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NATIONAL MONDAY, JULY 30, 2018 6 Engineer AKM Fazlul Haq Chan MP addressed the tri-annual conference of 5 no Gosaipur union Jubo League as the chief guest at Baliachandi Government Primary School in Sreebardi upazila on Saturday. Photo: Photo: Shahriar Milton Tri-annual conference of Jubo League held in Sreebardi shahriar milton, sherpur Correspondent: the tri-annual conference of 5 no Gosaipur union Jubo league was held at Baliachandi Government primary school in sreebardi upazila of sherpur district on saturday. upazila Jubo league convener committee member rahul amin Bablu chaired the first phase of the conference while upazila Jubo league Convener Jahidul islam Jewel announced the inauguration of the conference. engineer akm Fazlul haq Chan mp was present as the chief guest at the occasion. among others, Jubo league Joint Convener liakat hossain liton, district krishak league president abdul kader, former organizing secretary of the upazila awami league salahuddin, former agriculture affairs secretary amirul islam, district awami league's former cultural affairs secretary abdullah saleh, district council member abu Zafar, abdullahel al-amin, president of the upazila krishak league president abul kashem talukder and municipal mayor abu sayeed were also present at the occasion. in the second phase of the conference, Jahangir alam was elected as the president and abdur rashid as the general secretary. 4 JUST students get Prime Minister Gold Medal shahid Joy, Jashore Correspondent: Four meritorious of Jessore university of science & technology (Just) was awarded the prime minister Gold medal-2017 on Wednesday. the prime minister Gold medal- 2017 award ceremony under the auspices of university Grants Commission (uGC) was held at the shapla hall of prime minister's office where the prime minister handed over the gold medals among the talented students as the chief guest. the meritorious students of the Jessore university of science & technology, who received the prime minister Gold medal are, aliur rahman from department of petroleum and mining engineering under Faculty of engineering and technology, shammi akter from Fisheries and marine Bioscience department under Biology and technology Faculty, nazia naushad lina from nutrition and Food technology department under applied science and technology Faculty and rabiul islam from physical education and sports science department under Faculty of health science. nurul islam nahid, education minister, md sohorab hossain, secretary of secondary and higher education division of the ministry of education, professor dil afroza Begum, uGC memeber, professor dr. md anwar hossain, Vice-Chancellor, Jessore university of science and technology and Vicechancellors from various public and private universities were present at the occasion. a total of 163 students of various public and private universities were awarded the prime minister Gold medal 2017 in recognition of their securing highest marks/CGpa in their respective faculties. A view exchange meeting was held with the local government authorities at Grand Taj Restaurant & Party Center in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar on Sunday. Photo: Sayed Ahmed View exchange meeting held in Sreemangal sayed ahmed, sreemanGal Correspondent: a view exchange meeting was held with the local government authorities at Grand taj restaurant & party Center in sreemangal upazila of moulvibazar on sunday for the aim establish transparency, increase accountability and good governance. socheton nagorik Committee sreemangal which was formed by the inspiration of transparency international Bangladesh (tiB) organised the the meeting. mohammad rokon uddin, deputy director of local Government division, moulvibazar was present as the chief guest at the meeting while socheton nagorik Committee sreemangal president syed nesar ahmad Bangladesh achieves laudable success in fish production ranGpur: Fisheries officials and experts at a function said Bangladesh achieved tremendous success in fish production in last ten years, meeting nutrition demand of people with leading the country on the way to achieve selfreliance in this regard, reports Bss. the observation came at the concluding and prize giving ceremony of the national Fisheries Week-2018 jointly organised by upazila Fisheries department and upazila administration at Bir muktijoddha tipu munshi auditorium in kawnia upazila town on saturday evening. the weeklong programmes included colourful rallies, releasing fish fries, awareness building and motivational activities with a renewed call and fresh strategies for further development of the prospective fisheries sector. With kawnia upazila Fisheries officer manjurul islam in the chair, upazila nirbahi officer sm nazia sultana attended the function as the chief guest. assistant upazila Fisheries officers