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THURSDAY, OCTOBeR 1, 2020 6BCG detains 1 along with arms, ammo and yabaPabna Civil Surgeon Dr. Md. Mehedi Iqbal addressed an orientation workshop for the journalists onthe occasion of National Vitamin A-Plus Campaign 2020 in Pabna on Wednesday.Photo: Abdul Hamid KhanOrientation workshop for journalists held in PabnaABDul HAMiD KHAn, PABnA CORResPOnDenT:An orientation workshop has beenorganized for the journalists on theoccasion of national Vitamin A-PlusCampaign 2020 organized byPabna Civil surgeon's Office and atthe implementation of nationalnutrition service, institute of PublicHealth nutrition.Pabna Civil surgeon Dr. Md.Mehedi iqbal presided over theworkshop held at the conferenceroom of the Civil surgeon's Officeon Wednesday. Pabna seniorinformation Officer Md. FarhadHossain was present as the resourceperson. Among others, Deputy Civilsurgeon Dr. KM Abu Jafar, BTVPabna correspondent Abdul MatinKhan, The Bangladesh Today'sPabna district correspondent AbdulHamid Khan, MaasrangaTelevision'snortherncorrespondent utpal Mirza and 71TV's Russell Ahmed were alsopresent at the occasion. Theworkshop was conducted by PabnaDistrict ePi superintendent RabiulAlam.Pabna Civil surgeon Dr. Md.Mehedi iqbal informed that a totalof 3 lakh 87 thousand 267 childrenwill be fed Vitamin A-Plus Capsulesin 1925 centers in Pabna. A total of4,803 field workers will be engagedin feeding the capsules from 8 am to4 pm for a fortnight, i.e. fromOctober 4 to October 16. Civilsurgeon Dr. Mehdi iqbal toldreporters that there is a tendency tocomplete this huge task in Pabna incompliance with the health-rule.BCG station Patharghataconducted a specialoperation in KamarkhalKashipur area underPatharghata police stationof Barguna district andarrested Md. Mamun (20)along with 50 pieces of yabaon Tuesday, a press releasesaid.After interrogation, hishouse was searched and anillegal air gun and 50rounds of fresh ammunitionwere recovered. Thearrested yaba trader is theson of Mohammad MojiburRahman of KamarkhalKashipur village underPatharghata police stationin Barguna district. Theseized weapons, freshammunition, yaba and thedetainee were later handedover to Patharghata policestation for legal action.The Bangladesh CoastGuard has adopted and willcontinue to conduct regularoperations in the areascovered by the Coast Guardto ensure law and order,public safety as well asprevention of kidnapping,robbery and drug control.Members of BCG station Patharghata in a drive arrested a drug peddleralong with 50 pieces of yaba tablets, an illegal air gun and 50 rounds offresh ammunition from Kamarkhal Kashipur area under Patharghatapolice station of Barguna district on Tuesday.Photo: CourtesyMagura Civil Surgeon Prodip Kumar Shaha addressed a press conference in observance of Vitamin A pluscampaign in Magura on Wednesday.Photo: Rokibul Hoque DipuVitamin A works like a magic to removeblindness: Magura civil surgeonBochaganj Upazila Parishad Chairman Advocate Md. Zulfiqar Hossain as the chief guest addressed a discussionmeeting on National Girl Child Day 2020 in the upazila on Wednesday. Photo: Suman ChandraWorthy daughters are not a burden ofthe society: Adv. Zulfiqar HossainsuMAn CHAnDRA, BOCHAGAnJ CORResPOnDenT:Bochaganj upazila ParishadChairman Advocate Md. ZulfiqarHossain said that men and womenwork equally in the development ofglobalization. Men as well as womenhave taken equal part in all themovements for the welfare of thecountry before and after theindependence of the country.The upazila Chairman further saidthat the role of women in thedevelopment of the country is not less.We need to change our attitudetowards women. Women need to lookat their mothers, sisters anddaughters. A girl child should beestablished as a worthy girl child withthe same caress as the son child. Weneed to remember that deservingdaughters are not a burden to societybut a blessing.He said this while speaking as thechief guest at a discussion meeting onnational Girl Child Day 2020organized by the office of the upazilaAdministration and Women's AffairsOfficer at the upazila Hall onWednesday.The meeting was chaired by upazilanirbahi Officer Chanda Pal whileamong others, upazila Vice ChairmanMd. nur Alam, Women ViceChairman Putul Rani Roy, upazilasocial service Officer Md. Piarulislam, upazila Women AffairsOfficer's Office Trainer Md. Tazreenshashi, Bochaganj upazila Press ClubPresident Mir Md. Mosharraf Hossainand General secretary Md. shamsulAlam were also present at theoccasion.1.71 lakh primary school students getnutritious biscuits in nilphamarinilPHAMARi: Over 1.71 lakh studentsof 1,014 primary level educationalinstitutions of five upazilas