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DT: Where will you place the Bangladesh case with respect to the expected agreement at COP21?Saleemul: Bangladesh belongs to the group of vulnerable countries as well as the least de-veloped countries groups. Our point of view is that if it’s not su� cient enough to tackle the problem, then we can’t say it’s a good agreement. It may be an okay agreement. So we are � ghting to get a good agreement. And, the de� nition for a good agreement for us is one that � rst of all set a long term goal (LTG), which is commensurate with the problem. We believe that the LTG should be to limit temperature rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius. At the moment, the global agreed goal is 2 de-grees.

In fact, it’s a group of leaders, including Bangladesh, who formed the Climate Vulner-able Forum highlighting concerns, issues and challenges faced by the countries vulnerable to the climate change impacts. They have is-sued a strong statement, pushing for the 1.5 degrees. This is the big push from vulnerable countries.

The other aspect whether it is a good agreement or not is how we are able to bring down temperatures. One good thing is that all countries are putting their plans forward to reduce emission, carrying out mitigation activities. More than 150 countries submit-ted Intended Nationally Determined Contri-butions (INDC) – their plan for tackling cli-mate change. If we add them all up, we still

are far from the 2 degrees. We are just below 3 degrees (2.7 degrees), which is not good enough.

We know that we would not be able to reach at 2 degrees in Paris. So the next ar-gument is – well, keep it at 2 degrees. But how do we move in the right direction? Paris must not be an end. It will be the beginning of moving in the right direction. So how fre-quently do we need to review the progress and change direction if it is needed? Some countries are arguing for 10 years and we are saying it is too long. It should be reviewed af-ter every � ve years – one review after 2020. If the progress is not good enough, progress can be enhanced. Because, one of the things

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SONS OF THE SALTY SOIL PAGE 32

‘GUNFIGHT VICTIM LED TAZIA ATTACK, KHIJIR MURDER’ PAGE 5

One killed as gunmen attack Bogra Shia mosquen Md Nazmul Huda Nasim, Bogra

A group of youths opened � re on the dev-otees at a Shia mosque in Shibganj upazila, Bogra during the Maghrib prayers yesterday, killing the muezzin and injuring three others.

Police and witnesses said at least 20 devo-tees were performing the evening prayers at Imam Khomeni Shia Mosque, also known as Al Mostafa Jame Mosque, at Haripur village of the upazila when a group of three to four miscreants stormed into the mosque jump-ing over the boundary wall.

They shot at the devotees indiscriminate-ly and ran away, injuring the mosque’s mu-ezzin Moazzem Hossain, 70, from Haripur, imam Shahinur Islam, 35, and Aftab Ali, 42, from Chakkanu village, and Abu Taher, 70, from Aladipur village.

Moazzem was hit with bullets in his head, Shahinur was hit in his waist, and Taher and Aftab in their legs, sources told the Dhaka Tribune.

On information, a police team led by Bogra Superintendent of Police Asaduzzam-an rushed to the scene and took the injured

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SQ CHY, MUJAHID EXECUTION

Pakistan to summon Bangladeshi envoyn Tribune Report

Pakistan has decided to summon the Bangla-deshi envoy to Islamabad, reports Pakistan's The Express Tribune.

Pakistan will lodge a protest and convey Is-lamabad’s concerns over the recent executions of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mu-jahid, said the report published on Thursday.

Ruling party lawmaker MNA Sheikh Af-tab Ahmad made the announcement on Wednesday.

Replying to a calling attention notice of Jamaat-e-Islami lawmakers, MNA Ahmad told parliament members that the govern-ment of Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was violating a tripartite agreement signed by Pakistan, Bangladesh and India in 1974.

“Bangladesh did not exist in 1971 and it was a war between Pakistan and India, and the trial of those who supported Pakistan was irrational,” he added.

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Bangladesh refutes UN claim on war crimes trialn Sheikh Shahriar Zaman

Bangladesh has refuted the claim of the UN O� ce of the High Commissioner for Human Rights that the trials of war criminals at the International Crimes Tribunal were not fair.

Saying that the statement is “highly dis-turbing,” the government has sent a reply to the OHCHR and protested such claim.

The Ministry of Foreign A� airs issued a press release in this regard on Thursday, two days after the UN rights body issued the state-ment involving war crimes trial in the country.

