Editor die Pro-Jamaat-e-Islami Bengali daily Sangram Abul Assad, hat gegen Kaution vier Tage nach seiner Verhaftung im Zusammenhang mit Gewalt des 19. September freigegeben wurde.

Sein Rechtsanwalt Mohammad Abdur Razzak der Nachrichtenagentur sagte, 'gewährt Metropolitan Magistrat Rezaul Karim ihn gegen Kaution am Samstag."

Im gleichen Fall die erste Angeklagte war Jamaat-e-Islami Sekretär allgemeine ATM Azharul Islam, 59, und der 107. Angeklagte war Abul Assad, 69, fügte er hinzu.

Am 19. September ging Jamaat-e-Islami Aktivisten auf der Rampage, wenn die Polizei ihre Prozession, die Freilassung ihrer obersten Führer verhaftet Kriegsverbrechen abgefangen.

Den Anhängern verschiedener Fahrzeuge in Brand gesetzt und zahlreiche andere an Rajmani-Kino am Kakrail verwüstet.

Mehrere Fälle wurden mit Ramna-Polizei-Station, die mehrere tausend Jamaat Männer für Abfackeln und Fahrzeuge zu beschädigen, öffentliche Eigenschaft zerstören und Angriff auf Polizisten beschuldigt abgelegt.

Am 20. September inhaftiert RAB den Editor aus seiner Moghbazar Residenz wegen Anstiftung zu der Gewalt.

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NTC fighters enter Sirte

National Transitional Council prepare their weapons fighters before their fighting in the city of Sirte on Saturday. ­ - AFP photo

Agence France-Presse. Sirte

Home town in the Gulf of Sirte from the East joined hundreds of fighters for Libya's new rulers on Sunday, when the city for a second straight day hit NATO planes in Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Flash V for victory signs, the fighters moved in Sirte in pickup trucks and larger trucks, supported by three artillery tanks, as they shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), an AFP correspondent said.

Other fighters of the Transitional National Council, could their West of the Mediterranean city, as deadly clashes raged also faithful in the Western oasis of Ghadames, close to the Algerian border.

And West of Sirte, NTC, forces outside Bani Walid mounted a new attack on the city, the only other remaining Gaddafi jump.

As they rolled by Sirte of the Eastern Gate, rushed two ambulances with sirens on fire, and other NTC fighters emerged from the bastion of Gaddafi, where they said there was small arms firefights.

"We struggle with Kalashnikovs and small arms to the city centre," said Mar'ee Saleh Ali Hassan Jabar Brigade.

"We are on Gaddafi's men raise, but her return fire is not very strong," he said, when he finished the Eastern Gate.

Saleh added, the ' NATO several strikes carried out today. I have it. "

Many of the pickup trucks in the city carried out said food and water supplies, as well as mattresses, an indication that the fighters were to positions in Sirte, the correspondent.

West of Sirte NTC could say but forces her, that they do not, you launch a new attack in Sirte allow statements of NATO had received on the implementation of transactions.

On the political front were NTC Chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil, said an interim Government next week would be known and that 'weapons banned Gaddafi International' now under his control.

Earlier, said one of the fighters in Sirte of the Eastern Gate stationed, that fighters were looking for land mines.

' We fear that forces have buried Gaddafi landmines on the outskirts of the city. So we are out. So far today it is quiet after heavy yesterday confrontations, "Hameed said frontline fighter Abdul.

Fighters who stationed to stay told another AFP correspondent, what, had said of the NATO coalition put on Sunday and retention of a planned new attack on the City West of Sirte.

NATO aircraft launched at least a dozen air raids to Sirte on Sunday morning, said correspondent.

On Saturday NATO planes exploded 29 armed vehicles, a brand position, two command and control nodes and three ammunition storage facilities in the area of the Alliance said in an operational update.

On Saturday, fighter Sirte what apparently came to a pincer movement from the South and East.

"Our troops went seven kilometres through the eastern gate and it sometimes heavy clashes with Gaddafi was forces sporadically," said Commander Mohammed al-Marimi Fakriddin-Sallabi-Brigade.

Misurata military Council spokesman Abdel Ibrahim said seven NTC fighters killed and wounded 145.

