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THURSDAY, OCTOBeR 7, 20216Coast Guard seizes tortoises, gecko inpatuakhali and Khulnain separate raids inpatuakhali and Khulna,Bangladesh Coast Guardarrested three smugglersalong with 54 rare speciesof tortoises and 1 gecko onwednesday, a press releasesaid.lt. Khondaker munifTaki, media officer at theBangladesh Coast Guardheadquarters, said this atnoon on wednesday(october 8).he said a specialoperation was conducted byBCG security stationAndarmanik and BCGstation nizampurconducted an operation inthe new Kathapatti (ukilpatti) area adjacent toKhepupara launch Ghatunder Kalapara upazila ofpatuakhali district onwednesday night on thebasis of secret information.Memebers of BCG Security Station Andarmanik and BCG Station Nizampur in adrive detained 2 smugglers along 54 rare species of tortoises from Kalaparaupazila of Patuakhali district on Wednesday.Photo: CourtesyDuring the operation, TotaAkon (48) and his son md.Rubel (26) were detainedalong with 54 rare speciesof tortoises from the area.later, the smugglersincluding tortoises werehanded over to the forestofficer.on the other hand, manojBoishya (35) was detainedalong with 1 rare species ofgecko by Coast Guardoutpost naliyan in the areaadjacent to naliyanembankment underDacope police station ofKhulna district at midnight.The estimated value of thecaptured gecko is Tk6600,000/00 (Tk 66 lakhonly).The rescued gecko andthe detainee have beenhanded over to the nalianForest office forappropriate legal action, hesaid.he further added that theCoast Guard has continuedand will continue toconduct regular operationsin areas under thejurisdiction of the CoastGuard to maintain law andorder and ensure publicsafety, as well askidnapping, robbery, drugcontrol and wildlifeprotection.A view exchange meeting was held with the journalists of Dhamoirhat Model Press Club with new Officer-in-Charge(OC) KM Rakibul Huda of the upazila on Tuesday.Photo: TBToC holds view exchange meetingwith Dhamoirhat journalistsRejAun AlAm, DhAmoiRhAT CoRResponDenTA view exchange meeting was heldwith the journalists of Dhamoirhatmodel press Club with new officerin-Charge(oC) Km Rakibul huda ofthe upazila on Tuesday.The courtesy call and viewexchange meeting was held at theoC's office where the president of theDhamoirhat model press Club md.nurunabi Farooqi and Generalsecretary Rejaun Alam spoke onvarious issues. During the time,Dhamoirhat police inspector(investigation) Abdul Gani, si md.harun Aur Rashid, press Club jointGeneral secretary Abul Bayan,Treasurer Rifatul hasan sakat, officesecretary Abu Yusuf mortuzaRahman were among others alsopresent at the occasion.At the occassion, oC Km Rakibulhuda said that the police are theservant people and journalists are themirror of the nation. if the police andthe journalists worked in unit then itwill be easy to suppress all kinds ofcrimes including drugs, rape, childmarriage, violence against women,rape and extortion.In observance of International Teacher's Day, a human chain and a rally was organized by the UpazilaSecondary Teachers' Association demanding nationalization of secondary education in Shibchar onTuesday.Photo: Rafiqul IslamDurga puja'spreparationon in fullswing inRajshahiRAjshAhi: Thepreparation for celebratingthe forthcoming Durga puja,the largest religious festivalfor the Bangalee hinducommunity, is going on infull swing everywhere in thedivision, reports Bss.The works of decoratingand painting idols and pujamandaps are being madewith much enthusiasmahead of the festival.idol makers commonlyknown as pauls are passingbusy days with the finishingtouch to the idols of hindudeities. with only a weekleft, the pauls are workinground the clock to make surethat the idols are ready intime.Kartik paul, who has beeninvolved in the idol-makingprofession for over 24 years,has made 34 idols in the lasttwo months and has beenworking for some others atpresent. Taka 30,000 to60,000 are spent for makingeach of the idols, he said.he said that about onehundred paul communitypeople in Rajshahi are nowbusy with making idols formandaps and they havealready completed around90 percent of the work.swapon