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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017
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At least 30 thousand people stranded and snapping road connections. Besides, the rise of water level in the river of Sangu creates a bar
to plying of tourists boat
DHAKA TRIBUNE
Flood situation worsens in
Bandarban, Moulvibazar
• Tribune Desk
NATION
The heavy shower over the past two
days has flooded the low-lying areas of
Lama, Ali kadam and Naikhongchhari
upazilas of Bandarban and some parts
of Moulvibazar district.
Sources said the rise in Matamuhuri
River water flooded the areas, leaving
at least 30 thousand people stranded
and snapping road connections. Besides,
the rise of water level in the river
of Sangu creates a bar to plying of
tourists boat.
The flood-affected people are taking
shelter on the hospital and school premises
in the area with the apprehension of
landslide, according to upazila administration
sources.
Lama Upazila Chairman Thoainu
Aung Chowdhury said all upazila chairmen
have been asked to take the food
victims to nearby shelter.
According to transport owners in the
district, if the flood situation persists, it
will inundate more new areas.
Lama Upazila Nirbahi Officer Khin
Won Nu urged all to inform local mayor,
commissioner, chairmen, newsmen
and administration concerned of any
unwanted situation in the wake of flood.
Our Moulvibazar correspondent adds:
flood situation in the district remains unchanged,
with around three lakh people
marooned by water while water-borne
diseases are on the rise.
According to sources in Kulaura
Upazila Government Hospital in the
district, children and the elderly are
the most victims of diarrhoea and viral
diseases. A total of 18 medical teams
are working to treat the ailing people.
Our Sunamganj correspondent said
the Surma River water is flowing over
the danger level. The intermittent
heavy rain over the past few days, plus
the water flow down the hill contribute
to the rise of water level.
According to the weather forecast
center of Water Development Board,
water level might increase in the next
24 hours. •
DU confers honorary
degree to IAEA chief
Yukiya Amano
• DU Correspondent
METROPOLITAN
A special convocation ceremony
was held at Dhaka
University yesterday where
the university Chancellor and
Bangladesh President Abdul
Hamid conferred the honorary
Doctor of Laws degree to
Yukiya Amano, director general
of International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA).
The special ceremony was
held yesterday afternoon at
Sir Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury
Senate Bhaban in the
university. Deans of all DU
faculties, department heads,
senate members, teachers,
and vice-chancellors of other
universities were present at
the ceremony.
Addressing the ceremony,
President Hamid said he believed
that a bridge had been
formed between the university
and the IAEA through th
convocation.
“As the chancellor of the
University of Dhaka, I am
In Europe, Trump gets
second chance to
make first impression
• Tribune Desk
WORLD
US President Donald Trump
will learn this week whether
he gets a second chance to
make a first impression as he
returns to Europe and has his
first encounter with Russian
President Vladimir Putin.
Trump’s first visit to the
continent in May stirred anxieties
among European allies
when he declined to endorse
Nato’s common defence treaty
explicitly and scolded world
leaders for not spending more
on their armed forces. This
time, Trump will use stops in
Poland and Germany to try to
pull off the tricky balancing act
of improving ties with Moscow
at a time of particularly fraught
relations while also presenting
the US as a check against Russian
aggression.
Trump is leaving Washington
for Europe on Wednesday.
In what may be the mostwatched
event of the four-day
very happy to confer Doctor
of Laws on you,” he said.
Since its inception in 1957,
the IAEA has been playing a
pivotal role in the nuclear field
and seeking to promote safe,
secure and peaceful use of nuclear
technologies and prevent
the proliferation of nuclear
weapons, the president noted.
In his speech, Yukiya said
the IAEA was trying to help
developing countries with the
utilisation of nuclear technologies
for the benefit of common
people.
“Bangladesh is committed
to the peaceful application of
nuclear techniques to ensure
food security, healthcare and
power generation for the betterment
of the country, and
[the] IAEA will cooperate in
those sectors.”
Welcoming the IAEA chief,
DU Vice-Chancellor AAMS
Arefin Siddique said nonproliferation
of nuclear weapons
was urgent in today’s world as
it was not possible to keep the
technologies of nuclear weapons
under wraps forever. •
trip, the president will meet
Putin on the sidelines of an
international summit meeting
in Hamburg, Germany.
Every aspect of the meeting
between the two unpredictable
leaders is sure to be
closely scrutinised as investigations
press on into alleged
Moscow meddling in the 2016
election and potential Trump
campaign collusion.
The Trump-Putin encounter
will be one of at least nine
meetings the US president will
have with foreign leaders while
in Hamburg for a G20 summit
of developed and developing
nations, beginning Friday.
Trump’s overseas trip will
be his first since he announced
that he was withdrawing the
US from the landmark Paris
climate agreement, to the
regret of a number of world
leaders who had lobbied
Trump to remain in the 2015
pact. The White House said
Trump and Merkel discussed
the climate issues in their conversation
Monday. •