On Tuesday, the UN human rights body re-newed its call to the government of Bangla-desh to immediately institute a moratorium on the death penalty and abolish it.

The statement came two days after BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ja-maat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid were executed for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

In a statement, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ravi-na Shamdasani said: “We’ve long warned

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Deal may not be good for vulnerable countriesEminent climate change expert Dr Saleemul Huq, senior fellow at the International Institute of Environment and Development, expresses optimism about the COP21 climate conference but says much more remains to be done, in an exclusive interview with the DhakaTribune’s Meer Saiful Islam

Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, calls on Bangladesh to immediately enforce a moratorium on death penalty UNITED NATIONS

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UNESCAP: Asia-Paci� c the most disaster-prone region n Nure Alam Durjoy

Over 40% of the world’s disasters in the past decade had hit the Asia and the Paci� c, mak-ing the region the most disaster prone in the world, according to a latest UN report.

Over the last decade, the region was struck by 1,625 disasters that claimed the lives of around half a million people, accord-ing to the report by the United Nations Eco-nomic and Social Commission for Asia and the Paci� c (UNESCAP).

More than 1.4 billion people were also af-fected by these natural disasters, constitut-ing 80% of those a� ected globally. The region has incurred substantial economic damage of more than half a trillion dollars over the same period, accounting for close to half the global total, the report stated.

The 2015 Asia-Paci� c Disaster Report was launched yesterday at the Institute of Disas-ter Management and Vulnerability Studies at

University of Dhaka.The report applauded Bangladesh for its

sustained success in disaster risk reduction, including through improved weather forecast-ing, Cyclone Preparedness Programme, the Chars Livelihood Programme, and micro insur-ance initiatives that act as social safety nets.

On the cautious side, however, the report underlined the country’s high exposure to hazards and increasing vulnerability of its people and the economy.

Dhaka to join Global Climate MarchThousands are expected to join a Climate March on the streets of Dhaka tomorrow, a day before world leaders meet in Paris for the COP21 climate summit.

The march in Dhaka will be part of the largest ever climate mobilisation. The march in Dhaka will start from the Central Shaheed Minar at 11am and head to Shahbagh via Doyel Chattar and High Court intersection. l

Pakistan to summonPTI lawmaker Shireen Mazari asked the gov-ernment to call back Pakistan’s ambassador from Dhaka in protest.

Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ah-san Mohammad Mujahid were executed on November 22 for committing crimes against humanity and genocide in Bangladesh in 1971.

Following the execution, the spokes-person of the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign A� airs reacted in a statement published on Sunday.

“Pakistan is deeply disturbed at this de-velopment,” it said.

Later, Bangladesh formally protested re-marks made by the spokesperson of the Pa-kistan Foreign Ministry.

The High Commissioner of Pakistan to Bangladesh Shuja Alam was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Monday where acting Foreign Secretary Mizanur Rahman handed him the note verbale. l

Bangladesh refutes UN claim on war crimes trialgiven the doubts that have been raised about the fairness of trials conducted before the Tri-bunal, the government of Bangladesh should not implement death penalty sentences.”

In reply, the foreign ministry press state-ment said: “Both the convicted individuals have been handed down the death sentence by the ICT-BD for charges proven against them beyond reasonable doubts. The ver-dicts were subsequently upheld by the Ap-pellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme after a full bench hearing.

“On the judgment of the Supreme Court, the Review Petitions submitted by the convicted persons have also been heard by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on 18 November 2015, and subsequently disposed of.”

Bangladesh explained that the ICT-BD tri-als takes solely into consideration the crimes

committed by the individuals accused and convicted for crimes against humanity they had committed in 1971, and has no preoc-cupation with their present political status, reads the press release.

“Mr Chowdhury or Mr Mujahid’s cases have nothing to do with their political iden-tity or a� liation, and the point that they belong to some opposition political parties is only a coincidence as far as the trials are concerned.”

“Moreover, certain accused and convicted individuals in the ICT-BD trials are with ruling party and its electoral allies. In this regard, Bangladesh has given a full account of the tri-als and proceedings related to the two cases of Messers Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid,” it added.

Bangladesh also reiterated that as a state

party to the ICCPR, along with its Optional Protocol, Bangladesh is obliged to maintain international standards in its judicial pro-cess. The provisions of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 (ICT Act 1973) and the rules made thereunder are not in-consistent with the rights of the accused en-shrined under article 14 of the ICCPR.