The fighters used tanks and pickups mounted roadblocks with flak delete Gaddafi forces and drove towards the city of Sirte, building their own defense in advanced positions.

On a Beach Road, surrounded by craters and pock-marked buildings struck a 106 mm anti-tank Cannon Gaddafi repeated positions, supported by a barrage of mortar fire and multiple rocket launchers.

A Sirte residents who managed to escape said early on Sunday, fighting at 19: 00 on Saturday at waned.

' There are African mercenaries roaming throughout the city. You are in houses with flak in the trigger a ' at the western edge of Sirte, he said, refusing to give his name for security reasons.

He also said he saw Gaddafi's son Mutassim twice - once in a command in a hospital basement, in the last three weeks.

Front line fighter in Sirte have said repeatedly that the Mutassim is perforated in the southern suburbs.

Saturday's attack came after reports of a rapid deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the city of about 75,000.

NATO troops in Gaddafi forces met, after reports of Sirte "Executions, hostage-taking and the calculated targeting of individuals, families and communities in the city" was a coalition statement said.

The attack on Ghadames, said Tripoli, came at dawn, at least eight NTC fighters killed and wounded 50, 600 km southwest of Muhandes Sirajeddin, Deputy Head of the Municipal Council.

"The attack began at 05: 30 (0330 GMT)." Around 100 Gaddafi Loyalists, including mercenaries, consisting of Algeria (border) and took the Tuareg groups to the fight, "he said."

Sirajeddin and two other residents, said that clashes there were still under way, in Ghadames, a UNESCO world cultural heritage and is home to the Roman ruins.

Heavy fighting also in Bani Walid, the only other remaining Pro-Gaddafi raged bastion, with NTC fighters under fire from within the city, an AFP correspondent said.

NTC Commander Omar Mukhtar said his men are "Bundling" but would attack not on Sunday.

"We are always ready," he said as five tanks at the front roll up an AFP correspondent.

NTC forces believe that Gaddafi best-known son Seif al-Islam, until in Bani Walid is perforated. "We know exactly where he is," Mukhtar said.

In the meantime, the Transitional Council Sunday said the remains of more than 1,700 prisoners who 1996 prison in a mass grave in the capital were found by warden Tripoli of notorious Abu Salim, a spokesman for the national.

"We found the place where these martyrs were buried," said Khalid Sharif, spokesman of the military Council of the NTC, adding of it was Beweis criminal acts ' by the Gaddafi regime.

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Tiger code given lesson

  Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal tries some photography during a leisure period of the team's training session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. -New age photo

The contracted cricketers of the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the members of the preliminary squad for the West Indies series had in extraordinary session on Sunday about their code of conduct.

The BCB organised the session following reports of widespread code violation in the recent times, especially during the difficult time in Zimbabwe when Bangladesh lost both the test and one-day series.

BCB media manager Rabeed Imam briefed the cricketers for more than two hours in the board room at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on the code of conduct and some other key issues.

Apart from former captain Sakib al Hasan and current vice-captain Mahmudullah, all freelancing players attended the session. Sakib is currently involved in the Champions League Twenty20 with Kolkata Knight riders while Mahmudullah skipped the session to take examination.

' Very rarely we get so many cricketers together. It is what one of those days, so we decided to brief them about certain things, "Rabeed told new age.

' Many cricketers sign the contract without properly reading the code of conduct. So often they make a mistake. We tried to give them the best idea about it,' he said.

' The players were so warned about writing columns in the newspapers without permission from proper channel. It is what a new inclusion in their contract, so they needed to be briefed about it,' said Rabeed.

Bangladesh's players needed only a verbal permission from the media committee before writing columns in the past, but after Sakib stoked up a controversy in his column for a Bengali newspaper during the last World Cup, the BCB decided to add clause in their contract about it.

According to the new clause, any media house willing to a get a column from a contacted cricketer has to apply to the BCB for permission after a reaching verbal agreement with the concerned player.

Only the chief executive officer of the BCB has the authority to allow the players to write columns. Currently three freelancing player - Sakib, batsman Tamim Iqbal and former captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza - are the only cricketers, who are writing columns in the newspapers.

