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NEWS SUnDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2018 2 Export of raw, processed livestock products sees phenomenal growth DHAKA : Export of raw and processed livestock products witnessed a phenomenal 301.32 percent growth over the last nine fiscal years as the country earned Tk 5,576 crore in the fiscal year 2016-17, up by Tk 4186.59 crore against Tk 1,389.41 crore of fiscal year 2008-09 by exporting livestock products. The production of meats, milk and eggs rose significantly during the period, thanks to the government's measures, including policy support, for the development of the sector. During the period the availability of animal protein has also increased in the country as per capital consumption of animal protein, milk and egg stood at 121.74 gram, 157.97 milliliter and 92.75 pieces respectively in FY17. "Production of meats has been increased to 71.55 lakh tonnes in FY17 from 10.84 lakh tonnes in FY09. Production of milk was 92.85 tonnes in FY17 which was 22.86 tonnes in FY09 while eggs was 1493.16 crore pieces in FY17 against 469.20 crore pieces in FY09," said Dr Hasan Imam of Department of Livestock Services (DLS). Talking to BSS, Dr Imam said the government has been implementing a number of programmes, including training, e-service and preservation of semen, for the development of the livestock sector. Farmers and entrepreneurs can easily get any suggestion about rearing cattle, ducks and chickens by sending SMS (short-message service) to 16358 from any mobile operator as part of e-service, he added. "Some 69 lakh 45 thousand youths, destitute women, landless and marginal farmers imparted training on raising cattle and rearing ducks and chickens under DLS from FY09 to FY17 as part of the government's move to encourage selfemployment," he said. With a view to increasing cattle production, 41.84 lakh doses of frozen semen were produced and 36.68 lakh cattle were bred during the aforesaid period, according to DLS. "During the last nine fiscal years, some 63 upazila livestock centres have been set up and move is underway to establish 23 more to impart training to farmers on raising cattle, ducks and chickens to create small farms and provide veterinary services in rural area," said Dr Imam. To protect country's livestock from trans-boundary diseases, the government has already set up a total of 24 quarantine stations at land ports, seaports and airports. Besides, 22 mini animal food testing laboratories have been set up to provide necessary services to ensure balancediet for cattle, ducks and chickens. Another project is at the final stage for setting up 18 more such laboratories in the country. At present, there are 45 duck and 16 chicken farms under DLS. There are also seven dairy, one buffalo and six goat development farms. DLS also runs three sheep demonstration farms. The government has also launched credit schemes for encouraging people in poultry and animal farming especially in rural areas across the country. In January, 2015, Bangladesh Bank introduced a Tk 200 crore refinancing fund and 12 commercial banks and one financial institution are now providing farmers with maximum Tk 2,00,000 from the BB's fund for buying four cows to make the country selfreliant in milk production. "A total of Tk 93 crore 46 lakh 55 thousand and 200 has already been given to 8,919 beneficiaries from the BB's refinancing fund. Small farmers and women entrepreneurs are getting priority in this programme," he added. According to DLS, the country exported 4,20,172 kilograms beef, 22034-kg mutton, 2000-kg duck meat, 3000-kg chicken, 15,954-kg curd and sweets (rosmalai), 35,60,201-kg bones, 6532-kg beef curry, 1476-kg beef burger from FY14 to FY17. Journos demand quick enactment of media workers law DHAKA : Journalist leaders yesterday demanded immediate enactment of Media Workers (conditions of services) Act, soon to bring the TV channel and other electronic media journalists and workers under the purview of the newly formed 9th wage board, reports BSS. In a joint statement, Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) President Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul and Secretary General Omar Faruk, Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) President Shaban Mahmud and General Secretary Sohel Haider Chowdhury made the demand. They expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for declaring the 9th wage board and hoped that the government would implement the proposed act before the first sitting of the board so all media workers, especially those employed in different electronic media, can enjoy the benefits of the wage board award. The statement mentioned that being the apex body of the journalist unions BFUJ submitted the draft of the proposed law to the Information Ministry three years back. With the enactment of this law, the act given by Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for newspapermen " Newspaper Employees (Services and Conditions) Act, 1974 will be revived in an amended form, the leaders said. Bangladesh General Students Council continued their hunger strike program on Saturday. Photo : Star Mail Hawaii man says he's devastated about sending missile alert A former Hawaii state worker who sent a false missile alert last month said Friday he's devastated about causing panic but was "100 percent sure" at the time that the attack was real, reports BBC. The man in his 50s spoke to reporters on the condition that he not be identified because he fears for his safety after receiving threats. He says an