Ghosh, a devoteewho supervises a pujamandap in Kumarpara areaof the city, informed thatpreparations for theupcoming Durga puja are onthe final stage.Police in a drive arrested Rakibul Mir along with 65 pieces of yaba tablets fromPurbo Chila village in Amtali upazila on Tuesday night.Photo: H M Kawsor MadborThree drug dealers arrested in Amtalih m KAwsoR mADBoR,AmTAli CoRResponDenTpolice arrested Rakibul miralong with 65 pieces of yabatablets and Khabir andjulhas hawladar with 200grams of cannabis. Rakibulhails from purba Chilavillage of the upazila andKhabir and julhas fromsekandarkhali village werearrested on Tuesday night.The accused were handedover to the Amtali seniorjudicial magistrate's Courton wednesday. judge mdshakib hossain has orderedto send them to jail.it has been learnt that md.masum mridha, son ofshahnaz Begum, a formerwoman member of haldiaunion parishad of theupazila, has been collectingyaba from different parts ofthe country including Cox'sBazar and Kuakata for thelast five years. locals allegethat he has been selling theyaba all over the areathrough 20 retailers. onTuesday evening, based on atip-off, Amtali police stationsi mohammad Dadan miaraided the purbo Chila villageand arrested Rakibul mirwhile he was selling yaba.on the other hand, sishubho arrested two drugdealers named Khabir andjulhas while they wereselling cannabis fromsekandarkhali village. Twohundred grams of cannabiswere recovered from thebodies of the two drugdealers. A case has been filedunder the narcotics ControlAct against masum mridhaand Khabir and julhas, themain culprits of Rakibul andYaba sales at Amtali policestation on the same night.human chain, rallydemanding nationalizationof secondary educationheld in shibcharRAFiqul islAm, shiBChARCoRResponDenTinternational Teacher's Dayhas been celebrated atshibchar upqzila inmadaripur district onTuesday. marking theoccasion, a human chainand a rally was organized bythe upazila secondaryTeachers' Associationdemanding nationalizationof secondary education.The rally was brought outfrom the local nandakumarmodel institution and endedat the upazila Centralshahid minar. later thediscussion meeting washeld.During the time, md.shamsul haque, presidentof Bangladesh shibcharupazila Branch, AKmmasudur Rahman Khan,General secretary, harunur-Rashid, Vice president,sultan mahabub, motiurRahman were also presentat the occasion.5 more testpositive forCovid-19 inC'nawabganjChApAinAwABGAnj:Five more people testedpositive for Covid-19during the last 24 hours tilllast morning, raising thetotal caseloads to 5,889 inthe district, reports Bss.During the time, 78samples were tested as fivepersons were detectedpositive for Covid-19,showing the infection rate6.41 percent, civil surgeonoffice sources confirmed.All the newly infectedpatients were from sadarupazila.A total of 83 patients areundergoing treatment inthe district. of them, 24 areat dedicated Covid hospitaland others at home.meanwhile, 157 patientshave died of Covid-19 and5,649 have recovered fromthe disease so far here, thesources added.Awami League Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim MP as the chiefguest addressed the triennial conference of Joypurhat district SwecchashebokLeague in the district on Tuesday.Photo: Masrakul AlomRecord 4,94,427 tonnesof summer vegetablesproduced in RangpurRAnGpuR: Farmers produced a record quantity that is4,94,427 tonnes of summer vegetables exceeding the fixedproduction target by 21.45 percent during the justconcludedKharif-1 season in Rangpur agriculture region,reports Bss.officials of the Department of Agricultural extension(DAe) said farmers achieved bumper output of summervegetables braving the Covid-19 pandemic and got fairprices of the produce.earlier, the DAe had fixed a target of producing over4,07,101 lakh tonnes of summer vegetables from 22,030hectares of land for all five districts in Rangpur agricultureregion during the last Kharif-1 season."however, farmers cultivated summer vegetables on26,365 hectares of land exceeding the fixed farming targetby 4,335 hectares or 19.68 percent," Agriculturist BidhuBhusan Ray, Additional Director of the DAe, Rangpurregion