Rabeed, however, said they do not need to obtain any fresh permission after signing a new contract in April.

' Their current contract with the newspapers started long ago and they took permission at that time. However, the BCB can still revoke the permission any time if it wishes,' he said.

The players were also briefed about dope test and match-fixing.

' The team management briefs them over doping and match-fixing from time to time. Still we have told them that everyone should cooperate when there is a random dope test and they should inform anything suspicious immediately to the ICC anti corruption unit,' he said.

' We of therefore briefed the players about BCB's commercial partners. The players were told to uphold the interest of the sponsors, "he said.

"Currently we have four commercial partners - Grameenphone, Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel, Pespsi and Aamra networks. And they all have different stakes. Players were told not to do anything that is conflicting with our sponsorship deals.'

Media committee chief Jalal Yunus, cricket operations chief Enayet Hossain Siraj and disciplinary committee chief Sirajuddin Mohammad Alamgir were also present during the session.

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Hasina is "You're with me or against me": Yunus

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A leaked US embassy cable has observed that a prophet has no honour in his own country, at least as far as Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus and the Awami League-led government attitude towards him is concerned.

The cable sent to Washington from the US embassy in Dhaka on November 30, 2009, said, ‘Prime minister Sheikh Hasina and foreign minister Dipu Moni made clear their distrust and suspicion of Yunus in several recent meetings with senior US government officials.’

WikiLeaks on August 30, 2011 released a number of diplomatic cables which had noted that while the government claimed Yunus was engaged in corrupt practices at Grameen Bank, his ties to the military-controlled interim administration and his brief contemplation of a role in

Bangladesh politics were more likely the reasons for Awami League’s disdain.

‘No one in Bangladesh can escape politics, however,’ said the November 30, 2009 cable.

One of the cables said Yunus wanted to resolve whatever ‘misunderstanding’ existed with Hasina over his efforts and organisation Grameen Bank and asked the US government to assist him in urging Hasina to change a long-standing rule that gave the government control over his position as Grameen Bank chairman and sought US help to resolve the problems.

Hasina signalled her displeasure with Yunus by refusing to ratify the interim regime’s ordinance that had empowered the Grameen Bank board of directors to appoint its chairman, said the November 30, 2009 cable sent by the then US charge d’ affaires Nicholas Dean.

‘Fearing [that the] government displeasure with him would jeopardise Grameen Bank and his other initiatives, Yunus requested the US ambassador to put in a good word with Sheikh Hasina on behalf of Grameen and Yunus,’ the cable read.

On November 5, 2009, when the US ambassador at a meeting with Hasina raised the Yunus issue, ‘the prime minister theatrically rolled her eyes and shook her head.  She spoke at length about her estrangement from Yunus and nodded her agreement when an advisor in the meeting characterised Yunus as ungrateful for the Grameen Phone deal that the prime minister had made possible.’

On November 11, 2009 ambassador-at-large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer met with Hasina, when the former was also interested in meeting with Yunus.

 ‘Most keenly, the prime minister felt Yunus had exercised poor judgment by courting military officers who had presented Yunus the possibility of coming to power through military backing in early 2007,’ the cable said. 

‘Perhaps we don’t work together.  But we don’t stop him.  When I was in Sweden (recently), Yunus was there and we exchanged hands.  It is our family tradition.’ Hasina was quoted in the cable to have said. 

When ambassador Verveer met with foreign minister Dipu Moni the next day, however, the latter had a litany of complaints against Yunus. Dipu Moni presented a range of allegations against Yunus and Grameen. 

‘She complained about the high interest rates Grameen charges its customers and alleged that the bank used “vicious practices” to recruit customers and obtain loan payments,’ the cable read.

Dipu Moni said, ‘Yunus broke rules and Grameen didn’t comply with Bangladesh law, including auditing requirements.  Many people in Bangladesh were upset when Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize given his corrupt practices.’

She also said government leaders understood the power of Yunus’ international reputation and therefore ‘bit our tongues’ when accolades were heaped upon him. 

According to the cable, on a personal note, Dipu Moni the foreign minister also complained that Yunus did not visit Sheikh Hasina in the hospital after she was injured in a 2004 bomb attack.