in the districtreceived 513.52 tonnes of nutritiousbiscuits in the third phase during thecoronavirus (COViD-19) pandemic,reports Bss.Officials said the door-to-doordistribution of the biscuits with 40packets among each of the students forAugust and september began fromseptember 14 and ended today in thethird phase.earlier, 513.52 tonnes of nutritiousbiscuits with 40 packets among each ofthe students were distributed in July inthe second phase after distributing 641.91tonnes of biscuits among them with 50packets each in the first phase in May lastin the district. Directorate of Primaryeducation under school FeedingProgramme (sFP) of Ministry of Primaryand Mass education distributed thebiscuits in poverty-prone areas withassistance of the district, police andupazila administrations through RDRsBangladesh. upazila nirbahi Officers,upazila education Officers,Headmasters, Assistant Teachers andMembers of school ManagingCommittees and school Feeding Officersof RDRs Bangladesh reached the biscuitsto the students at their doorsteps.The biscuits were distributed amongthe students of 996 government primaryschools, shishu Kallyan Trust-run fiveschools and 13 ebtedayee madrasah insadar, Kishoreganj, Jaldhaka, Domarand Dimla upazilas of the district.The biscuits were distributed amongthe beneficiary students from door-todoorstrictly maintaining physicaldistancing to prevent communitytransmission of COViD-19 infection.Talking to Bss today, ProjectCoordinator Anondo Kumar Poul of thesFP of RDRs Bangladesh said thebiscuits were distributed door-to-door tomeet nourishments of the students forsmooth studies amid COViD-19 outbreaksince March 17 last.ROKiBul HOque DiPu, MAGuRA CORResPOnDenT:Vitamin A works like a magic toremove blindness, told Magura Civilsurgeon Prodip Kumar shaha in apress conference on Wednesday.Magura Health Department arrangedthe press conference in observance ofVitamin A plus campaign.national Girl Child observed in nandailARABinDA PAul, nAnDAilCORResPOnDenT:national Girl Child Day2020 has been celebrated innandail amid muchenthusiasm. Acting upazilanirbahi Officer and AssistantCommissioner (land)shovon Rangsa presided overa discussion meetingorganized by the Office of theupazila Administration andWomen's Affairs Officer onWednesday.upazila Parishad ChairmanHasan Mahmud Jeweladdressed the occasion as thechief guest while amongothers, Vice ChairmanMonowara Jewel, upazilaWomen's Affairs OfficerWorkshop on advocacy for children, women in GaibandhaGAiBAnDHA: speakers at a functionhave called upon the educated andaffluent section of the society to comeforward in raising public awarenessabout women and children'sdevelopment, reports Bss.They said this at a daylongorientation workshop on 'AwarenessCommunication Activity in Mother andChild Development' was held in theconference room of sadullapur upazilaadministration in the district onTuesday.District information Office (DiO)under the Mass CommunicationCivil surgeon added when vitamin Aplus campaign is being observed in thecountry, the whole world is facingcorornavirus pandemic. For thisvitamin A plus campaign carries aspecial significance this time as vitaminA develops immunity in human body.so success of vitamin A plus campaignin Nandail on Wednesday.Rashida Rahman, upazila were among others alsoYouth Development Officer present at the occasion.Md. Fayez uddin, samurta The speakers at theJahan Mahila College teacher occasion felt that it is veryand journalist Arabinda Paul important to change theDepartment of information Ministryarranged the workshop.upazila chairman Md. shahriar KhanBiplob addressed the workshop as thechief guest with upazila agricultureofficer Md. Khazanur Rahman in thechair.The function was addressed, amongothers, by medical officer of upazilahealth complex Dr Russel Absar,upazila women affairs officer shahnazAkter, president of sadullapur PressClub sahjahan sohel and its vicepresident Anowarul islam.earlier, a welcome speech waswill come as a boon in controllingcoronavirus in the country.expressing optimism Prodip Kumarshaha told, now blindness caused byvitamin A deficiency is almost nil in thecountry. now we are waiting forblindness (caused by vitamin Adeficiency) free Bangladesh.A discussion meeting marking the National Girl Child Day 2020 was heldPhoto: Arabinda Paulsocial attitude towardsgirls, not only to practicefrom the family ineliminating discriminationagainst girls.delivered by the DiO Haider Ali.The speakers in their speeches saidthe government led by Prime Ministersheikh Hasina has been workingrelentlessly since 2009 for overalldevelopments of the mothers and thechildren including taking initiatives toreduce child and mother mortality ratesignificantly.More than 50 upazila level officials,public representatives, social workers,nGO activists, religious leaders andteachers including journalists of printand electronic media took part in theworkshop.