said. Farmers cultivated summer vegetables on9,480 hectares of land in Rangpur, 4,780 hectares inGaibandha, 4,820 hectares in lalmonirhat, 2,475hectares in nilphamari and 4,810 hectares of land inKurigram districts."After completing harvest last week, farmers produced4,94,427 tonnes of vegetables exceeding the fixedproduction target by 87,326 tonnes or 21.45 percent at anexcellent average yield rate of 18.75 tonnes per hectare ofland," Ray said. The DAe and other organisations andinstitutes, commercial banks and nGos supplied highquality seeds, inputs, easy-term agri-loans and assistanceto farmers to make the intensive summer vegetablescultivation programme a success.After getting repeated bumper production withrewarding prices, farmers are cultivating vegetables onmore lands and many of them have achieved self- reliancefrom farming vegetables thrice during the Rabi, Kharif-1and Kharif- 2 seasons annually."At the same time, farmers have cultivated vegetables on13,950 hectares of land during the current Kharif-2 seasonin the region and already harvested on 3,370 hectares ofland producing 56,143 tonnes of vegetables till Tuesday,"Ray added.Triennial conferenceof joypurhat districtswecchashebokleague heldmAsRAKul Alom, joYpuRhATCoRResponDenTThe triennial conference ofjoypurhatdistrictswecchashebok league washeld at the shaheed Dr. AbulKashem moidan in the districton Tuesday. At the occassionAwami league joint Generalsecretary AFm Bahauddinnasim mp was the chief guestat the occasion.in his speech he said thattoday, under the leadership ofprime minister sheikhhasina, the country isadvancing towards progressand development. he urgerdthe activists of Awamiswecchashebok league towork with dignity to buildBangabandhu's sonar Bangla.outgoing president ofjoypurhatdistrictswecchashebok league andcurrent District Awamileague publicity andpublication secretarylecturer Aem masud Razapresided over the occasionwhile General secretary ofBangladesh Awamiswechhasabok leagueprovided the keynote address.Among others, jatiyasangsad whip and Awamileague organizing secretaryAbu saeed Al mahmudswapan mp, organizingsecretary sm Kamal hasanwere also present amongothers.
ThursDAY, OCTOBer 7, 20217A group of French senators arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit Wednesday following a largeChinese show of force with fighter jets amid the highest tensions in decades between China andTaiwan.Photo : APArgentine house fireleaves 7 people deadBUENOS AIRES : Sevenpeople, including four minors,died in a house fire on Tuesdayin the Argentine city of BahiaBlanca, some 635 km south ofBuenos Aires, police said,reports UNB.The fire started in the frontpart of the house, located in theVilla Ressia neighborhood ofthe major port city."The victims sought refugein a back room, but could notget out because the windowhad a grille on it," a localnewspaper reported."We responded to a 911 callabout a fire," the head of theBahia Blanca PoliceDepartment Gonzalo Bezossaid."The first police cars arrivedand immediately realized theseriousness of the situationbecause the kitchen, the diningroom and the bedroom wereall on fire, with people insideasking for help," said Bezos.The cause of the fire is stillunknown, and an investigationis underway.French senators arrivein Taiwan amidtensions with ChinaTAIPEI : A group of French senatorsarrived in Taiwan for a five-day visitWednesday following a large Chinese showof force with fighter jets amid the highesttensions in decades between China andTaiwan.The group, led by Senator Alain Richard,will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen,Taiwanese economic and health officialsand the Mainland Affairs Council. Richard,a former French defense minister,previously visited Taiwan in 2015 and 2018,according to Taiwan's semi-official CentralNews Agency, and heads the TaiwanFriendship group in the French senate.China's ambassador to France Lu Shayesent a warning letter in February calling onRichard to cancel the Taiwan visit,according to local media reports.The visit will likely provoke a rebuke fromChina, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as itsown territory and