The Government recognises its responsi-bility towards its citizens and is committed to ful� ll its obligations to the citizens of Bang-ladesh.

Bangladesh’s response to the O� ce of the High Commissioner for Human Rights em-phasised that the International Crimes (Tri-bunals) Act, 1973 (ICT Act 1973) of Bangladesh was enacted by the Bangladesh Parliament which is vested with the legislative powers of the Republic under the Constitution. l

Deal may not be good for vulnerable countriesfrom the INDCs of the developing countries is that they give two plans – one is about how much we can do ourselves. Bangladesh can reduce 5% itself. Then how much can we do if we get � nance and technology? We can do more if we get � nance and technology. We said 15%. Let’s go for higher ambition with money and technology. And let’s review every � ve years to see how we were able to do, how much money and technology was given and how much the countries were able to do. And set higher ambition after � ve years, increase our ambition. Now it is 2.7 de-grees and after � ve years we can say that we can actually do more.

We hope Paris will build a virtual cycle where they will � nd that they can do more in terms of mitigation and they will do more. Countries will go on a potentially carbon-free future, which is where we have to go in the long run.

DT: What indications are there in the draft adopted in Bonn conference?

Saleemul: The 34-page draft text was adopted on broad consensus. Each of the is-sues, except Loss and Damage, has two op-tions – one for the developed countries and

the other for the developing countries.The two main issues having broader dif-

ferences are the L&D and displacement of vulnerable people. There is a positive indi-cation in the draft that the agreement would come into reality.

There is also an indication to make per-manent the Warsaw International Mecha-nism (WIM) which currently has a two-year tenure. The WIM has nine-point work pro-gramme, including L&D, displacement and migration. In Paris, we will demand for � -nancing for L&D stepping aside from earlier stance of “polluters to pay.” We will also want separate committees to look after the issues of L&D and migration.

DT: How do the civil society organisations want to see the outcome?

Saleemul: So far the target is to reduce the rise of temperature by 2 degrees within the year 2100, but it’s too high as far as the vul-nerable countries are concerned. We would demand for setting the target at 1.5 degrees. The target would be reviewed in every 10 years as of the present text, but we want it to be reviewed every � ve years.

DT: How do you see the strategy of France

in their e� orts to make the conference suc-cessful?

Saleemul: France has taken a di� erent strategy this year – along with some other partners, it has decided to invite the heads of states to take part in the high-level seg-ment before the real negotiation starts. It is expected that they will give directions to the negotiators in the segment. It’s because the leaders often cannot reach � nal decision as evident in the past negotiations. The initia-tive seemed to help make this event success-ful.

As part of the groundwork, the host country also invited ministers at a pre-COP meeting to give them heads up so they can prepare for playing critical role in the negoti-ation segment of “political horse-trading” in the second week.

The United States had raised an issue in Lima that a legally binding agreement would not be possible as the Congress is unlikely to ratify it. But legal experts found that the rati� cation is needed when a treaty is signed. We’re expecting here a legally binding agree-ment, which would not require rati� cation by the Congress. l

Shia mosquemen to Shibganj Upazila Health Complex.

From there, Moazzem, Shahinur and Ta-her were taken to Shahid Ziaur Rahman Med-ical College Hospital where Moazzem was declared dead.

The attack took place a month after two people had been killed as miscreants hurled hand grenades at a Tazia procession of the Shia Muslims in Old Dhaka, on the occasion of Ashura on November 24.

Talking to the Dhaka Tribune, injured Shahinur said: “We were praying when they launched the attack on us. Others inside the mosque were not harmed as they quickly lay down on the � oor.”

Locals said that they were in a state of panic in the area after the incident. Addition-al police members were deployed at the vil-lage to avert further untoward situation.

During primary investigation, police found eight bullet shells on the spot.

Bogra Deputy Commissioner Md Ashraf Uddin visited the spot, and gave Tk20,000 for the burial of muezzin Moazzem and Tk10,000 for each of the injured. l

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EP urges govt to ensure security of Shia Muslimsn Sheikh Shahariar Zaman

The European Parliament has urged the Bangladesh government to ensure security of Shia Muslims.

The parliament had a debate on freedom of expression in Bangladesh and passed a resolution on the matter yesterday. The non-binding resolution was adopted by 586 votes to 31, with 25 abstentions.