ThURSDAY, OCTObeR 1, 20207Tunisians fleeing economy, notCOVID, cause tension in ItalyJapan's Defense Ministry is seeking a record-high budget of nearly 5.5 trillion yen ($55 billion) for fiscal2021 to fund more purchases of costly American stealth fighters and expand its capability to counter possiblethreats in both cyber and outer space.Photo : APJapan military seeks recordbudget amid regional threatsTOKYO : Japan's Defense Ministry isseeking a record-high budget of nearly5.5 trillion yen ($55 billion) for fiscal2021 to fund more purchases of costlyAmerican stealth fighters and expandits capability to counter possible threatsin both cyber and outer space.The budget request made publicWednesday is the first under newPrime Minister Yoshihide Suga andwould be an 8% increase from thecurrent year, signaling a continuationof his hawkish predecessor ShinzoAbe's security policy. Japan's defensespending has risen for eightconsecutive years since 2013, a yearafter Abe took office.The rise in spending came as Abepushed for Japan's Self-Defense Forceto expand its international role andcapability amid threats from NorthKorea and China, both traditional andnontraditional. Japan also faceddemands from President DonaldTrump that U.S. allies increase defensespending, which Japan did in part withcostly American weapons purchasesthat also bolster weapons compatibilitywith American forces.Purchases for missile deterrence areamong the most costly items in theproposed 2021 budget and includeLockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35B stealthfighters capable of short takeoff andvertical landing for 26 billion yen ($246million). Japan has plans to acquire 42F-35Bs in coming years.To accommodate the F-35Bs, theDefense Ministry is seeking 3.2 billionyen ($30 million) to reconfigure one ofits two helicopter carriers, Kaga, with aheat-resistant flight deck. The otherflat-top Izumo has also beenconfigured.The ministry is also seeking 58.7billion yen ($556 million) for theresearch into developing nextgeneration fighter jets to replace F-2sretiring in the 2030s. Japan plans todevelop its own engine, but is alsoconsidering co-developing some otherparts with the U.S. and Britain.Japan's costly purchase of Americanweapons has helped reduce its tradesurplus with the U.S., but has raisedconcerns at home that it will set back itsfledgling local defense industry.The 2021 budget request includesfunding for less traditional defensesuch as the research and operation ofspace and cyber units, as well as for newelectromagnetic warfare units.The electromagnetic unit would beheadquartered at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Asaka base, north ofTokyo, and an unspecified number ofstaff would be deployed at several armybases across the country by March2022, mostly in southern Japaneseislands including Okinawa - areas ofincreased Chinese maritime and airactivity.North Korea on virus threat:'Under safe and stable control'North Korea on Tuesday called on theworld's governments to "displayeffective leadership" in the fight againstCOVID-19 and said its own measuresagainst the pandemic, which it called"preemptive, timely and strong,"ensured it had the threat "under safe andstable control."Kim Song, the country's U.N.ambassador, said a tightly administeredanti-pandemic effort in his nation hadbeen working. North Korea strictlyregulates foreign visitors - even more soduring the pandemic that's killed morethan 1 million people worldwide - andfilters all information through its statepropaganda apparatus, with details aboutits approach to the coronavirus relativelyscant."(The) anti-epidemic situation in ourcountry is now under safe and stablecontrol," the ambassador said in a rarelive address at the U.N. GeneralAssembly, reports UNB. "A series ofstate measures are now being taken toblock the virus inflow into the country,and all people adhere strictly to antiepidemicregulations while maintainingthe highest alert," he said.Further, Kim said the government"will not tolerate even a smallest bit ofslackness or concession, but furtherstrengthen the state emergency antiepidemicmeasures until the danger ofthe pandemic inflow is completelyeliminated."Until Tuesday, all speeches at the U.N.General Assembly over the past weekwere virtual, delivered by world leadersin prerecorded videos from their homenations. The meeting concluded with asmattering of speeches by officials basedat the United Nations - including Kim.North Korean