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NATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2019 6 Organized gang conspiring to stop a poultry farm in Juri Local parliament member and singer Momtaz Begum was present as the chief guest at a programme marking the cheque distribution of Rural Infrastructure Development (TR) Project in Singair uapzila recently. Photo: Mubarak Hossain Cheque distribution of Rural Infrastructure Development (TR) Project held in Singair MuBARAk hOSSAIn, SIngAIR CORRESpOnDEnT: Cheque worth Tk 31 lakh 12 thousand 520 was distributed for 63 projects under the second phase of Rural Infrastructure Development and Maintenance T.R. (Test Relief) program in Singair upazila of Manikganj on Monday. local parliament member and singer Momtaz Begum as the chief guest handed over the cheque to the Upazila law and order committee meeting held in Shayestaganj MD MAMun ChOwDhuRy, hABIgAnJ CORRESpOnDEnT: The 5th upazila law and order committee meeting was held in Shayestaganj upazila on Sunday. The meeting was held at the temprary office in Biramchar area and was chaired by upazila nirbahi Officer (unO) Sumi Akhter. habiganj-3 Mp Alhaj Advocate Mohammad Abu Zahir was the chief guest at the occasion. Among others, upazila president of the project. Marking the occasion, a program was organized at the auditorium of upazila parishad on Monday. upazila nirbahi Officer (unO) Rahela Rahmat ullah chaired the occasion while local parliament member and singer Momtaj Begum was present as the chief guest at the occasion. Among others, Inspector (OC) khandakar Imam hossain, vice president of uapzila Awami league Anwara parishad Chairman Abdur Rashid Talukder Iqbal, vice Chairman Md gaziur Rahman Imran, women vice Chairman Mukta Akhter, member of the upazila law and order committee and Shayestaganj police Station OC Md. Anisur Rahman, highway police OC liaquat Ali, Shayestaganj upazila Engineer Md Obaidul Bashar, upazila Secondary Education Officer Majibur Rahman, union parishad Chairman hossain Mohammad Adil Judge Mia, press Club president Asom Afzal Ali and Reporters Club president Mohammad Mamun Chowdhury were also present at the occasion. The chief guest in his speech said that the country moving forward under the leadership of prime Minister Sheikh hasina. Today the people of the country are in peace. Development work is in progress. he also said that Shayestaganj was once a union. when the Awami league government came to power, Shayestaganj was Begum, joint secretary Shahidur Rahman, upazila female vicechairman Sharmin Akhter, district council member Abdul Alim, kahinur Islam Sunny, up chairman engineer Shahadat hossain, Shawkat hossain Badal, Mizanur Rahman Mithu, Abdul halim Raju and Office Assistant Office of upazila project Implementation Mohammad naeem uddin were also present at the occasion. Madarganj Upazila Chairman Obaidur Rahman Belal as the chief guest addressed a public awareness workshop to prevent counterfeit notes in Madarganj upazila on Tuesday. Photo: Julfikar Bablu made municipality, thana and upazila. Together with everyone, we want to build this upazila as a model. The decision will be taken in consultation with the concerned leaders to resolve the traffic congestion in Shayestaganj. In addition we all need to work together to stop gambling, drug, cheating, and crime. Alhaj Advocate Md. Abu Zahir Mp also proposed a condolence message on the death of former president hM Ershad at the meeting. Habiganj-3 MP Alhaj Advocate Mohammad Abu Zahir as the chief guest addressed the 5th upazila law and order committee meeting in Shayestaganj upazila recently. Photo: Md Mamun Chowdhury SI SuMOn, JuRI CORRESpOnDEnT: An organized gang is conspiring to stop layer poultry farming in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar. It has been alleged that the group have harassed the owner of the farm for several months. It has been known that Dinbandhu Sen, son of Dayamoy Sen of Amtoil village of west Juri union of the upazila, started a layer poultry farm with chickens in the year 2016 with a loan of Tk 20 lakh from krishi Bank, Juri branch. from 2016 to 2017, the chicken's egg market was not prospect and hence Dinbondhu Sen faced losses. After the loss, Dinbandhu Sen lost all his capital. Many farmers like him left the business due to the loss. But Dinabandhu Sen did not quit. In the year 2018, he started a farm with chicks, food and other related equipments from Juri Bazar Dealer Bahar Mia on loan. The chicks layed eggs after rearing of six months. As the egg market was good he saw profit. Since then a group of people started their conspiracy to stop Dinabandhu Sen's farm. Then they filed a written complaint to the upazila Animal Resources Office to close the farm. The farm owner Dinabandhu Sena fell victim to this. In order to Public awareness workshop to prevent counterfeit notes held JulfIkAR BABlu, MADARgAnJ CORRESpOnDEnT: A public awareness workshop to prevent counterfeit notes was held in the upazila auditorium hall room in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur on Tuesday. Sonali Bank, Madarganj unit organized the workshop. Sonali Bank, Madarganj unit manager Md Shahidul Islam chaired the workshop while upazila Chairman Obaidur Rahman Belal was present as the chief guest at the occasion. Among others, upazila nirbahi Officer (unO) Aminul Islam, Madarganj Circle Senior Assistant Superintendent of police Shamiul Alam, ppM and District Sonali Bank Assistant general Manager Md Shahjahan were also present at the occasion. Women must stand up against injustice: Naogaon SP M