mahbub ul alam and Jiban krishna chaired the meeting. among others, sreemangal upazila parishad Chairman randhir kumar deb, 4no shindurkhan union parishad chairman md. abdullah alhelal, 5 no kalapur union parishad chairman mujibur rahman, 6 no ashidron union parishad chairman rannendra prasad Bardhan Jahor, 3 no sreemangal union parishad chairman Bhanu lal roy, 7 no rajghat union parishad Chairman Vijay Binarji, local government sub-committee convener Jahor tarafdar, tiB program manager najma khanam nazu and area manager parvez kairy and vice president of socheton nagorik Committee sreemangal dipendranath Bhattacharya were also present and spoke at the meeting. sarker, successful fish farmers raju ahmed and rezaul karim, among others, addressed the function. more than 900 people, including fish farmers and fishermen, officials and employees, political leaders, hatchery owners, pisciculture extension workers, fish-feed traders, teachers and students were present. manjurul islam narrated the success achieved in increasing fish production in kawnia upazila as well as in the district where the farmers produced 40,720 tonnes of fish during last 2017-2018 fiscal against annual demand of 63,095 tonnes. "the fish production increased by 5,643 tonnes during the last fiscal while it was 35,077 tonnes in 2016-2017 fiscal in the district and the trend will continue in the coming years all over the district," he said. the chief guest mentioned tremendous economic prospect of the fisheries sector in the upazila and called for further boosting fish production using the latest technologies and protecting the natural breeding grounds with stopping hunt of smaller fishes. 2-day long training workshop ends at CVASU s m akash, ChattoGram Bureau ChieF: a two day long training program of dairy farmers titled ' dairy products' preparation of dairy farmers in Chattogram' ended on sunday as arranged by the department of dairy and poultry science of Chittagong Veterinary and animal science university. 19 farmers of Chittagong dairy association participated at the workshop which was held at dairy science lab. in the workshop, the farmers were trained about various dairy products such as curd, cheese, butter, ghee etc. professor md. halim, dean of Veterinary medicine department of the university, professor of dairy and poultry science department Gautam kumar debnath and Chittagong district livestock officer dr md reazul haque trained the farmers in the workshop. BGB seizes silver ornaments, phensidyl in Benapole Jahirul islam ripon, Benapole Correspondent: members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized silver ornaments and phensidyl syrup from smuggled from india in amrakhali area in Benapole on sunday morning. lt. Col ariful haque, commanding officer of 49 Border Guard Bangladesh said, tipped off, a BGB team conducted a drive in the area in the morning and seized 4 kg silver and 560 bottle phensidyl. the goods are worth around 8 lakh 15 thousand taka. however, no one was arrested in this connection, he added. An outsourcing training workshop with educated youths of Kamalganj was inaugurated at Kamalganj Upazila Parishad conference room on Sunday. Upazila Parishad chairman, valiant freedom fighter Professor Rafiqur Rahman inaugurated the 5-day training workshop as the chief guest with Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mohammad Mahmudul Haque in chair. Photo: Pintu Debnath Four meritorious of Jessore University of Science & Technology (JUST) Aliur Rahman, Shammi Akter, Nazia Naushad Lina and Rabiul Islam was awarded the Prime Minister Gold Medal-2017 on Wednesday. Photo: Shahid Joy A two days long training program of dairy farmers which was organised by the Department of Dairy and Poultry Science of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Science University ended on Sunday. Photo: S M Akash 20,010 women receive technical training in RWTTC GaiBandha: the national Fisheries Week- raJshahi: around 20,010 unemployed women received technical and vocational training in rajshahi Women technical training Centre (rWttC) during last twelve years since 2006, reports Bss. simultaneously, 11,198 of them obtained jobs both in home and abroad contributing to socioeconomic development of the country. engineer nazmul haque, principal of rWttC, revealed this while addressing a seminar titled "Job Fair and employment" at the centre hall room. rWttC organized the seminar in sideline of a daylong job fair on saturday with financial support from skills and training enhancement project. engineer haque said women were given six-month training on general electronics, architectural drafting with autoCad, dress-making and embroidery, dyeing, printing and block boutique, fruit processing and preservation under skill "We provided many women who intended to go abroad with different trainings including vocational and housekeeping and many of