09-10-2018

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OCTOBer 9, 2018
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) arranged a view exchanging meeting on 'Digital Security Law-
2018' chaired by Mirza Fakrul Islam Alamgir. Photo : TBT
IPCC for rapid changes in society
to limit global warming to 1.5°C
DHAKA : Limiting global warming to
1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching
and unprecedented changes in all aspects of
society, the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) said in a new
assessment, reports UNB.
With clear benefits to people and natural
ecosystems, limiting global warming to
1.5°C compared to 2°C could go
hand in hand with ensuring a more
sustainable and equitable society, the IPCC
said on Monday.
The Special Report on Global Warming of
1.5°C was approved by the IPCC on
Saturday in Incheon, Republic of Korea.
It will be a key scientific input into the
Katowice Climate Change Conference in
Poland in December, when governments
review the Paris Agreement to tackle climate
change.
"With more than 6,000 scientific references
cited and the dedicated contribution of
thousands of expert and government
reviewers worldwide, this important report
testifies to the breadth and policy relevance of
GD-1235/18 (6 x 3)
the IPCC," said Hoesung Lee, Chair of the
IPCC.
Ninety-one authors and review editors from
40 countries prepared the IPCC report in
response to an invitation from the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) when it adopted the Paris
Agreement in 2015, according to IPCC
statement issued from Incheon, South Korea.
The report's full name is Global Warming of
1.5°C, an IPCC special report on the
impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above
pre-industrial levels and related global
greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the
context of strengthening the global response
to the threat of climate change, sustainable
development, and efforts to eradicate poverty.
"One of the key messages that comes out
very strongly from this report is that we are
already seeing the consequences of 1°C of
global warming through more extreme
weather, rising sea levels and diminishing
Arctic sea ice, among other changes," said
Panmao Zhai, Co-Chair of IPCC Working
Group I.
Stepmother 'kills'
minor boy in
Chapainawabganj
CHAPAINAWABGANJ : A
minor boy has been killed
allegedly by his stepmother
at Haripur Miapara in the
district town, reports UNB.
Police recovered the body
of Ahmed Hridoy, 8, son of
Abdur Rahim of the area, in
the early hours of Monday.
Officer-in-charge of
Chapainawabganj Police
Station Ziaur Rahman said
Hridoy went missing on
Sunday night. His father
informed police of the
matter and filed a general
diary.
Around 2 am on Monday,
locals spotted his body,
which bore injury marks in
the cheek and throat, behind
their house.
Later, police recovered the
body and sent it for autopsy.
After the incident, police
detained Hridoy's
stepmother Rozina Akhter
who reportedly confessed to
her involvement in the
killing. He told police that
she beat the minor boy to
death over family feud, the
OC claimed.
Man killed as
tractor plunges
into a river in
Cumilla
CUMILLA : A driver of a
tractor was killed when a
brick-laden tractor plunged
into the Gumti river
following collapse of a bailey
bridge on Daudkandi-
Batakandi road at
Kadamtoli in Daudkandi
upazila on Monday, repots
UNB.
The deceased was
identified as Khokon Mia,
son of Amzad Mia of
Mogarchar village in
Dharmapasha upazila in
Munshiganj district.
Police said the tractor fell
into the river following the
collapse of a bailey bridge
around 10 am, leaving
Khokon dead on the spot.
On information, police
recovered the body and sent
it to a local hospital morgue.
The local administration
hanged a signboard banning
movement of heavy vehicles
on the bailey bridge after the
collapse of a pillar of the
bridge over Gumti River two
years back.
Bus driver, helper
held with 21,200
Yaba pills in
Chattogram
CHATTOGRAM : Members
of Rapid Action Battalion
(Rab) in a drive arrested a
bus driver and a helper along
with 21,000 Yaba tablets
from Karnaphuli area of the
port city early Monday,
reports UNB.
The arrestees are driver Md
Ohidul Alam, 46, son of
Sirajul Islam, hailing from
Satkania and helper Md
Moshraf Ali, 42, son of Abdul
Majed Sikder, hailing from
Cox's Bazar district.
Tipped of that a
consignment of Yaba tablets
being brought from Cox's
Bazar, a team of Rab-7 set up
a special check post in front of
Toybiya and Saleh Super
Market.
On suspicion, the Rab team
asked a Dhaka-bound bus of
'S Alam Paribahan' to stop.
When the bus was trying to
GD-1229/18 (5 x 3) flee ignoring the signal, the
Rab team halted it.
GD-1227/18 (8 x 4)
Foot Overbridges:
Accessibility remains
a sticking point
DHAKA : Patients, the physically-challenged, women,
the elderly and children often fail to avail themselves of
overbridges (or 'footbridges') to cross roads as the initial
climb-up the flight of stairs-often to a height of two
storeys-leaves them severely depleted in terms of energy,
besides being time-consuming, reports UNB.
While visiting different areas of capital Dhaka, the
UNB correspondent came across a number of such
people.