on-duty call that came in on Jan. 13 didn't sound like a drill. However, state officials say other workers clearly heard the word "exercise" repeated several times. The ex-worker disputed that, saying he wasn't aware of any performance problems. While starting a Saturday shift at the emergency operations center in a former bunker in Honolulu's Diamond Head crater on Jan. 13, the man said, a co-worker took a phone call over the U.S. Pacific Command secure line that sounded like a real warning, he said. The man said he didn't hear the beginning of the message that said, "exercise, exercise, exercise." Federal and state reports say the agency had a vague checklist for missile alerts, allowing workers to interpret the steps they should follow differently. Managers didn't require a second person to sign off on alerts before they were sent, and the agency lacked any preparation on how to correct a false warning. Those details emerged Tuesday in reports on investigations about how the agency mistakenly blasted cellphones and broadcast stations with the missile warning. It took nearly 40 minutes for the agency to figure out a way to retract the false alert on the same platforms it was sent to. Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Administrator Vern Miyagi resigned as the reports were released. Officials revealed that the employee who sent the alert was fired Jan. 26. The state did not name him. The agency's executive officer, Toby Clairmont, said District Detective Police arrested Rakibul Khandker (22) with the murder weapon at Fultala upazila. Photo : Titas Chakraborthey Wednesday that he stepped down because it was clear action would be taken against agency leaders after the alert. Another employee was being suspended without pay, officials said. The incident "shines a light" on the state's system failures, the man who sent the alert said, adding that he believes the federal government should handle such alerts. Testing of the alert system began in November and protocols were constantly changing, he said. "As far as our level of training was concerned, I think it was inadequate," he said. Hawaii state Department of Defense spokesman Lt. Col. Charles Anthony declined to comment on what the former worker said. Officials said the man refused to cooperate with state or federal investigations beyond providing a written statement. He wasn't trying to impede any investigations, he said: "There really wasn't anything else to say." World Cancer Day: We can, I can From Page-12 One of the reasons for observing Cancer Day worldwide is to get everyone out of these misconceptions and everyone should know about the causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment of this disease. We have a lot of misconceptions about cancer as well as its treatment. There is always a talk of spending a lot of money in cancer treatment. But most people have no idea how expensive it is. To treat cancer disease, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery are required. The cost of surgery in Bangladesh is less than any other country of the world. The chemotherapy in our country also does not cost millions of taka like abroad. The breast cancer treatment costs around thirty thousand to one lac taka here only. This figure is not for everyone, but fewer in many cases. Earlier, our country did not have the facility for bone marrow transplant, but now it is possible in 10 lac taka only in this country. Depending on the stage of cancer or expansion of the disease the treatment cost varies. The first thing to know is that the disease is at which stage and then the patient needs to be treated accordingly. If the diagnosis of disease in the initial stage is done, the cost and complications of treatment are reduced and the success rates are too high. Many types of cancer are now cured. If the disease spreads to different parts of the body, the treatment becomes complicated and the rate of success is also decreased. In most cases, cancer causes in the elderly patients. Therefore, like cancer, other diseases for example hypertension, diabetes etc. have to be treated properly. Cancer is one of the non-invasive diseases. Cancer cannot be completely cured. However, it can be possible to prevent the risk factors from doing so. If the Khaleda's 6 conditions From page-1) She also warned that those who will maintain contact with both the government and BNP and betray with the party can easily be identified and they will not be forgiven this time. In an oblique reference to the trial of the graft cases filed against her, Khaleda Zia said country's lower courts are now under the grip of the government and they do not have the power to deliver proper judgements. "The Supreme Court said the lower courts are under the grasp of the government. They can't work independently ....can't deliver verdicts properly. We've seen the consequences of delivering proper judgements. A judge had to leave the country for delivering the right verdict in Taeique Zia's case," she said. Regarding the graft case verdict to be delivered against her, the BNP chief said, "They're holding the trial to keep BNP out of the election. But why are they holding the trial? Where there's no crime how can trial be held? They're doing everything abusing their power." Khaleda said the judiciary has no not independent as it has to work at the behest of the government. The BNP chief alleged that immediate past Chief Justice SK Sinha had to leave the country and quit for giving a right verdict and speaking the truth. She alleged that the government is using police and administration to