them got jobs," he added. president of rajshahi Women Chamber of Commerce and industry md muniruzzman, principal of rajshahi mohila polytechnic institute omor Faruque, principal of Bangladesh polytechnic institute syed ahmmad Jaki, principal of national science and technology polytechnic kamal hossain and editor of daily sonar desh akbarul hassan millat also spoke. around 12 job providing public institutions joined the fair and they provided jobs to 31 women graduated from the rWttC on the occasion. Chamber leader muniruzzaman viewed technical education could be effective means of building competent and skilled human resources and its role is very vital for a substantial and sustainable growth of national economy. role of skilled people is also very important for earning more foreign remittance which is significant for country's development. he said communication development and improving relations between technical institutions and industries is very important for providing time-fitting technical teaching to the women and employment for achieving sustainable goals. development National Fisheries Week ends in Gaibandha 2018 ended in the district on saturday with a call to boost production of fishes including indigenous ones to meet the demand of nutrition and create employment, reports Bss. a concluding ceremony was also held at the office of district fisheries officer (dFo) of the town here on saturday afternoon at the directive of the higher authorities concerned though the week was celebrated here from July 18 to July 24. acting deputy commissioner (dC) muhammad mizanur rahman addressed the function as the chief guest and district controller of food m. amzad hossain was present at the event as the special guests. With dFo abdud dayan in the chair, the function was also addressed, among others, by senior assistant director Barun Chandra Biswas, senior sadar upazila fisheries officer sanjoy Banerjee, fish cultivator saiful islam dulu and journalist sarker m. shahiduzzaman. the speakers in their speeches underscored the need for enhancing the fish production in all the seven upazilas here at larger scale through motivating the new farmers and establishing fish sanctuaries in the water bodies of the district. they also emphasized for protecting the mother fishes in the haors, bills and other water bodies and Jatka in the river of Jamuna at the initiative of the fisheries department involving the locals. they also demanded of the government to provide subsidy or the loans with nominal interest to help the fish farmers produce more fishes without economical trouble and to brighten the fisheries sector as well. acting (dC) muhammad mizanur rahman in his speeches said the fish production had been increased in the country in last few years for taking pragmatic steps and adopting modern technologies by the department. terming the fisheries sector as the potential one muhammad mizanur rahman urged all the stakeholders to build social movement on fish farming and mother fishes protecting to meet the deficiency of all types of fishes in future. later, the guests formally distributed the crests to the students of ahammad uddin shah shishu niketan school and College of the town who participated in the debate on fish production marking the fisheries week and successful farmers.
INTERNATIONAL MoNdAy, 3 JuLy 30, 2018 Police were trying to determine a motive Saturday after they said a man fatally shot four family members at two locations, including his father and stepmother inside a Texas nursing home before killing himself there too. Photo : AP 5 relatives dead in murder-suicide; 3 at Texas nursing home Police were trying to determine a motive Saturday after they said a man fatally shot four family members at two locations, including his father and stepmother inside a Texas nursing home before killing himself there too, reports UNB Richard Starry fatally shot himself inside Retama Manor nursing home after killing 85-year-old Ernest Starry and his wife, Thelma Montalvo, Friday night, said Enrique Paredez, a police lieutenant in the Corpus Christi suburb of Robstown. A gun was recovered at the scene. Paredez said a family member later called officers to the couple's home where their 13-year-old adopted son and a 41-year-old son of Montalvo were also found shot to death. The names of the other two sons and Montalvo's age were not released. The reason behind the shootings was unclear, Paredez said at a Saturday news conference. "As far as a motive, the investigation is too premature at this time to determine," Paredez said. Reuben Garcia, whose father lives in the nursing home, was inside the home at the time of the shooting. "I thought it was just a ladder that had fallen down, that's what it sounded like to me. Then I heard somebody say run, run," Garcia said. "So we ran," getting his father out of the building. Robstown Police Chief Erasmo Flores