Ambassadors Verveer and James F Moriarty met with Yunus on November 11, 2009, when Yunus disputed all the allegations and said he and Grameen complied with all laws, including annual audits.

Yunus agreed that the prime minister likely viewed him as part of the caretaker government that tried to remove her and her rival, Khaleda Zia of the opposition BNP, from Bangladesh’s political scene. 

Yunus said Hasina’s attitude was, ‘you’re either with me or against me.’ 

 This dispute also raises questions about the long-term future of Grameen Bank.  Yunus is 69 years old.  Yunus told Moriarty and Verveer that he had offered to retire on a number of occasions, but the bank board had refused his offers, claiming there would be a run on the bank if he left. 

Yunus said he had been grooming a successor, but claimed government leaders had wooed that person into their camp and now he was working against him within the bank.

Another cable sent to Washington on August 12, 2009 by the then US ambassador James F Moriarty in Dhaka, said when the ambassador had met with Yunus on August 9, 2009 to congratulate him on winning the presidential medal of freedom, Yunus reported that tensions between him and the prime minister continued, but he hoped to meet with her soon to clear any misunderstandings over his efforts and organisation. 

Yunus said he had not yet received an appointment with Hasina despite his sending in an urgent request in late July 2009. Yunus perceived that even supportive government officials felt pressured to distance themselves from his recommendations and proposals.

Moriarty in another cable he sent to Washington on May 11, 2009 disclosed that Yunus had asked that the US assist him in urging Sheikh Hasina to change a long-standing rule giving the government control over his position as the Grameen Bank chairman.

Bangladesh’s 2007-2008 caretaker government passed an ordinance removing the GOB’s authority to select the bank chairman, but the parliament has not yet ratified that ordinance, the cable said.

In a May 10, 2009 meeting with the ambassador, ‘Yunus requested our input on the best way to request the PM reconsider her refusal,’ Moriarty said in the cable.

Yunus also discussed with the ambassador his disappointment over the AL government. He said the new government had to focus on the nation’s power needs and improve the quality of government bureaucracy in order for Bangladesh to weather the current economic turmoil, it said.

During the meeting Yunus said parliament had refused to approve an amendment to legislation that established Grameen Bank in the early 1980s; the amendment would have given the bank’s board of directors, rather than the government (as has been the practice), the authority to select the chairman of Grameen Bank, a position held by Yunus since the bank’s inception and renewed every two years.

In order to create Grameen Bank in 1983, Yunus sought support from the government to transform his micro-credit venture from a charitable organisation to a full-fledged bank, the cable said.

The government of Bangladesh passed an ordinance creating Grameen Bank, that decreed that the government would own 60 per cent of the bank and would have the authority to appoint its chairman. 

‘Since 1983, the GOB’s share of Grameen Bank has gradually declined; now the government only owns 5 per cent of the bank.’

The GOB has also continued to re-appoint Yunus the bank’s chairman.  However, Yunus has long desired to change the rule giving the GOB control of his position as chairman, the cable said. 

Over the years, Yunus told the ambassador, he had applied repeatedly to the GOB to amend the rules regarding the selection of the chairman.

The ambassador and Yunus went on to discuss more generally the prime minister’s performance during her first four months in office.

Yunus was critical of Hasina’s actions to strengthen the central government at the expense of local government.  He also criticised the AL government for exacting petty retributions against the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its leader Khaleda Zia.  ‘This is a divisive strategy,’ Yunus said.  The prime minister ‘must build bridges.’

Moriarty commented, ‘Despite, or perhaps because of, Yunus’ international reputation, many among Bangladesh’s political elite regard the Nobel Laureate with suspicion.  In the atmosphere of Bangladesh’s cult-of-personality politics, Sheikh Hasina and others likely view Yunus’ achievements and stature as a threat to their authority; in their minds, his very brief attempt to establish a political party in the early days of the 2007-2008.’

‘Yunus and his supporters, including the United States, need to convince the prime minister that an independent Grameen Bank is in her interest,’ he concluded.

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JS Körper, sich mit PM über Edn-Zuweisung

Banglanews24.com. Dhaka

Die parlamentarischen Ausschuss auf Bildungsministerium wird mit dem Ministerpräsidenten, Sheikh Hasina, über unzureichende Mittelzuweisung für den Bildungssektor des Landes im aktuellen Geschäftsjahr Unterredung.