gain its political interests. "They're forcing police and the administration to be used for their political interests. But they'll work neutrally for democracy if they get a congenial atmosphere." The BNP chief mentioned, "We've no fear as the country's people, administration, police and the armed forces are with us." She said the national election will be held in December next as per the Prime Minister's announcement. "If so, why they've started the election campaign so early? They've no confidence in themselves as the 'boat' has sunk badly. They won't be able to win people's hearts through the campaign," said Khaleda. symptoms of the disease can be identified before diagnosis of cancer, then the treatment chances can be increased. This is called screening. Due to the provision of screening in the developed countries, they can be detected in the early stage of the disease. For this reason, the success of treatment of developed countries is more. The screening system in our country has recently been started. The public should be made aware of this screening so that they come forward to make the screening procedures. Once the cancer treatment is finished, it does not solve all problems. The disease can come back anytime. That is why after the treatment, regular follow up should be done and as soon as the disease is returned the treatment can be started. However, it takes a lot of time in our country for cancer to diagnose, because there is no chance of examining histopathology in all the district cities of our country. For this reason, one needs to go to divisional cities or where there are medical colleges. After the disease is diagnosed, its intensity will be known. This means that it has spread to other places or not in the body. For this reason, 'PET CT' will be required. Thus, the decision of the treatment after diagnosing the stage of the disease can be started. Cancer treatment requires surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immune therapy, triggered therapies, gene therapy etc. A patient may need all these treatments in the field. Before applying any method, you should know if the patient has physical fitness. That is why you should see heart, lung, liver, kidneys and blood cells are ok. If someone has diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma or any other disease, then he should need extra precautions. Then, at every stage of the treatment, you Robot makes coffee at new cafe in Japan's capital Japan has a new cafe where customers can enjoy coffee brewed and served by a robot barista, reports BBC. The robot named Sawyer debuted this week at Henna Cafe in Tokyo's downtown business and shopping district of Shibuya. The shop's name in Japanese means "strange cafe." The single-armed robot scans a ticket purchased from a vending machine and greets the customer. It grinds the coffee beans, fills a filter and pours hot water over a paper cup for up to five people at once. A cup of brewed coffee costs 320 yen ($3) and takes a few minutes. Sawyer can also operate an automated machine for six other hot drinks including cappuccino, hot chocolate and green tea latte. Customers, many of them young men, took photos with their smartphones while they waited in line. The cafe operator, travel agency H.I.S. Co., says robots can increase productivity while also entertaining customers. Tamaki says it's not just about efficiency. "We want the robot to entertain customers so it's not like buying coffee at a vending machine," he said. Takeshi Yamamoto, a 68-yearold restaurant employee who works in the neighborhood, said his first experience with the robot cafe was very enjoyable, and his robot-made coffee was delicious. "It's quite rich, and tastes very good," Yamamoto said, as he took a sip. "You can get machine-made coffee at convenience stores, too, and it's actually good. But here, I had great fun." Maduro picked as Venezuela's socialist party candidate Venezuela's ruling socialist party has officially tapped President Nicolas Maduro as its candidate for this year's election, reports BBC. Socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello on Friday announced the unanimous decision. The government has said the election will be held by the end of April. Maduro succeeded the late President Hugo Chavez, leading the oilrich country into a deepening crisis marked by soaring inflation and shortages of food and medicine. The United States says it will reject the "snap" election. Several Latin America countries condemned holding a vote before Maduro's government and its political opposition complete negotiations aimed at resolving the crisis. Venezuela's opposition coalition hasn't selected a candidate or decided if it will participate. Maduro says that in his second term he'll wean Venezuela's economy off of oil production. Ferry services resume in Padma River DHAKA : The ferry services on the Shimulia-Kathalbari and Daulatdia-Paturia routes in the Padma River, which remained suspended for several hours due to dense fog, resumed on Saturday morning, reports UNB. On Daulatdia-Paturia route, the ferry services were suspended around 5 am due to poor visibility caused by dense fog and resumed after four hours at 9 am, said AGM of BIWTC Nasir Mohammad Chowdhury at Aricha. Meanwhile, on Shimulia-Kathalbari route, the ferry services were suspended around 2:30 am leaving at least eight ferries stranded, said Assistant General Manager of BIWTC (Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation) Shah Newaz Khaled at Shimulia. Later, more them 600 vehicles started to cross the river as ferry services resumed around 11 am, Khaled said. should see if all is well, whether it is responding to the treatment or side effects. This requires further testing. At the end of treatment, there should be regular follow up also. Cancer is a complex and incurable disease. Many people cannot be treated because of expensive treatment. Therefore, the mode of lifestyle and some changes in eating habits and regular screening can be performed for its prevention first. Basically, there are seven ways of preventing cancer which includes: 1. Avoid tobacco. Any type of smoking can increase the risk of cancer. Smoking increases the risk of lungs, bladder, kidney and cervical cancer. Chewing tobacco such as Gul, Jarda etc. cause mouth and throat cancer. So by escaping this poison you can get rid of many cancers. 