Cattle markets in City dull this year
Staff Correspondent
Cattle markets here in the port city are not that much rowdy this year as the turn out of sacrificial animal buyers is relatively poor and selling trend of sacrificial animals is down than the previous years.
Though the security men along the borders have taken special moves for letting the cattle to come across the border, the ongoing economic recession backed by the natural calamities have allegedly drove many solvent families away from buying sacrificial animal this year.
Some of the able families are likely to donate the money for the relief operations of the hurricane SIDR victims.
Rush for home going begins
Staff Correspondent
Exodus of momentary residents and fortune-makers from the port city has started on Friday, the first day of the nine-day virtual Eid vacation, changing the chaotic look of the city thoroughfares.
Most of the city's inter-district bus terminals, railway station and launch terminal have started becoming overcrowded on Friday. Empty and the cargo-laden trucks were also seen carrying homebound passengers.
Chronicle of inmates of Chittagong jail-2 : convicts become efficient craftsman, earn handsome
Subarna Mazumder
Syed Nur, who was a cultivator 20 years back now, is now an efficient and professional craftsman as he made canned stool in the Chittagong Central Jail.
Nur, hailed from Khunia Palong area under Cox’s Bazar district said, ‘I had very limited land in my possessions. I earn my livelihood by cultivation that land. But an unexpected incident changed my whole life and the court awarded me life term imprisonment’.
’ I came to the jail when I was 27 . 18 years have already gone. I had a loving son and a wife. After the accident
my wife left me but kept my two years aged only son to my old mother.’ According to Nur he hasn’t felt any apology for his misdeed but feel depressed that he has lost a valuable time in his life.
Dr. Kamal speaks on 120th birth anniv : follow teachings of Anukul To establish basic rights
Staff Correspondent
President of Gono Forum and constitution expert Dr. Kamal Hossain called upon all to come forward for building a society based on justice and human rights.
He said that Bangladesh is one of the richest countries in terms moral values, conscience and enlightened personalities though it is considered as a developing one.
He urged all to follow the teachings of Thakur Anukul to establish the basic human rights and a society based on justice.
Dr. Kamal was addressing as the chief guest at a discussion meeting marking the 120th birth anniversary of Shree Shree Thakur Anukul Chandra at JM Sen Hall premises here yesterday (Friday) afternoon.
INS Cheetah arrives at Ctg port
INS Cheetah
arrives at Ctg port
Staff Correspondent
Another Indian Naval ship “ Cheetah with relief materials for the affected people of the tropical cyclone Sidr, Bangladesh arrives at Chittagong port on Saturday
The INS Cheeta is schedule to berth at the port jetty around 3:00 pm.
Earlier four Indian naval ships came to Bangladesh with the relief goods and more ships will follow to deliver the amount committed to Bangladesh government .
National News
Nation pays rich tribute to martyred intellectuals
P View desk
The nation is paying rich tribute to its brightest sons by observing the Martyred Intellectuals Day Friday, although the commemoration is on a limited scale because of the ongoing emergency rule.
President Iajuddin Ahmed placed a wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur at 6:55am, followed by chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed at 7:12am, setting off official commemoration, bdnews24.com reports from Dhaka.
New tender for Bay exploration likely by month-end
P View desk
A new round of bidding for exploration of oil and gas in the Bay of Bengal could be invited late this month or in the beginning of the next, at the latest, officials have said.
A proposal is awaiting approval from the Council of Advisers, the current cabinet, they said, bdnews24.com reports from Dhaka.
The energy and mineral resources ministry has also proposed changes to the production-sharing contract with the oil and gas firms, they said.
"We have made attempts to invite tender by Dec 31. If it's not possible, we'll do that in the first weeks of January," Mohamnmad Mohsin, secretary to the ministry, told bdnews24.com by phone late Thursday.
World Bank offers to assist Sidr-hit farmers
P View desk
The World Bank Friday offered assistance in the government's agricultural rehabilitation programmes in the Sidr-ravaged regions.
Praful C Patel, the bank's South Asia vice president, made the offer at a two-hour meeting with agriculture adviser CS Karim at noon., bdnews24.com reports from Dhaka.
"The World Bank has undertaken a number of rehabilitation programmes for the Sidr-affected farmers in the south, involving crop production, imports of food grains and house building chiefly," Patel told reporters after the meeting.
He said he discussed with adviser how the bank could help the government to get over the farm losses.
Global News
Palestinian aid conference aims to bolster Abbas
Reuters, Paris
France hosts an international aid conference on Monday to raise funds for the Western-backed Palestinian Authority and strengthen President Mahmoud Abbas against Hamas Islamists as he negotiates peace with Israel.
The one-day meeting is the financial sequel to last month's U.S.-sponsored Annapolis conference at which formal peace talks were launched with a view to brokering a deal on Palestinian statehood by the end of 2008.
But with Israeli checkpoints stifling economic development in the West Bank and Abbas's Fatah locked in a power struggle with Hamas, which took Gaza by force in June, there are doubts about how effective the donors' aid will be.
EU-US climate deadlock easing in Bali:Germany
Reuters, Indonesia
Europe expects to overcome a dispute with the United States blocking the launch of negotiations on a new climate treaty beyond 2012 at UN talks in Bali, Germany said on the final day on Friday.
"All parties are willing to be flexible, to search for a compromise," said German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel, playing down a long-running clash with the United States over how far rich nations should cut greenhouse gases by 2020.