Selling of poultry chicken likely to be restricted
Outbreak of bird flu in
epidemic form feared |
Roudro Moin
The deadly bird-flu, local virologists feared, might take sharp turn and ultimately become an epidemic in the port city and its surrounding districts.
Vice-Chancellor of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Professor Nitish Chandra Debanath earlier confirmed existence of the avian influenza virus in the region and feared its outbreak in an epidemic form.
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), under its ongoing measures to resist bird-flu epidemic in the port city, is likely to impose ban on open selling of unscreened poultry birds at the city markets if the Deputy Commissioner directs. |
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| Unlocking potentials of
greater Chittagong urged |
Staff Correspondent
Speakers at a seminar on 'Unlocking the Potentials of Greater Chittagong-the Regional Hub of South and South East Asia' here in the port city yesterday stressed the need for more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Chittagong region for the rapid economic growth of the country.
Speakers are seen addressing at the seminar on 'Unlocking the Potentials of Greater Chittagong-the Regional Hub of South and South East Asia'. Photo: People's View
Referring to the huge potential of Chittagong Port, industries and tourism sector the speakers urged the country's policy makers to take initiatives and make a friendly field for the foreign investors to invest in the energy and mineral resource based industries, shrimp culture and fish processing, pharmaceuticals, hospitality and tourism and industrial infrastructure sectors of the region. Board of Investment (BOI), Bangladesh hosted the seminar at the conference room of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCC&I).
Executive Chairman of the BOI Kamaluddin Ahmed joined the seminar as chief guest while Divisional Commissioner of Chittagong Hussain Jamil joined it as the special guest and Executive Member of the BOI Anu Reza Khan presented the keynote paper
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| CMP commissioner
awards two for
courageous deed |
Staff Correspondent
Locals caught two armed snatchers red-handed while they were trying to snatch away a sack containing Taka 4 lakhs in cash and including two cheques from a person near city's Alonkar area under Pahartali police station yesterday.
The detainees were identified as Mohammed Sharif (22), son of Ali Hossain of village Kalgara under Nabinagar police station in Brahmanbariya district and Mohammed Jashim (20), son
Kabir Majhi of village Belgaon under Laksham police station in Comilla district.
Police and eyewitnesses said that sharif and Jashim on boarding a CNG run auto-rickshaw bearing number (Chatta Metro-Tha-11-2627) attacked Mohammed Selim Chowdhury with sharp weapon some yards away from the Nur-e-Madina Filling Station near Alonkar area at about 8:30 a.m. and trying to snatch away his bag. He was going to deposit Taka seven hundred thousands including four hundred thousand in cash in a commercial bank. |
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| Govt attaching
utmost importance
fo cope with bird
flu : Health Secy |
Staff Correspondent
There is so far no existence of avian influenza or bird flue in human body in the country. "The prevalence of bird flu in the country is neither endemic nor pandemic but this is in pre endemic stage "this was disclosed by the secretary of the ministry of health A K M Jafarulllah Khan while exchanging views with journalists at Chittagong Press Cub on Thursday night. 
Health secretary A K M Jafarullah Khan and the Director general of Health Directorate Prof. Dr. M.A. Faiz seen exchanging views with journalists at Chittagong press club yesterday. Photo : People's View
Referring to the prevalence of avian influenza in Chittagong the health secretary said that the ministry is mulling over setting up of a laboratory in Chittagong for virus test of the disease. |
National News |
| Appellate Div to hear on
Sunday petition against
HC verdict on Hasina |
P View desk
The Appellate Division on Sunday will hear the government stay-petition against the High Court judgement that declared illegal the trial of detained ex-PM Sheikh Hasina in an extortion case under the Emergency Powers Rules (EPR) and quashed the trial proceedings.
The six-member Appellate Division headed by Justice M Fazlul Karim today did not hear the stay-petition appearing in the supplementary cause list, UNB reports from Dhaka. However, the High Court's judgement still stands in operation
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| Natl govt is not possible as per
constitution : Hassan Ariff |
P View desk
Law and Land Adviser AF Hassan Ariff yesterday (Thursday) dismissed the speculation of forming a 'national government' saying that this is not possible as per the Constitution.
"National government is not a constitutional concept and the Advisory Council didn't discuss the matter," he said at his routine weekly briefing at his Land Ministry, UNB reports from Dhaka.
Asked whether the government ponders to remove the inconsistency to the Emergency Power Rules (EPR), Hassan Ariff said it depends on the verdict of the Appellate Division over the High Court judgment that had declared illegal the trial of Sheikh Hasina's extortion case filed by Azam J Chowdhury under the EPR
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| Hasina asks for
parliamentary
polls by
April-May |
P View desk
Detained former premier and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina Thursday called for holding the stalled parliamentary polls by April-May for transfer of power to elected
public representatives.
Talking to her lawyers at the makeshift special court in the parliament-building complex when she appeared in another corruption case, Hasina alleged that the caretaker government is delaying the elections in the name of preparing the voter list , reports from UNB Dhaka.
"If the nation could achieve
independence in nine months, why should it take more than a year to prepare a voter list?" she questioned.
Hasina also expressed deep concern over unabated price hike of essential commodities, which is hitting hard low-and middle-income groups of people.
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| Mourning period for Benazir ends |
AP/UNB , Garhi Khuda Bakhsh
.jpg) About 10,000 mourners gathered at the tomb of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday to mark the end of the mourning period for her death, as her party prepared to resume campaigning for crucial Feb. 18 elections. Supporters from across her native Sindh province and other parts of Pakistan visited the Bhutto family's grand marble mausoleum to cap 40 days of mourning for the former prime minister, who died in a gun and bomb attack in the northern city of Rawalpindi on Dec. 27. Following Thursday's religious ceremonies, Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, now led by her husband Asif Ali Zardari, is set to resume campaigning with a major rally Saturday.
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McCain takes on conservatives
Hillary discloses $ 5m
loan to campaign |
AP/UNB, Washington
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama girded for more fierce battles in their tight race for the Democratic presidential nomination, as Clinton disclosed she lent millions of dollars to her presidential campaign to fuel the costly White House fight.
Republican front-runner John McCain, meanwhile, on Wednesday reached out to his conservative critics with an appeal to find "something we can agree on" as he focused on translating his big "Super Tuesday" wins into the party's presidential nomination. In a sign of Obama's growing financial advantage, Clinton acknowledged Wednesday that she loaned her campaign $5 million (euro3.4 million) late last month as Obama was outraising and outspending her heading into the Democrats' 22-state contests on Tuesday. Some senior staffers on her campaign also are voluntarily forgoing paychecks as the campaign heads into the next round of contests. "And I think the results last night proved the wisdom of my investment," the former first lady said, one day after splitting victories with Obama. McCain's sweep of key "Super Tuesday" races in California, New York and seven other U.S. states failed to end chief rival Mitt Romney's candidacy, but firmly put the Arizona senator on track for the party's White House nomination. McCain sought Wednesday to smooth his path by attempting to convince his harshest Republican critics who are angered that he breaks with party-line conservative views on issues such as immigration.
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