2. Get healthy food. If you are cautious about eating, you can get rid of many other diseases besides cancer. For example, lot of fruits, vegetables and grains will help to prevent cancer. Eat less oil and also eat less animal fats especially the beef and muttons. Although these are high in calories, but weight increases, thereby increases the risk of heart disease and other diseases also. Moreover, intake of alcohol may cause kidney, liver, lung and breast cancer. 3. Control weight properly. Keep your weight control according to your age and height. For this reason, regular exercise as well as balanced diet is must. Do at least 30 minutes of physical work in the day. More weight can be the cause of breast cancer and kidney, prostate gland and lung cancer also. 4. Stay away from the sun ray. Avoid sunlight from 10am to 4pm especially because during this time, the intensity of sunlight is highest. 5. Take antidote vaccine. Presently, some cancers are also called sexually transmitted diseases. Vaccination against some viruses will help you to avoid cancer. For example, hepatitis B vaccine prevents liver cancer. Those who are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases must take this vaccine. In addition, human immunodeficiency virus vaccine can be prevented from cervical cancer. 6. Change the risky behavior. Safe sex life will help you to survive from many cancers such as uterus, sebaceous and oral cancer. Those who are polygamous must use condoms and vaccinations are necessary for them. But changing this habit is possible to be safe. Besides, many injections of the same index help in the spread of diseases such as cancer and AIDS. Those drug addicts are at risk of these diseases. 7. Take the initiative to diagnose the disease at the very beginning, which we call screening. This means that the cancer of these places can be detected easily or initially by examining breast exams or skin, intestines or colon, prostate and cervical through the help of physicians and themselves. These cancers can be cured if detected early on. So it can be seen that if you are warned about a little or you take action, the killer cancer can be prevented. In the developed countries, the screening issue has become quite widespread. It is possible to launch it in our country if we are a little aware. Our awareness can protect us from this disease. As the disease progresses rapidly due to cancer, it should be taken urgently to increase public awareness on this issue. World Cancer Day is a great opportunity to spread it and its harmful aspects through world media. Dr. A K Lutful Kabir, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka E-mail: lutful@du.ac.bd
METRO SUNDAY, FeBRUARY 4, 2018 3 Bangladesh eyes on its share in Islamic heritage tourism DHAKA : Bangladesh eyes on a new door to open up for holidaymakers offering its Islamic heritage as tourism ministers of OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) member state are set to gather in Dhaka this week to discuss various issues regarding Islamic tourism. “As the first ever host of any OIC tourism ministers gathering, we consider it as an opportunity to promote our tourism potential and heritages to the Muslim world,” Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB) Dr Nasir Uddin told BSS. The 10th Islamic Conference of Tourism Ministers (ICTM) will take place from February 5 to 7 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel here with the theme - ‘Promoting Regional Integration through Tourism’. “We are ready to welcome tourism ministers or their representatives from 57 OIC member countries at the meeting to showcase our Islamic heritage in front of the leaders of the Muslim world,” Dr Nasir said. He said the OIC understands Bangladesh has huge potential in the tourism sector and encouraged Bangladesh to the event and to discuss ways of cooperation among member states. The conference will discuss core issues including development of Islamic tourism, progress on tourism infrastructure projects, OIC tourism fairs and OIC City of Tourism Award (2019 and 2020). Referring to the tradition of declaring two cities of OIC member countries as “Capital of Islamic Tourism” at every meeting of ICTM, the BTB chief said the name of Dhaka would be proposed this time to select as capital of Islamic tourism either for 2019 or 2020. The last 9th session declared Madina and the Iranian Tabriz city as the capitals of Islamic tourism for 2017 and 2018 respectively. “I am highly hopeful that Dhaka, the city of mosque that hosts numbers of Indo-Islamic architecture will be selected. If so, we will make a yearlong plan for Dhaka to attract more tourists from across the Muslim world to visit our Islamic heritage,” Dr Nasir said. The BTB is also taking preparation to propose for being the host to