said during the news conference that investigators are working "diligently" on the case and that the results will be presented to the district attorney for review. Iraqi protesters wave national flags in front of the provincial council building during a demonstration demanding better public services and jobs, in Basra, 340 miles (550 km) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday. AP Photo Iraqi PM suspends electricity minister over poor service Iraq's prime minister has ordered the suspension of the country's electricity minister over a power crisis and poor service, reports UNB. Haider al-Abadi made the announcement on his Twitter account on Sunday. He says the suspension of Qassim al-Fahdawi will last until an investigation is concluded. He didn't elaborate. Despite billions of dollars spent since the 2003 U.S.- led invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, many Iraqi cities and towns are still experiencing severe power cuts and rolling blackouts. The issue has also partly fueled this month's protests in Iraq's southern Shiite heartland, mainly in the energy-rich province of Basra. The protests turned violent when security forces opened fire on the angry mobs attacking and burning government offices and those of and political parties. Several protesters were killed and wounded, while others were arrested. Heartbreak: Funerals begin for Greece's wildfire victims Funerals for the victims of Greece's lethal wildfire began Saturday with the burial of an elderly priest who drowned as he sought safety from the flames in the sea off the coastal community of Mati, reports UNB. Hundreds of people attended Father Spyridon Papapostolou's funeral in his parish of Halandri, a northern suburb of Athens, the Greek capital. Papapostolou, his wife and daughter were among hundreds who entered the water to protect themselves from the fast-moving flames. But the 83-year-old cleric passed out and drowned, while his wife and daughter survived. "Father Spyridon was certainly ready for this trip, but not in this way, he didn't deserve it," his niece, Ifigenia Christodoulou, told The Associated Press. "I hope that he prays for all us from up there, just as he has done all these years." Dimitra Bavavea directed her anger at the "unjust" way that so many people - 86 - had lost their lives. The fire was the deadliest wildfire in Europe since 1900, according to the International Disaster Database run by the Centre for the Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters in Brussels. "My sorrow is great as is my rage for those who left people to burn to death so unjustly," she said. "I hope that those who died are in heaven and I thank you Father Spyridon for all that you have offered us." Greece's public order minister continued to defend authorities' response to Monday's blaze. Minister Nikos Toskas told state broadcaster ERT it was impossible to evacuate the area's 15,000 people in the 90 minutes that Monday's blaze roared through the area. Cambodians vote in polls with main opposition party silenced With the main opposition silenced, Cambodians were voting in an election Sunday virtually certain to return to office Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party who have been in power for more than three decades, reports UNB. Although 20 parties are contesting the polls, the only one with the popularity and organization to mount a credible challenge, the Cambodian National Rescue Party, was dissolved last year by the Supreme Court. Its leaders have called on supporters to boycott the polls, charging they are neither fair nor free. Along with fracturing the political opposition, Hun Sen's government also silenced critical voices in the media and ahead of the polls, ordered the temporary blocking of 17 websites, citing regulations prohibiting media from disseminating information that might affect security. The blocked websites included those of the U.S. government-funded Voice of America as well as local media. Hun Sen, whose 33 years in power makes him the world's longest serving national leader, promised peace and prosperity at a rally on the last day of campaigning on Friday, but attacked the opposition's boycott call and called those who heed it "destroyers of democracy." Hun Sen and his wife cast their ballots south of the capital shortly after polling stations opened. His ruling Cambodian People's Party was alarmed by the last general election in 2013, when the race was close enough for the opposition to claim that it would have won except for manipulation of the voter registration process. "This Cambodian election is not going to be genuine and it's not going to be free or fair," said Phil Robertson from Human Rights Watch. "The problem is the opposition party - the CNRP - which won 44 percent in the local elections in 2017 has been barred. You're talking about an election without an opposition." Hun Sen, 