state media laterreported the nation's leader Kim JongUn had presided over a meeting of theruling Workers' Party's Politburo onTuesday. The Korean Central NewsAgency said officials during the meetingwarned against complacency andaddressed unspecified problems in thecountry's anti-virus campaign whilediscussing ways to maintain a "streelstronganti-epidemic system."North Korea has steadfastly said therehasn't been a single virus case on itsterritory, a claim widely disputed byforeign experts.Kim Song did not mention U.S.President Donald Trump or the UnitedStates directly in his speech. But hespoke of "the maneuvers of hostileforces" - a frequent euphemism for theUnited States and South Korea - andcondemned the U.S. trade embargoagainst Cuba as "economic genocide."North Korea on Tuesday called on the world's governments to "display effective leadership" in the fightagainst COVID-19 and said its own measures against the pandemic, which it called "preemptive, timelyand strong," ensured it had the threat "under safe and stable control."Photo : APRAS JEBEL : Once it was just thejobless young men who set off fromTunisia's rocky northern beaches forSicily, usually defying their parents inhopes of a better future, reports UNB.Now Tunisian families, even those withwork or seemingly good prospects, arefollowing that path across 130 kilometers(80 miles) of open water - nearly 10,000since the beginning of the year and farmore than have left in recent memory.The stretch of Mediterranean can bedangerous, the chance of getting asylumin Europe is near zero, and a longquarantine in a ferry anchored offshorewill be followed by expulsion if they'recaught.But many who leave from the Bizertecoastline think the potential reward faroutweighs the risk. Those with relativesin Europe are the ones with the new carsand kitchen upgrades."My son is a month and a half old, andif I get a chance to emigrate immediately,I will go to make a better life," said TarekAloui, a 27-year-old who has tried 10times to reach Italy since 2014. He hassucceeded only once, last March at theheight of the coronavirus lockdown, andwas expelled almost immediately backhome, where he was jailed for sixmonths. He is undeterred."All Tunisian men, women and evenchildren want to leave this way," headded.Their arrivals have strained the abilityof Italy's southern regions to take them inamid the coronavirus pandemic, givenItaly's quarantine requirements foranyone arriving from outside the EU.When a huge fishing boat of 450Tunisians pulled into port in the Sicilianisland of Lampedusa on Aug. 30, someresidents took to the docks to protest,shouting at them to go back. Italy'sformer interior minister, the antimigrantLeague leader Matteo Salvini,criticized the government for lettingthem in and noted wryly that most willnever be granted asylum because theyare fleeing the non-existent "famousTunisian war."To keep new migrants safely isolated,the Italian government hascommissioned five ferries for newcomersto complete 14 days of quarantine, with2,238 currently on board the ships. Butthere are also centers on land for others,and the interior ministry has lamentedthat Tunisians, more than others, tend totry to flee welcome centers and evadequarantine requirements. Their escapeshave sparked protests by local residentsfearful of new infections after Italy'sbrutal coronavirus outbreak, especiallysince arriving migrants have been linkedto several dozen recent clusters.Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgesehas traveled to Tunis twice since July tonegotiate with the new government onthe need to stem the flow, including withoffers of assistance from Italy to betterpatrol the coasts. She blamed theincrease in Tunisian arrivals on thecountry's socio-economic problems thathave been exacerbated by COVID-19,and has offered Italian assistance toaddress them.Once it was just the jobless young men who set off from Tunisia's rocky northern beaches for Sicily, usuallydefying their parents in hopes of a better future.Photo : APAzerbaijan andArmenia brushoff suggestionof peace talksYEREVAN, Armenia (AP)- Leaders of Azerbaijan andArmenia brushed off thesuggestion of peace talksTuesday, accusing eachother of obstructingnegotiations over theseparatist territory ofNagorno-Karabakh, withdozens killed and injured inthree days of heavy fighting.In the latest incident,Armenia said one of itswarplanes was shot down bya fighter jet fromAzerbaijan's ally Turkey,killing the pilot, in whatwould be a major escalationof the violence. Both Turkeyand Azerbaijan denied it.The internationalcommunity is calling fortalks to end the decades-oldconflict between the twoformer Soviet republics inthe Caucasus