therefore opposes anyinternational engagement with the islandsuch as visits by foreign governmentofficials. It also has aggressively poachedTaiwan's remaining diplomatic allies.In its most recent display of sustainedmilitary harassment, China flew fighter jets149 times toward Taiwan over four daysfrom Friday to Monday. The White Housecalled the flights risky and destabilizing,while China responded that the U.S. sellingweapons to Taiwan and its ships navigatingthe Taiwan Strait were provocative.Taiwan's defense minister Chiu Kuochengtold legislators Wednesday that thesituation "is the most severe in the 40 yearssince I've enlisted." Chiu was answeringquestions as the legislature decides whetherto approve a special budget for air andnaval defense purchases.China and Taiwan split amid civil war in1949. Today they have extensive trade andinvestment ties but no official relations, andChina has increasingly mobilized military,diplomatic and economic pressure toundermine Tsai's independence-leaningadministration.As Lebanese got poorer, politiciansstowed wealth abroadBEIRUT : A trove of leakeddocuments confirmed thatfor years, Lebanon'spoliticians and bankers havestowed wealth in offshoretax havens and used it to buyexpensive properties - agalling revelation for massesof newly impoverishedLebanese caught in one ofthe world's worst economicmeltdowns in decades,reports UNB.Some of the newly outedholders of offshore accountsbelong to the same rulingelite that is being blamed forthe collapse and for derailingthe lives of ordinaryLebanese who have lostaccess to savings and nowstruggle to get fuel,electricity and medicine.Bold-faced names in theleaked documents includethe longtime central bankgovernor, a pivotal figure inthe failed policies thathelped trigger the financialcrisis, as well as PrimeMinister Najib Mikati andhis predecessor.The documents, namedthe "Pandora Papers," wereexamined by theInternational Consortium ofInvestigative Journalists,with the first findingsreleased Sunday. The ICIJreport exposes the offshoresecrets of wealthy elites frommore than 200 countriesand territories.It was based on a review ofnearly 11.9 million recordsobtained from 14 firms thatprovide services in settingup offshore firms and shellcompanies. Clients of suchfirms are often trying to hidetheir wealth and financialactivities.Setting up an offshorecompany is not illegal, butreinforces the perceptionthat the wealthy andpowerful play by differentrules - a particularlyupsetting notion for manyLebanese.The papers show howmembers of the politicalclass were sending wealthabroad for years, even asthey urged people to depositmoney in Lebanon's banks,assuring them that it wassafe, said Alia Ibrahim, aLebanese journalist."We are not talking aboutregular citizens," saidIbrahim, a co-founder ofDaraj, a Beirut-basedindependent digital mediaplatform, and one of scoresof journalists across theworld who worked with ICIJon the investigation into thedocuments."These are politicians whoserved in public office foryears, and they are partlyresponsible for the currentcrisis Lebanon is goingthrough," she said.Lebanon is in the midst ofwhat the World Bank says isone of the world's worsteconomic meltdowns in thepast 150 years. More than70% of the population hasbeen thrown into poverty,their savings nearly wipedout in the crisis that began inlate 2019 and was in partcaused by decades ofcorruptionandmismanagement by thepolitical class. Hundreds ofthousands of people stagednationwide protests againstcorruption starting in late2019. Yet two years later thesame politicians still run thecountry in the same way,protected by the sectarianbasedsystem. One of theprotesters, Samir Skaff, saidthat the Lebanese are notsurprised to be told that thepolitical class "is made up ofa bunch of thieves.""We have been saying thatfor years," he said.Offshore companies,though not illegal, can beused to elude taxes or hideillicitly gained money. Theleaks only add furtherconfirmation to whatLebanese have long saidabout their ruling class -though repeated reports ofgraft or illicit activity in thepast have failed to bringchange. One of the 14 firmslisted by ICIJ as