65, said that he intends to stay in power for at least two more five-year terms. He was a member of the radical communist Khmer Rouge during its successful five-year war to topple a pro-American government, then defected to Vietnam during Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's 1975-79 genocidal regime that left nearly 2 million dead. He became prime minister in 1985 in a Vietnamese-backed single-party communist government and led Cambodia through a civil war against the Khmer Rouge, which eased off with the 1991 Paris Peace Accords that also installed a democratic political framework. Exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy made a final appeal to Cambodians by urging them not to vote. On his Facebook page, he said that the sham election was destroying Cambodia's future and called Hun Sen a "real traitor." Hun Sen on Saturday met with foreign election observers, including those from Russia, China and Indonesia. The U.S., the EU and Japan declined to send poll watchers, saying the election was not credible. Northern California wildfire raging into its fourth day Thousands of dazed evacuees struggled to keep their emotions in check while trying to take care of themselves and their pets as a deadly wildfire in Northern California raged into its fourth day, reports UNB Anna Noland, 49, was evacuated twice in three days before learning through video footage that the house she last saw under dark and windy skies had burned. She expected to spend Saturday night at a shelter at Simpson College in Redding while she searches for another place to live. "I think I'm still in shock," Noland said. "It's just unbelievable knowing you don't have a house to go back to." Noland is among the 38,000 people evacuated after the Carr Fire roared into the outskirts of Redding in Shasta County, leaving five people dead, including two firefighters, a woman and her two great-grandchildren, ages 4 and 5. "My babies are dead," Sherry Bledsoe said through tears after she and family members met with Shasta County sheriff's deputies. A vehicle problem ignited the fire Monday, but it wasn't until Thursday that the fire exploded and raced into communities west of Redding before entering city limits. On Saturday, it pushed southwest of Redding, the largest city in the region, toward the tiny communities of Ono, Igo and Gas Point, where scorching heat, winds and bone-dry conditions complicated firefighting efforts. The fire, which grew slightly Saturday to 131 square miles (340 square kilometers), is the largest fire burning in California. Nearly 5,000 structures were threatened and the fire was just 5 percent contained. The latest tally of 536 destroyed structures was up from 500 earlier in the day, and sure to rise. A count by The Associated Press found at least 300 of those structures were homes. Bonnie and Jerry Kieffaber grabbed most of their medications when they left their home in Redding on Thursday, but they forgot his insulin. Days later, police won't let them back inside because it's still too dangerous. Bonnie Kieffaber, 69, says being away from home is expensive. "All of our food was there, and now we're draining our checking account trying to keep gas in the car and buy food too," she said while grabbing a hot meal at a Red Cross shelter. "It's exhausting," she said. "The heat and the stress of it all, and praying for everybody and all of our friends." The firefighters killed in the blaze included Don Ray Smith, 81, of Pollock Pines, a bulldozer operator who was helping clear vegetation in the path of the wildfire. Redding fire Inspector Jeremy Stoke was also killed, but details of his death were not released. Sherry Bledsoe's two children, James Roberts, 5, and Emily Roberts, 4, were stranded with their great grandmother Melody Bledsoe, 70, when walls of flames swept through the family's rural property Thursday on the outskirts of Redding. Israeli-Arab lawmaker resigns over Jewish nation bill An Israeli Arab lawmaker says he is resigning from parliament for "ideological reasons" to protest the recent passage of a controversial law enshrining the state's Jewish character, reports UNB Labor lawmaker Zuhair Bahloul says Sunday he can no longer serve in a country that officially marginalizes the 20 percent Arab minority he represents. Bahloul, a former popular sports broadcaster, is regarded as a symbol of Jewish and Arab coexistence. His departure marks further fallout from the explosive bill, which has also seen strong opposition from a Druze minority that serves in the military and feels slighted by the legislation. Israel's 1948 declaration of independence defined its nature as a Jewish and democratic state. The government says the bill merely enshrines the country's existing character but critics say it undercuts its democratic values. A firefighter makes a stand in front of an advancing wildfire as it approaches a