The resolution “urges the Bangladesh Government furthermore to o� er su� cient protection and guarantees to minorities such as Shia Muslims, Ahmadiyya, Hindus, Bud-dhists and Christians, but also Biharis.”

It also “urges the Bangladesh Government and religious organisations and their leaders to embark on a process of reconciliation.”

The call came after recurring cases of ethnic and religiously-motivated violence, including the October 24 bomb attack at Hos-saini Dalan where preparations were going

on for a Shia procession for the next day.The EP also condemned the increasing

attacks by Islamist extremists on secularist writers, bloggers, religious minorities and foreign aid workers in Bangladesh.

It has also expressed its concern at the growing restrictions on freedom of expres-sion which have accompanied the rise of religious fundamentalism, intolerance and extremist violence in the country, said a Eu-ropean Parliament press release.

The parliament also voiced concerns about the escalating cases of violence against wom-en, urging the government, religious bodies and their leaders to embark on a process of reconciliation and work towards bringing to justice the perpetrators.

The parliament called on the Bangladesh authorities to restore the full independence of media, to drop all charges against publish-ers and journalists who have published con-tent critical of the government. l

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Khaleda to alliance leaders: Prepare candidate lists n Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday told leaders of the 20-party alliance to prepare lists of their chosen candidates for the up-coming municipality elections.

Expressing her party’s plans to partici-pate in the election, Khaleda said the BNP would coordinate between its own preferred candidates and those picked by its partners to ensure that the alliance endorses a single candidate at each constituency.

The BNP chief made the remarks at a meeting with alliance leaders at her Gulshan o� ce, said party sources. She also requested the political partners to prepare their indi-vidual lists within Friday.

According to meeting sources, Khaleda also told leaders from Jamaat-e-Islami to make sure that, unlike the upazila polls, the Islamist party’s candidates do not run in the same areas where the BNP was backing its own candidate.

The elections to 234 municipalities, which are scheduled to be held on December 30, will be the country’s � rst local government polls on partisan lines.

A BNP delegation, meanwhile, will meet with Election Commission o� cials tomor-row to press home their demands, which include pushing back the election schedule, party sources said. l

Police: Gun� ght victim Al Bani led Tazia attack, Khijir murdern Kamrul Hasan

Detectives yesterday claimed that a top lead-er of a faction of banned militant group Ja-ma’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), killed in an alleged gun� ght early yesterday, had been involved in several attacks including the one on Tazia procession on October 24.

Also a member of JMB’s suicide squad, Operational Commander Shahadat Mahfuz alias Al Bani alias Hojja Bhai alias Member Bhai was involved in the attempted bank heist in Ashulia on April 22, slaughtering re-ligious scholar Khijir Khan on October 6 and the attack on police constable at a check post in Ashulia’s Baroipara area on November 5.

Police also claimed that Al Bani had been a follower of JMB founder Shayakh Abdur Rahman, who was executed in 2007. He was killed in a gun� ght with the police in Gabto-li’s Dipnagar area early yesterday.

The DB police said they had arrested Al Bani and � ve other members of the out-lawed militant group in separate drives in the capital from Wednesday for their alleged involvement in various subversive activities including bomb attacks, bank robbery and the Trishal militant snatching incident.

The � ve others are Kabir Hossain alias Rashed alias Ashik, Chan Mia, Omar Fa-ruk alias Manik, Shahjalal and Ahsanullah Mahmud – all followers of Al Bani. They were put on � ve-day remand yesterday.

DB Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam at a press brie� ng yesterday claimed that Al Bani and Kabir were suicide squad members. They were trying to regroup recently under the patronisation of Jamaat-e-Islami, he said, adding that one-fourth of the JMB operatives were former Jamaat members.

He claimed that they got the names of � ve people who had launched the grenade attack on a Tazia procession in Old Dhaka. Two of the attackers – Al Bani and Kabir – have been arrested. “The attackers also wanted to re-cord the attack [in Old Dhaka] on video cam-era, but failed due to low light.

“Al Bani � rst planned to attack on the Ta-zia procession that takes place in Moham-madpur area on October 23 but later changed his plan.”