providingoffshore services is TridentTrust, with 346 Lebaneseclients making up the largestgroup, more than double thesecond-place country,Britain. One focus of therevelations is Riad Salameh,who has been Lebanon'scentral bank governor fornearly 30 years.Daraj reported that thedocuments showed Salamehfounded a company calledAMANIOR, based in theBritish Virgin Islands, in2007. He is listed as its fullowner and sole director,which Daraj said appearedto violate Lebanese lawsforbidding the centralbank governor fromactivity in any enterprise.A trove of leaked documents confirmed that for years, Lebanon's politiciansand bankers have stowed wealth in offshore tax havens and used it tobuy expensive properties - a galling revelation for masses of newly impoverishedLebanese caught in one of the world's worst economic meltdownsin decades.Photo : AP5.5-magnitude quakestrikes off Japan'sMiyazaki, no tsunamiwarning issuedTOKYO : An earthquakewith a magnitude of 5.5 onWednesday struck offJapan's MiyazakiPrefecture, according to theJapan MeteorologicalAgency (JMA).The temblor occurred ataround 5:13 p.m. local time(0813 GMT), with itsepicenter being at a latitudeof 31.3 degrees north and alongitude of 131.5 degreeseast, and at depth of 40 km.The quake logged 4 insome parts of MiyazakiPrefecture on the Japaneseseismic intensity scale whichpeaks at 7. So far no tsunamiwarning has been issued.Zimbabwe tightenscrackdown onillegal foreigncurrency dealersHARARE : Zimbabwe'scentral bank on Tuesdayblacklisted 47 moreindividuals for allegedlyadvertising and facilitatingillegal foreign exchangetransactions and moneylaundering through socialmedia.This came after 30individuals were "blacklistedand barred from accessingfinancial and mobiletelecommunication servicesfor the same reasons" onSept. 28, said JohnMangudya, governor of theReserve Bank of Zimbabwe(RBZ).The governor thanked thepublic for their informationthat is helping the RBZ'sFinancial Intelligence Unit(FIU) to identify and takeaction against the culprits,reports UNB.When the RBZ blacklistedthe 30 individuals, the FIUinstructed banks, mobilemoney operators and otherfinancial service providers toidentify and freeze anyaccounts operated by theidentified individuals andbar them from accessingfinancial services for aperiod of two years,Mangudya said.The FIU had alsorequested the Postal andT e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n sRegulatory Authority ofZimbabwe to bar them fromoperating mobilebusinesses.Since then, 14 suspectedillegal foreign currencydealers have been arrested,including four companydirectors, on charges ofmoney laundering.It is reported that thecurrent rates in Zimbabwe'sblack market are morelucrative than those in theofficial banking system.TAZACORTE : Fleeing theirhome after the La Palmavolcano erupted onSeptember 19, one couplemarried nearly 60 yearsdecided to seek safe havenaboard their tiny boat untilthe storm passed.When the evacuationorder came, neitherMargaretha Straates, 80,nor her 90-year-oldhusband Luis RodriguezDiaz fancied the idea ofstaying in temporaryaccommodation, reportsUNB."It suddenly came to me,why don't we try the boat?It's only an old boat, but wecould take a few things andsettle in," Rodriguez Diaz, aretired gastrointestinalsurgeon, told AFP.Just 6.4 metres (20 feet)long, the "Hamurabi" is atough little boat that hasonly needed one enginechange in 35 years, he says.But it is big enough forhim and his Dutch wife whosit with their backs to thevolcano, which keeps up itsendlessly explosive activity.Together, they pass thetime on the boat's tiny deckwith a radio, her computerwith Wi-Fi, a small fridgeIn California, some buy machinesthat make water out of airBENICIA :The machine Ted Bowmanhelped design can make water out of the air,and in parched California, somehomeowners are already buying the priceydevices, reports UNB.The air-to-water systems work like airconditioners by using coils to chill air, thencollect water drops in a basin."Our motto is, water from air isn't magic,it's science, and that's really what we're doingwith these machines," said Ted Bowman,design engineer at Washington state-basedTsunami Products. The