All of them who braved the road sharedone common
calculation: the risk associated with crossing the road at
ground level, snaking one's way around stationary
vehicles or even scrambling at the sight of speeding ones,
was outweighed by the physical exertion and time it
would take to cross overhead.
By far the more physically challenging part comes first,
that is, in the very act of climbing up the stairs to get on
the bridge.
There are three foot overbridges in the city's Shahbagh
area, all of them lacking any sort of special arrangement
for people who may not be in an idealshape to attempt
the pretty steep (unlike stairs in most houses, they tend
to rise up in one steep incline) climb, very often in
sapping conditions brought on by the heat and humidity.
And it is even worse for those nursing any disabilities.
One way around the problem that has been tried
abroad could be to provide escalators on the side used to
climb onto the overbridge.
Some veryimportant institutions such as Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical University, Ibrahim
Cardiac Medical College and BIRDEM Hospital are
located in the area.
During a recent visit to the area, the UNB
correspondent spoke to a number of pedestrians who
expressed their frustration and distress at the risks they
were forced to take, just to cross the road.
Rabbi Bhuiyan, a second-year student of Dhaka
University said, "I feel sorry but nothing to do for the
patients, physically challenged people, women, and
children who struggle to cross the road."
Suman came to the PG hospital with his mother who
was not able to walk. But he was seen crossing the road
using the foot overbridge carrying his mother in his
arms.
Coming down the other side, clearly exhausted, he
laments how much easier it would have been had there
only been a lift or escalator to get on the bridge-as some
cities in southeast Asia do it.
Dhaka's two city corporations have so far built over 80
such overbridges in the city, with 32 in South City
Corporation and 49 in North City Corporation. But only
two of them-one at Banani and another near the Airporthave
the escalator facility.
Though it was planned to provide the escalator at one
end of every overbridge, there has been no progress so
far.
Contacted, DSCC Chief Engineer Al Ahmed said, "One
of the key functions of the Engineering department of the
city corporation is to construct the footbridges and
underpasses, but we didn't think too much for the
patients, the physically-challenged, women, the elderly
and children in the design."
He further said, "But we're planning to provide special
services making the best use of technology soon. We've
launched a feasibility test in six places for setting up
escalators."
Joint Secretary of 'Bangladesh Environment
Movement' and architect Iqbal Habib also expressed
frustration and said all the infrastructure projects are
taken to serve the purpose of businesspeople, not the
common people.
Stressing the big change in the current system of traffic
management, he also said the city corporations should
design their works aiming to serve the people. All
possible things should be addressed for making it userfriendly
ones before finalising any project.
Bishwanath village police
leading miserable life
with low pay
Members of the Village Police in Bishwanath upazila of the
district are leading an inhuman life thanks to low pay and
absence of any financial benefits, reports UNB.
Whatever they receive for a month's salary is not enough to
run even a week, yet they are always on law enforcement duty
for 24 hours a day.
Sources said each union parishad has 10 members of the
Village Police, where one is assigned as a Dafadar (Inspector)
and the others as Mohalladar (constables), who are paid Tk
3,400 and 3,000 a month respectively.
Their salaries are half paid by the government and half by
the respective union parishad authorities.
Apart from festival bonuses, they do not receive any other
fiscal benefits or facilities, yet they are assigned to nighttime
duties, village courts, social programmes and accident spots.
Some members of the Village Police told UNB that apart
from nighttime duties, they are also engaged in assisting UP
chairmen, provide crime-related information, birth-death
certificate registration, tax collection and other duties, for
which their salary is not enough to run their own family
expenses.
They said a day-labourer earns Tk 300-500 a day, but they
earn only Tk 100-110 a day. They lead their lives and
maintain the chain of command even after such
complications at times even their salaries are not regularly
cleared.
Bangladesh Village Police Employees' Union (BVPEU)
demanded the government take measures to prevent wage
discrimination against the VP and include them in the pay
scale of the fourth-class government employees.
Nali Shukla Baidya, a village police member of
Bishwanath's Daulatpur union, said his salary is not enough
to make ends meet. As a result, his family has to skip one of
three daily meals.
Taimur Ali, another member of Sadar union parishad, said
the fortunes of many had changed after independence but
not those of the Village Police.
Ishward Ali, a Dafadar from Khajanchi union, echoed
similar sentiments and said even at his advanced age, his
salary is not enough to purchase his medicines or bear the
education cost of his children.
Passenger held with 3,000
Yaba pills at Dhaka airport
DHAKA : Officials of Customs Intelligence arrested a
passenger along with 3000 Yaba pills at Hazrat Shahjalal
International Airport here on Sunday, reports UNB.
The arrestee, identified as Jasim Uddin, landed at the
airport from a domestic flight of Novoair (VQ-912) from
Chattogram at 5:25pm.
Tipped off, a team of Custom Intelligence took position at
the domestic terminal of the airport and obstructed Jasim as
he came forward, said a customs official.
Later, the team recovered 60 packets of Yaba pills worth Tk
17lakh.
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