ShAkhAwATh hOSSAIn, MOhADEvpuR CORRESpOnDEnT: naogaon Superintendent of police Iqbal hossain ppM said that women must stand against injustice to form beautiful society. he said this while addressing a view exchange meeting on community policing at Mohadevpur police station premises on Tuesday. Community policing forum organized the meeting. Mohadevpurr police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sajjad hossain chaired the meeting while naogaon Superintendent of police Iqbal hossain ppM was present as the chief guest at the occasion. Among others, Additional Sp (naogaon Sadar) farzana hossain, upazila Assistant Commissioner (land) Asma khatun, upazila women's vice Chairman Abeya Rahman poly, Additional Superintendent of police naogaon (Mahadevpur Circle) Abdullah Alam, Mohadevpur police Station OC (Investigation) Siddiqur Rahman, president of Community policing forum Ajit kumar Mondal and general Secretary Masudur Rahman were also present at the occasion. The photo shows poultry farmer Dinbandhu Sen at his farm in Juri upazila. Photo: Si Sumon cooperate, he filed a written petition to protect the farm to the upazila livestock Officer, District livestock Officer, upazila nirbahi Officer, upazila Chairman and Deputy Commissioner. farm owner Dinabandhu Sen, neighbors Abdul wadud, Abdus Sahid, Shahjahan Mia, Dhananjay Sen, nirmal Sen, Shantangshu Das and Bolai Biswas said that there is a bamboo garden on the north side of the farm, a fish farm on the south, Juri river on the west and up road about 200 yards away on the east side of the farm. The poultry farm is better than any other farm and the environment is appreciatable. But an organized gang took false signature from the people of the area for the construction of road and complained about the closure of the farm to the upazila animal resources office. Such a plot cannot be accepted to stop a poultry farm when the government is working for the development BRRI invented paddy varieties open enormous food security prospect RAJShAhI: The newly paddy varieties invented by BRRI have opened up a door of enormous prospects in food security along with mitigating the crises of irrigation water in all eight districts of Rajshahi division, reports BSS. Dr Shakhawat hossain, Senior Scientific Officer of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute, here said BRRI released seven drought tolerant varieties and some of those have gained popularity among farmers during the last couple of years. he said there has been an enormous prospect of bringing harvesting intensity coupled with increasing food production through a successful promotion of the developed varieties. Talking to BSS today, Dr Aminul Islam, Chief Scientific Officer of BRRI, here says the BRRIdhan- 48 paddy variety has been gaining popularity among farmers in the Barind tract for the last couple of years. It has been giving satisfactory yield with scanty rainfall and limited irrigation during the Aush season in the area. The farmers are seen interesting towards cultivating the newly developed variety in the vast Barind tract as part of their effort to mitigating the adverse impacts of climate change. farmers have brought 2,37,958 hectares of land under Aush paddy cultivation in all eight districts under Rajshahi division during the current season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) had set a target to bring a total of 2,59,591 hectares of land fixing production target of 6,98,491 metric tons of rice in the division. Dev Dulal Dhali, Additional Director of DAE, said a total of 39,200 farmers got incentives of seed and fertilizer for the cultivation of Aush paddy on 39,200 bigha of lands in all the eight districts. he says most of the beneficiary farmers were given seed of BRRIdhan- 48, a drought tolerant paddy variety innovated by Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI). Each of the farmers got 15 kg Di-ammonium phosphate (DAp) fertilizers, 10 kg Muriate of potash (Mop) and 5 kg of Aus seeds. To maintain sound soil health, it could be advisable to grow rice using a different system in order to improve compatibility between monsoon rice and upland winter crops. of poultry farms. upazila poultry Association president haris Mohammad said that poultry industry is a part of the mega project of the government. The government cannot accept the closure of the farm while it is promoting the poultry indistry. To protect the farm, Dinbondhu Sen is demanding from the concerned department of the government for the registration of the farm and the environment clearance. BREB take measures to combat floods 93% of the people in the country are enjoying electricity under Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB). BREB is bound to provide "uninterrupted" electricity supply this huge population. But recently onrush of water from upstream region and heavy rainfall triggered flooding across the country. Electricity is carried out by pouring pulse and electrical equipment in rain water, a press release said. During this time electricity is conductive as the electrical poles and other equipment gets wet due to the rain water. At this time people or cattle may be subjected to accidents if they touch any electrical poles or other equipments. Even death can happen in all such accidents. The public is urged to take the following precautions in this regard; (1) Stay away from electrical poles and electrical equipments and advice others to stay away; (2) Beware that livestock that do not come in contact with electrical poles and electrical equipments; (3) Due to the increase of water due to rain / flood, the distance of the electrical wires can be reduced and accidents can occur when it comes to contact with sailing boats; (4) Dry wood or bamboo can be used in order to free a person when he gets stuck in an electric cable. Receive help of an electrician as soon as possible; (5) If any electric poles are tilted, if the wires are torn or if any accident occurs, then immediately inform the nearest Rural Electrification Office. Naogaon Superintendent of Police Iqbal Hossain PPM as the chief guest addressed a view exchange meeting on community policing in Mohadevpur upazila on Tuesday. Photo: M Shakhawath Hossain
INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JUlY 17, 2019 7 Facebook's new currency plan is under scrutiny in Congress Facebook's ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it's shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve, reports UNB. Congress begins two days of hearings Tuesday on the currency planned by Facebook, to be called Libra, starting with the Senate Banking Committee. Meanwhile, a House Judiciary subcommittee will extend its bipartisan investigation of the market power of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple. Trump tweeted last week that the new currency, Libra, "will have little standing or dependability." Both Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Fed Chair Jerome Powell have expressed serious concerns recently that Libra could be used for illicit activity. The Treasury Department has "very serious concerns that Libra could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financers," Mnuchin told reporters at the White House on Monday. "This is indeed a national security issue." Facebook has "a lot of work to do before we get to the point where we're comfortable with it," Mnuchin said. The European Union's approval of an initial set of sanctions against Turkey won't deter the country from pressing ahead with efforts to drill for hydrocarbons off the island of Cyprus, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, reports UNB. EU foreign ministers on Monday approved sanctions against Turkey over its drilling for gas in waters where EU member Cyprus has exclusive economic rights. They said were suspending talks on an air transport agreement and would call on the European Investment Bank to "review" its lending to the country. They also backed a proposal by the EU's executive branch to reduce financial assistance to Turkey for next year. The ministers warned that additional "targeted measures" were being worked on to penalize Turkey, which started negotiations to join the EU in 2005. In a statement issued Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said the EU made no mention of Turkish Cypriots and acted as though they "do not exist," and accused the 28-nation bloc of "prejudice and bias." "The decisions taken by the EU Foreign Affairs Council during a meeting yesterday will in no way affect our country's determination in continuing hydrocarbon activities in the East Mediterranean," the ministry said. It added that Turkey was determined to protect its rights and the rights of Turkish Cypriots. Two Turkish vessels escorted by warships are drilling for gas on either end of ethnically divided Cyprus. Turkey insists that it has rights over certain offshore zones and that Turkish Cypriots have rights over others. Cyprus was split along ethnic lines in 1974 when Turkey invaded in the wake of a coup by supporters of union with Greece. A Turkish Cypriot declaration of independence is recognized only by Turkey, which keeps more than 35,000 troops in the breakaway north. Cyprus joined the EU in 2004, but only the internationally recognized south enjoys full membership benefits. Cypriot officials accuse Turkey of using the minority Turkish Cypriots in order to pursue its goal of exerting control over the eastern Mediterranean region. The Cypriot government says it will take legal action against any oil and gas companies supporting Turkish vessels in any repeat attempt to drill for gas. Cyprus has already issued around 20 international arrest warrants against three international companies assisting one of the two Turkish vessels now drilling 42 miles (68 kilometers) off the island's west coast. In this Tuesday, July 9, 2019 photo, a helicopter flies near Turkey's drilling ship, 'Fatih' dispatched towards the eastern Mediterranean, near Cyprus. Turkish officials say the drillships Fatih and Yavuz will drill for gas, which has prompted protests from Cyprus. Photo : AP Japan rejects S. Korea's criticism of export restrictions, denies retaliation for wartime labor row Japan on Tuesday described South Korea's criticism of its tightening of exports controls on some high-tech products as unfounded, stating that the measure is not a reaction to the ongoing wartime labor dispute, reports UNB. Japan's top government spokesperson Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a press briefing on the matter that the move by Japan was based on a viewpoint of national security and its tightening of export controls of some products to South Korea was not in retaliation to the wartime labor row. Suga's remarks came after South Korean President Moon Jae-in a day earlier criticized Japan's tightening of export controls of fluorinated polyimide, resist and hydrogen fluoride to South Korea. These products are often used by South Korean tech-companies in smartphones and TV displays, as well as semiconductors, mainstays of South Korea's economy. As referenced by local media here, Moon said the action runs counter to the development of