Mountainsregion following a flareup ofviolence this week. It centerson Nagorno-Karabakh, aregion that lies withinAzerbaijan but has beenunder the control of ethnicArmenian forces backed bythe Armenian governmentsince 1994 at the end of aseparatist war.The U.N. Security Councilcalled on Armenia andAzerbaijan Tuesday eveningto immediately halt thefighting and urgentlyresume talks withoutpreconditions. The U.N.'smost powerful body stronglycondemned the use of forceand backed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres'earlier call to stop thefighting, deescalate tensions,and resume talks "withoutdelay."Azerbaijani PresidentIlkham Aliyev told Russianstate TV channel Rossia 1that Baku is committed tonegotiating a resolution butthat Armenia is obstructingthe process.Trump intel chief unveilsunverified Russian infoabout DemsWASHINGTON : TheTrump administration's topintelligence official saidTuesday that he hasdeclassified Russianintelligence alleging damaginginformation about Democratsduring the 2016 election eventhough he acknowledged itmight not be true.The announcement, justhours before the firstpresidential debate of thisNovember's election, drewharsh criticism fromlawmakers who accusedNational Intelligence DirectorJohn Ratcliffe of politicizingintelligence, reports UNB.In a letter Tuesday to SenateJudiciary CommitteeChairman Lindsey Graham,R-S.C., Ratcliffe said that inlate July 2016, U.S.intelligence agencies obtained"insight" into Russian spycraftalleging that Hillary Clinton,who was running forpresident, had "approved acampaign plan to stir up ascandal against" Trump.But Ratcliffe added thatAmerican intelligenceagencies do "not know theaccuracy of this allegation orthe extent to which theRussian intelligence analysismay reflect exaggeration orfabrication."The announcement was astartling break fromconvention given that thenation's intelligence chiefs aregenerally loath to publiclydiscuss sensitive governmentintelligence, particularly whenthat information isunconfirmed - as Ratcliffehimself admits is the casehere. But Trump himself hasbeen eager to install loyalistsin the role of intelligencedirector, and Ratcliffe and hispredecessor, Richard Grenell,have authorized a series ofdisclosures in recent monthsaimed at undermining theRussia investigation andproviding a politicaladvantage to Trump.Graham signaled Tuesdaythat he intended to ask formerFBI Director James Comeyabout the issue when Comeytestifies before the committee,which has been doing its owninquiry into the origins of theRussia probe.Sen. Mark Warner, the topDemocrat on the Senateintelligence committee, calledRatcliffe's decision"disturbing," especially thisclose to a presidential election.Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., amember of the intelligencecommittee, accused Ratcliffeof abusing his position as thenation's top spy."His politicization ofintelligence, includingthrough selective releases topolitical allies, damages thecountry and undermines theintelligence community hepurports to lead," Wyden saidin a statement. "Ratcliffe iseven willing to rely onunverified Russianinformation to try to concoct apolitical scandal - a shockingabdication of hisresponsibilities to thecountry."Wyden said the informationbeing released amounted to"rumint" or intelligence basedon rumors. Ratclifferesponded with a secondstatement claiming theintelligence was not Russiandisinformation. He said he'dbe briefing Congress incoming days about the"sensitive sources andmethods by which it wasobtained."Trump chose Barrett days afterGinsburg's death, papers showWASHINGTON : President Donald Trump offered toname Judge Amy Coney Barrett his Supreme Court nomineemore than a week ago at the White House - and she accepted,according to formal paperwork submitted to the Senateahead of her confirmation hearings, reports UNB.Barrett tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that the WhiteHouse initially contacted her Sept. 19, the day after JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburg died, creating the court vacancy.Trump made the offer when she visited the White House onMonday, Sept. 21, "and I accepted," she wrote.That's days before Trump's formal announcementSaturday, and as he kept Americans guessing up until the lastmoment, suggesting he was still considering other nominees.The judge's nearly 70-page questionnaire was submitted bythe White House to the Senate Tuesday as Barrett launchedday one of private meetings at the Capitol, drawing praisefrom GOP senators but opposition from Democrats objectingto her conservative views and fast-track confirmation beforethe Nov. 3 election.
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