Gesetzgeber auf die Watchdog-Körper auch besorgt über die weniger Zuweisung zum Eintragen der Bildungseinrichtungen unter Monatliche Zahlungsauftrag und auch für die Bereitstellung der Zeitskala für die Lehrer.

Der Vorsitzende des parlamentarischen ständigen Ausschusses, Rashed Khan Menon, wurde diese Frustration beim Gespräch mit Journalisten nach die 23. Sitzung des Ausschusses an die Sangsad Bhaban Sonntag ausgestrahlt.

Raschid Khan sagte: ' rund 1.000 Hochschulen sollen im laufenden Jahr in der MPO-Liste aufgenommen werden. Insgesamt 220 Crore Tk wird benötigt für das Ziel zu erreichen, aber die gesamte Mittelzuweisung ist nur 15 Crore Tk für diesen Zweck. "

Außerdem sagte er Reportern, insgesamt 327 Crore Tk wurde für die Bereitstellung der Zeitskala benötigt aber gab es keine Zuteilung auf dieser Kopf.

In diesem Zusammenhang erwähnte Rashed Khan auch, dass das Bildungsministerium das Problem mit dem Finanzministerium, aber ohne Erfolg bisher bereits hatte.

Vor diesem Hintergrund entschied der parlamentarische Ausschuss für Bildung, mit der Premier über die Angelegenheit zu sitzen.

Der Vorsitzende des Ausschusses behaupteten ferner, dass die Mittelzuweisungen im aktuellen Geschäftsjahr im Vergleich zu früheren Geschäftsjahre herausgehauen hatte.

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Coastal regions need adequate Cyclone shelters

Speakers at a seminar in Khulna on Sunday urged the Government for effective action to create accommodations appropriate cyclone and the coastal embankments to save the inhabitants of cyclones and water surge higher.

They made the demand at the seminar on ' importance of dike and Cyclone shelters for risk reduction for the coastal people ' arranged with the help of Shapla NIR, Japan and Japan International cooperation agency circuit House in Bagerhat Jagrata Juba Sangha.

Assistant Professor of urban and rural planning Division Khulna University Mostafizur Rahman presented the keynote paper at the seminar.

The speaker said that Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries of climate change was and the coastal areas where natural disasters occurring were frequently last years most vulnerable area.

The coastal areas lacked the sufficient number of Cyclone shelters and the dams were not too high to make the water wave, they said, adding that most of the roads in the direction of the Cyclone shelters repair and reconstruction required.

People had to suffer in the cyclone centers for appropriate arrangement of clean drinking water, toilets and storage of agricultural products, said the speaker.

Mostafizur Rahman, grain in his keynote speech, storage capacity, suggested accommodations with sufficient toilets, rain water harvesting and food for the setting of reasonable cyclone at least 15 M High Dam and strong coordination of the various Government and non-governmental organizations risk and reduction in disasters.

Chaired by JJS CEO ATM Zakir Hossain, the programme of parliamentary Committee on social welfare of Chairman Mozammel Hossain, Bagerhat additional Deputy Commissioner Shahnewaz Talukder and Shapla Neer Bangladesh country director Adushi Ojima, (General) among other things mentioned been.

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Police, RAB unacceptable excesses: JS Panel

The Parliamentary Committee on the Interior Ministry on Sunday worried the role of the rapid action battalion in the death of a leader of Juba Sanghati in Sylhet on stamping of a pro-hartal vigil in Dhaka by the police and in question provided.

The Committee warned police officers not to excesses on duty to maintain law and order.

The Standing Committee at a meeting also asked the Interior Ministry to investigate the incidents the Committee, who know what had happened, meeting said sources.

A legislator Jatiyo party and member of the Committee related to questions of stamping a picket line by the police during the September 22 Hartal enforced, by the Bangladesh nationalist party-led opposition and the death of Monwar Hossain Monir, Secretary General of Sylhet district Juba Sanghati, youth before the Jatiyo party early Saturday allegedly of torture by the RAB, said sources.