residence on Saturday in Redding ,Calif. AP photo Palestinian protest icon Tamimi released from Israeli prison Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi returned home to a hero's welcome in her West Bank village on Sunday after Israel released the 17-year-old from prison at the end of her eightmonth sentence for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers, reports UNB. Ahed and her mother, Nariman Tamimi, were greeted with banners, cheers and Palestinian flags as they entered their home village of Nabi Saleh. Ahed was arrested in December after she slapped two Israeli soldiers outside her family home. Her mother filmed the incident and posted it on Facebook, where it went viral and, for many, instantly turned Ahed into a symbol of resistance to Israel's half-century-old military rule over the Palestinians. With her unruly mop of curly lightcolored hair, the Palestinian teen quickly became a local hero and an internationally recognizable figure. Her supporters see a brave girl who struck two armed soldiers in frustration after having just learned that Israeli troops seriously wounded a 15-year-old cousin, shooting him in the head from close range with a rubber bullet during nearby stone-throwing clashes. In Israel, however, she is seen by many either as a provocateur, an irritation or a threat to the military's deterrence policy. Israel has treated her actions as a criminal offense, indicting her on charges of assault and incitement. Her eight-month sentence was the result of a plea deal. In Nabi Saleh, supporters welcomed Tamimi home Sunday with Palestinian flags planted on the roof of her home. Hundreds of chairs were set up for well-wishers in the courtyard. "The resistance continues until the occupation is removed," Ahed said upon her return. "All the female prisoners are steadfast. I salute everyone who supported me and my case." From her home, Ahed headed to a visit to the grave of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Her father, Bassem Tamimi, said he expects her to take a lead in the struggle against Israeli occupation but she is also weighing college options. Since 2009, residents of Nabi Salah have staged regular anti-occupation protests that often ended with stonethrowing clashes. Ahed has participated in such marches from a young age, and has had several highly publicized run-ins with soldiers. One photo shows the then 12-year-old raising a clenched fist toward a soldier towering over her. In a sign of her popularity, a pair of Italian artists painted a large mural of her on Israel's West Bank separation barrier ahead of her release. Israeli police say they were caught in the act along with another Palestinian and arrested for vandalism. Ahed was 16 when she was arrested and turned 17 in custody. Her case has trained a spotlight on the detention of Palestinian minors by Israel, a practice that has been criticized by international rights groups. Some 300 minors are currently being held, according to Palestinian figures. Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. Palestinians are increasingly disillusioned about efforts to establish a state in those territories, after more than two decades of failed negotiations with Israel. Polar bear killed after attack on Arctic cruise ship guard Norwegian authorities said a polar bear on Saturday attacked and injured a polar bear guard who was leading tourists off a cruise ship on an Arctic archipelago. The polar bear was shot dead by another employee, the cruise company said, reports UNB. The Joint Rescue Coordination for Northern Norway tweeted that the attack occurred when the tourists from the MS Bremen cruise ship landed on the most northern island of the Svalbard archipelago, a region between mainland Norway and the North Pole that is known for its remote terrain, glaciers, reindeer and polar bears. The German Hapag Lloyd Cruises company, which operates the MS Bremen, told The Associated Press that two polar bear guards from their ship went on the island and one of them "was attacked by a polar bear and injured on his head." The polar bear was then shot dead "in an act of self-defense" by the second guard, spokeswoman Negar Etminan said. The injured man was taken by helicopter to the town of Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen island. He was not identified and no further information was given on him. "He was flown out, was responsive, and is currently undergoing medical treatment," Etminan said, adding that the victim was not in a lifethreatening condition. She said all cruise ships traveling in the northern region are obliged to have polar bear guards aboard. Arctic tourism to the region has risen sharply in the last few years and is now in high season. A Longyearbyen port schedule showed that 18 cruise ships will be docking at the Arctic port in the next week.
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