bilateral ties and inferred that it was unwise for Japan to deal with a dispute over historic matters using economic means. He also claimed that Japan had resorted to unilateral measures without first trying diplomatic or dialogue-based means. Bilateral tensions have again become strained between both sides, most recently over a wartime labor dispute. Tokyo believes Seoul has not cooperated in trying to resolve this bilaterally, or by way of the establishment of an arbitration panel involving a third party. Japan has tried to maintain that the tighter export controls Already under intense scrutiny from regulators and Congress over privacy and market dominance, Facebook stirred anger on Capitol Hill last month with the unveiling of its plan to create a financial ecosystem based on a digital currency. Senate and House hearings went on the calendar, and the Democratic head of the House Financial Services Committee, which is holding Wednesday's hearing, called on Facebook to suspend the plan until Congress and regulators could review it. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said that Facebook, with some 2 billion users around the world, "is continuing its unchecked expansion and extending its reach into the lives of its users." She called Libra "a new Swiss-based financial system" that potentially is too big to fail and could require a taxpayer bailout. David Marcus, the Facebook executive leading the project, says in his testimony prepared for Tuesday's hearing by the Senate Banking Committee that Libra "is about developing a safe, secure and low-cost way for people to move money efficiently around the world. We believe that Libra can make real progress toward building a more inclusive financial infrastructure." Turkey says EU sanctions won't deter from drilling activity Building collapses in India; 2 dead, several feared trapped A four-story residential building collapsed Tuesday in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, killing at least two people, an official said. Rescuers were looking for several others feared trapped in the rubble, reports UNB. Fire official Ashok Talpade said dozens of rescuers were at the site in Dongri, a crowded residential section of Mumbai, where they pulled out three people alive and rushed them to a hospital. They included one child who was allowed to go home after being treated, he said. The building was located in a narrow lane in a congested area, making it difficult to send earth-moving machines there, Talpade said, adding that police were using sniffer dogs in their rescue operation. Television images showed people forming a human chain to remove the rubble using their hands. "The building crashed with a heavy sound and we thought there was an earthquake," a local resident told the New Delhi Television news channel. Maharashtra state's top elected official, Devendra Fadanavis, told reporters that the building was 100 years old and 15 families were living there. were not a retaliatory measure against South Korea, but has said that Seoul had failed to show a satisfactory solution to the ongoing wartime labor dispute between both parties. South Korea's top court ordering some major Japanese firms to compensate South Korean plaintiffs over forced wartime labor during Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of the Korean Peninsula, with lawyers being allowed to seize the assets of some Japanese firms, initially raised the ire of the Japanese side. Japan, for its part, has claimed the rulings are not in line with international law and run contrary to the foundation of friendly and cooperative relations between the two neighbors since the 1965 normalization of diplomatic ties. Japan believes the matter of compensation for wartime labor was "finally and completely" resolved under the pact. Tokyo has claimed that Seoul has been reluctant to show willingness to advance talks on the matter through diplomatic channels, with Seoul seemingly, from Tokyo's perspective, disregarding a deadline to name a member to an arbitration panel along with Japan and a third country, and, hence, has sought outside arbitration on the issue. In June, however, South Korea proposed that companies from both countries fund compensation for the plaintiffs, but Japan spurned the proposal for further dialogue on the matter in this direction. Thursday, however, is the deadline for arbitration panel procedures that Japan has been requesting South Korea to set up to discuss the issue of wartime labor. A microphone and a headset stands on the desk of the Samaa local radio Studio in the city of Ghazni province eastern of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. The Samaa local radio eastern Afghanistan was forced to shut down after repeated threats from the area's Taliban commander, the head of the station said on Tuesday. Photo : AP Afghan radio station closes down following Taliban threats A local radio station in eastern Afghanistan was forced to shut down after repeated threats from the area's Taliban commander, the head of the station said on Tuesday, reports UNB. Ramez Azimi, director of the Samaa station in the city of Ghazni, the capital of eastern Ghazni province, said he had received phone calls as well as written warning notes purportedly from the Taliban commander. The commander was not identified. Azimi said Taliban insurgents, who control several districts in Ghazni province, threatened them because three of the station's 16 employees are women. The Taliban are against women's rights to education and work. Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, denied the insurgents had threatened Samaa. The Taliban currently control nearly half of Afghanistan and are more powerful than at any time since the October 2001 U.S.-led invasion. On Saturday, a local radio journalist was killed in neighboring Paktia province. The police said it was not immediately clear if the killing of Nader Shah, a newsreader for Radio Gardez, was linked to his work or a personal dispute. Apollo 11 astronauts returning to launch pad 50 years later Apollo 11's astronauts are returning to the exact spot from where they flew to the moon 50 years ago. NASA has invited Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A on Tuesday. They will mark the precise moment - 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969 - that their Saturn V rocket departed on humanity's first moon landing. Mission commander Neil Armstrong - who took the The developments come despite steppedup efforts by the United States to find a negotiated end to the country's nearly 18-yearlong conflict, America's longest war. Afghan talks that brought together the country's warring sides ended last week in Qatar's capital, Doha, with a statement that appeared to move closer to peace by laying down the outlines of a roadmap for the country's future. According to Azimi, the Samaa station was closed four days ago. Azimi told The Associated Press this is its third closure in the past four years. The station was forced to shut down twice in 2015, the first time for a month after which it reopened thanks to mediation by the elders, he said. Later that year it closed again, for nine months. "At one point, four Taliban fighters came to our home in Ghazni city to threaten me and my brother, who is also working at the station," Azimi added. Azimi's father, Zarif, a doctor who owns a medical clinic and a pharmacy in the city, says the threats are worrisome. "I can't stay in Ghazni, I can't let the Taliban harm my sons or any of my family members," he said. Norway arrests Muslim cleric after Italian terror trial A Muslim cleric found guilty in Italy of planning terror has been detained in Norway on an Italian arrest warrant, The Norwegian domestic security agency said, reports UNB. Iraqi-born Mullah Krekar was detained late Monday, the PST security agency said. It was not immediately clear whether he would be extradited. The agency tweeted hours after an Italian court found Krekar guilty of attempting to overthrow the Kurdish government in northern Iraq and create an Islamic caliphate, and sentenced him to 12 years. Italian prosecutors had alleged Krekar, who is based in Norway, is behind Rawti Shax, a European network aimed at violently overthrowing the government in Kurdistan. Krekar, who has denied the allegations, plans to appeal, said his Italian lawyer, Marco Vernillo. In 2015, European authorities arrested 15 Iraqi-Kurdish nationals on terrorism-related charges. Rawti Shax recruited foreign terrorist fighters to be sent to Iraq and Syria and provided logistical and financial support, according to the Italian prosecutors who spearheaded the probe. first lunar footsteps - died in 2012, reports UNB. It kicks off eight days of golden anniversary celebrations for each day of Apollo 11's voyage. Also Tuesday morning, 5,000 model rockets are set to launch simultaneously at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. At the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, Armstrong's newly restored spacesuit goes on display. Apollo 11's astronauts are returning to the exact spot from where they flew to the moon 50 years ago. Photo : AP 7 drowned in Russia's Far Eastern river Seven people, including 3 children, were drowned in the Lena River in a suburb of Yakutsk, capital of Russia's Far Eastern Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) on Monday, the Emergencies Ministry's Sakha branch said Tuesday, reports UNB. A group of 11 people were on a vacation on an unauthorized beach, among whom three children drowned. Four adults also died in their attempt to save them, the ministry said in a statement. Pavel Garin, head of the Emergencies Ministry's Sakha branch, expressed condolences and urged locals to abide by the safety rules. 4 missing in jade mine collapse in Myanmar found dead Four missing jade miners have been found dead after a suspended jade mine collapsed in Myanmar's Kachin state, according to local Hpakant township police force Tuesday, reports UNB. The four bodies were discovered on Monday when search was conducted after they were initially reported missing. The tragedy occurred near Ba La Kha village in Hpakant township of the state Saturday. One jade miner was rescued with injury and was hospitalized at the Hpakant General Hospital for treatment. Pakistani journalists stage protests to denounce censorship Pakistani journalists are holding nationwide protests to denounce rampant censorship by the country's powerful security services, massive layoffs due to budget cuts and months-long delays in payments of their wages, reports UNB. Tuesday's rallies, dubbed Day of Protests, are spearheaded by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. It says journalists, who face the roughest phase in the country's history, have decided to "fight the unprecedented censorship." Afzal Butt, president of the union, says the rallies are only the "beginning of a protest movement." Journalists and press freedom advocates say the country's military is pressuring media outlets to quash critical coverage while the newly elected government is slashing its advertising budget.
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