"It is not acceptable, that picketing or any of the police officers to death would be beaten" Chairman of the Committee of Abdus Salam told reporters after the meeting, added that she had discussed the incidents.

He said that the Committee had warned the Lawman previously against the excesses and exaggerated behavior. "Now, that such incidents have taken place, the Committee would statements after investigations."

Salam, said however, that the enforcement hartal

no right of anarchy and public property of political programs to unleash damage.

Sources said also law enforcement agencies of tarnishing the image of the Government by such activities had often accused members of the Committee.

"I of the Inspector-General of the police asked whether punitive action against the police officers responsible for stamping a picket was taken and he said that an investigation was," Jatiyo party said legislators Mujibul Haque Chunnu new age, added that the police was asked to report on the incident to the Committee for investigation.

He also said that the Director-General of RAB, the death was asked by Monir in Sylhet and he explained that Monir died of cardiac arrest, which the Committee does not have included.

The Committee also said for a detailed report of the RAB of the incident, the legislator JP.

The police during the Hartal hours on 22 a vigil in the town of Motijheel stamped area. The image of the incident was published and broadcast by the media.

Sylhet unit Juba Sanghati leader Monir, also President of the Cultural Organization MohanA singing critique Sangstha, was arrested on June 19 by RAB and police. He died early Saturday in Sylhet Medical College Hospital.

His brother Altaf Hossain, said that his brother of torture by the RAB had died.

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Police, polls official intervention in Ivy briefing

A team of policemen and election officers on Sunday intervened when Selina Hayat Ivy, to aspirant mayoral candidate for the Narayanganj City Corporation elections, what holding a press conference on Sunday.

The press conference Ivy

What holding at the Narayanganj Press Club began at noon and team about half on hour later, the police, headed by the SADAR police officer-in-charge, MD aktar Hossain, sadar upazila election officer Rakibuzzaman, and assistant returning officer for the city corporation elections Mosleuddin entered the press club and a heated exchange took place.

Aktar Hossain and Rakibuzzaman told Ivy that they had visited the place on information that there was at election campaign going in breach of the electoral code of conduct.

' Election officials asked US to go of i of went to the venue of the press conference as there,' aktar told new age.

Ivy was briefing reporters on her position about the rumours that had been tariffs for a few days that what she joining or negotiating with the Bangladesh nationalist party and the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami so that she could win the elections.

She said that what she daughter of Ali Ahmed Chunka and she would never stop being with the Awami League. "Other aspirants have spread the rumours," she added.

She also told the reporters that her father was chairman of the municipal corporation and she had also been elected chairman to the now-defunct mnicipal corporation. 'I am the vice president of the city unit Awami League and now I am a mayoral candidate of the city corporation polls.'

In reply to the question of the reporters, she said, ' I have never left Narayanganj and I will stand by the city residents\r in future.'

As for visit of the policemen and election officials and intervention in the press conference, she said that it was clearly meant to thwart the citizens' right to voting.

She therefore urged army deployment before the elections to stave off any untoward situations.

The district administration and the superintendent of police are serving the purpose of Shamim Osman and they need to be transferred if the elections were to be free and fair, Ivy said.

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Call to declare Halda as nat’l river

Bangladesh singing bath Sangstha. Chittagong

Teachers and students of Chittagong University on Sunday demanded declaration of the country's lone natural fish laiku sanctuary, Halda River, as the national river of Bangladesh.

The demand came at a discussion meeting organised by 'Riverine People', a voluntary organisation, in observance of 'World River Day' at the Conference Room of CU Central Student Union building.

Speaking on the occasion, Monjurul Kibraia, a researcher on Halda River and an associate professor of Zoology Department of CU, said in spite of being a riveine country, Bangladesh did not have any national river, which was a misfortune for US.

' Only the Halda is our own river and it is the largest fishes in the South Asia carp laiku sanctuary of the; that is why Halda should be declared as our national river', he added.

He said, 'we have national fruit, tree, bird, animal and flower but do not have any national river though ours is a riverine country.'

The speakers also called for raising awareness among the people of stopping pollution of Halda.

Rana Abbas, CU chapter president of the Organization, conducted the programs while students from different departments of CU took part in the open discussion.

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