system is one ofseveral that have been developed in recentyears to extract water from humidity in theair. Other inventions include mesh nets,solar panels and shipping containers thatharvest moisture from the air.Bowman said his company's machines -made for use at homes, offices, ranches andelsewhere - dehumidify the air and in doingso create water that's filtered to make itdrinkable. The technology works especiallywell in foggy areas and depending on the sizeOn a boat, elderly couple find safehaven from Canaries volcanoAustria prosecutors raidoffices of ruling partyVIENNA : Austria's ruling People's Party(OeVP) said it had been targeted by raidsfrom prosecutors on Wednesday morning,with local media reporting that offices in thechancellery were among those searched.Deputy OeVP general secretary GabySchwarz confirmed the prosecutors' actionsbut did not confirm who was beinginvestigated, saying only that raids were "forshow" and that "accusations wereconstructed over events that date back as faras five years".According to Die Presse newspaper, raidsalso took place in the chancellery andtargeted several employees of OeVPChancellor Sebastian Kurz. The newspaperreported that the raids related to possiblecorruption offences in the publication ofadverts and opinion polls in the Oesterreichdaily.Kurz himself is suspected of being ancan produce between 200 gallons (900liters) and 1,900 gallons (8,600 liters) ofwater a day. The machines also operateefficiently in any area with high humidity,including California's coastline, he said.The machines are not cheap, with pricesranging from $30,000 to $200,000. Still, inCalifornia, where residents have been askedto conserve water because one of the worstdroughts in recent history has depletedreservoirs, some homeowners are buyingthem to meet their water needs.Don Johnson, of Benicia, California, saidhe bought the smallest machine, which lookslike a towering AC unit, hoping it wouldgenerate sufficient water to sustain hisgarden. But he found it puts out more thanenough for his garden and his household."This machine will produce water for a lotless than you can buy bottled water at Costcofor, and I believe, as time goes on and theprice of freshwater through our utilitiesgoes up, I think it's going to more thanpay for itself," he said.The machine Ted Bowman helped design can make water out of the air,and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying thepricey devices.Photo : APand an adopted cat theypicked up while fleeing, andwho bolts into the cabinwhen visitors arrive.The space is small andrequires careful navigation,with Straates oftenforgetting to duck her headto enter the cabin."I've banged my headthree times," she says.The pair are residents ofTodoque, a village almosttotally wiped off the map bythe lava.When the order came,they had to leave veryquickly."The Guardia Civil policecame and told us: 'You needto evacuate right now, veryquickly' so we left in what wewere wearing," saysRodriguez Diaz.They never thought theeruption would be so violentand destructive, lulled into afalse sense of security by theeruption of La Palma'sTeneguia volcano 50 yearsago "which was a friendlyvolcano that didn't domuch damage", saysStraates. Over the past 16days, the erupting volcanohas destroyed more than1,000 properties, many ofthem homes.accessory to the offences, it added.Kurz began his second term as chancellorin January 2020 at the head of a coalitionwith the Green party.His previous government, a coalition withthe far-right Freedom Party (FPOe), fellapart spectactularly in May 2019 over the socalled"Ibiza-gate" corruption scandal.After ex-FPOe chief Heinz-ChristianStrache was caught on camera appearing tooffer public contracts in exchange forcampaign help for the FPOe, investigatorslaunched several sprawling investigationsinto alleged corruption in Austrian politics.Some of these have targeted high-rankingOeVP politicians, such as Finance MinisterGernot Bluemel.Kurz himself is under investigation onsuspicion of making false statements to aparliamentary committee on corruption,though he has not been charged.
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