organize the 5th OIC Tourism Fair here in 2020. Apart from the core agenda of ICTM - development and promotion of Islamic culture and heritage - the 10th session will also review progress of the tourism projects in different countries those are being implemented in line with joint cooperation on Islamic tourism. “We (Bangladesh) will also place some new projects related to Islamic tourism to implement in Bangladesh,” BTB CEO said. With a market potential of more than 50 Muslim countries and no less than 1.6 billion Muslims, tremendous opportunities await those who are willing to meet the demands for Muslim-friendly tourism products and services. “We would like to exploit every possible opportunity to attract more tourists in our country. We had held an international Buddhist tourism circuit conference in Dhaka earlier to get more Buddhists tourists, now we have the opportunity to showcase our Islamic heritage in front of the world to attract more and more Muslim tourists specially from middle east and far east,” Dr Nasir said. The ICTM is being held in different OIC member countries in every two years. Its 9th session was held in Niamey, the capital of Niger in 2015. As per the tradition, the chairmanship of the conference will be transferred to Bangladesh tourism minister from his Niger counterpart (current chair of ICTM) for next two years at the opening ceremony of the upcoming 10th ICTM session. A recent OIC study revealed that in 2015 the estimated number of Muslim tourists were 117 million, representing close to 10 percent of the entire tourism industry. This number is forecasted to grow to 168 million visitors by 2020 and 11 percent of the market segment with a market value projected to exceed US Dollar 200 billion. Publication ceremony of a monthly brail magazine ‘Onno Aloi Pori’ was held in the capital city yesterday. Photo : Star Mail Veteran journalist Sheikh Rakib Uddin dies DHAKA : Veteran journalist Sheikh Rakib Uddin died at a city hospital on Saturday. He was 85. Rakib Uddin, diplomatic correspondent of The Independent and also founder vice-president of Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB), breathed his last at Birdem Hospital at 5:30 am. He had been suffering from various old age complications, reports UNB. The namaj-e-janaza of Rakib Uddin was held at the National Press Club at 11:30 am. He worked at the United News of Bangladesh (UNB) and Daily Azad (as chief reporter). Rakib Uddin, also a member of the Jatiya Press Club, will be buried at Azimpur grave yard after Zohr prayers. Meanwhile, DCAB has expressed deep shock at the sad demise of SheikhRakib Uddin. DCAB President Rezaul Karim Lotus and its secretary general Mahfuzur Rahman Mishu, in a condolence message on Saturday, conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members and sought salvation of the departed soul. Dhaka hosts OIC tourism ministers’ meet Feb 5-7 OIC wants to enhance regional integration thru’ tourism DHAKA : Tourism ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will gather here on February 5-7 to talk about tourism potential among 57 member states and discuss ways to contribute better to their economies, reports UNB. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the three-day 10th conference of the OIC Tourism Ministers to be held here under the theme of ‘Enhancing Regional Integration through Tourism’. During this session, OIC Secretary General Dr Yousef bin Ahmed Al- Othaimeen will present his report to the Ministers of Tourism of the OIC Member States. The report includes the implementation of the OIC Framework for Development and Cooperation in the field of tourism in terms of promoting Islamic tourism, celebratory activities of Islamic tourism capitals, promotional tourism activities, organising tourist exhibitions, establishing tourism portal, tourism capacity building programmes, tourism publications, and tourism statistics and studies. The conference will also discuss the development of Islamic cultural and heritage tourism, the strategic roadmap for the development and promotion of Islamic tourism, and a study on branding Muslim-friendly tourism in the global market. The participants will also review the progress in tourism infrastructure projects, such as the Regional Project for Sustainable Tourism Development in a Network of Cross Border Parks and Protected Areas in West Africa, according to the OIC headquarters. The event is also expected to address the challenges faced by the OIC on the successful organisation of various tourism fairs and the development of a joint strategy for the successful organisation of Islamic tourism exhibitions. The session will also select the two Islamic tourism capitals of 2019 and 2020 in line with the mechanism and the selection criteria adopted and review the annual celebration of the capital of Islamic tourism and programmes to facilitate the mass people and diverse the celebration of this year-long event. A preparatory meeting was held recently at the Secretariat with Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shajahan Kamal in the chair. The minister will brief the media about the conference tomorrow (Sunday) morning at the Secretariat. Bangladesh Online News Portal Association (BONPA) formed a human chain in front of National Public Library yesterday demanding cancellation of section-32 of Digital Security Law-2018. Photo : Star Mail Grameen Phone Ltd Sramik Karmachair Oikyo Parishad demonstrates yesterday in the capital city. Photo : Star Mail Sd/- GD-179/18 (8 x 4) GD-180/18 (6 x 4)
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