The JMB men revised their plan after the death of ASI Ibrahim Mollah at a check post in Gabtoli area on October 22. At the check post, Ibrahim had stopped three JMB men, coming from Gazipur after completing

militant training. One of them, Masud was caught by the police.

To implement the attack in Hussaini Da-lan, the militants rented a house in Kamran-girchar area, the DB chief said.

Al Bani, who used to stay in Mohammad-pur area, led the attack on Industrial Police constable Mukul in Baroipara area of Ashulia to create panic among the police. After the attack, many locals told the police that one of the attackers had infection on his hand that was also found on Al Bani’s hand.

Of the � ve detained yesterday, DB chief Monirul said that Chan Mia, a driver by pro-fession, had been involved in Khijir Khan murder and last year’s Trishal militant snatching incident. His name was also in-cluded in the Ashulia bank robbery case.

Rest of the arrestees served as recruit-ers of the JMB and conducted motivational training to the freshers, Monirul said.

He claimed that they had got the names of several other top leaders of the JMB faction who might take over the position of Al Bani. “This group has reorganised recently and was trying to draw the attention of di� erent inter-national militant organisations by conducting subversive activities,” Monirul added. l

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Four to die for Keraniganj four murdersn Md Sanaul Islam Tipu

Four members of a local robbery gang have been sentenced to death for the brutal mur-der of one of their men and his family mem-bers including two children over extra-mari-tal a� air at Keraniganj last year.

Judge SM Kuddus Zaman of the Dhaka’s District and Sessions Judge’s Court pro-nounced the verdict yesterday in presence of the convicts.

The death-row convicts are CNG Sumon alias Datu Sumon, Daku Sumon alias Sumon Dhali, Zakaria Hossain Jony and Mohammad Nasir Ali – all residents of Keraniganj. Daku Sumon’s wife Afsana Akter was acquitted.

The deceased are Saju Ahmed, 35, his wife Ranji Begum, seven-year-old son Imran, 7,

and two-year-old daughter Sanjida, 2.According to the case, Saju and the con-

victs had been involved in robbery in Kerani-ganj, Munshiganj and Dohar areas.

In his observation, the judge labelled the convicts as cold-blooded murderers. They killed the four persons one by one in a pre-planned manner. “If they are not given ex-emplary punishment, the society as well as the state will not get rid of such incidents.

“During the trial, I have seen the accused in the dock. But I did not see any sign of re-morse in their faces. Taking into account all the case materials and circumstances, I am of the view that the accused deserve an ex-emplary sentence. Justice will be met, in my view, if they are sentenced to death.”

As many as 24 out of 28 prosecution wit-

nesses testi� ed before the court since the tri-al began on June 18 this year.

Public prosecutor Khandaker Abdul Man-nan Khan welcomed the verdict.

Moniruzzaman Khan, sub-inspector of South Keraniganj model police and also the investigation o� cer, submitted the charge sheet on January 16 this year. The court framed the charges on June 4.

The case says that a few days before the murders, Datu Suman’s motorcycle and his wife’s gold ornament were stolen. Saju was involved in the theft incident. Datu Suman enquired Saju about his missing motorcycle and the ornaments, but he denied. Later he learnt that Saju had extra-marital a� air with his wife. Then he planned to kill Saju and his family members. l

Exhumation and autopsy of missing Japanese orderedn Md Sanaul Islma Tipu

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the district magistrate of Dhaka to exhume the body of Japanese citizen Hiroye Miyata for an autopsy.

Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sheikh Ha� z Rahman passed the order yester-day after hearing a prayer � led by the police.

The court also ordered the district magis-trate to appoint an executive magistrate for the exhumation of the body from a grave in Uttara graveyard where she is believed to be buried.

On November 22, the investigation o� cer of the case, Uttara East police O� cer-in-Charge (investigation) Abu Bakar Mia, � led a petition to exhume the body of Japanese citizen Hiroye Miyata.

Police have so far detained � ve people for their suspected involvement with the death of Miyata. They are now under a four-day re-mand in police custody. l

Police begin hunt for criminals ahead of municipal pollsn Mohammad Jamil Khan

With just over a month to go before munici-pal elections, law enforcers have stepped up the hunt for listed, � rst information reported and warranted criminals, and illegal � rearms across the country.

The district superintendents of police (SP) have received orders from Police Headquar-ters to begin security operations to ensure that the upcoming polls are held peacefully.

The district police units have been asked to create a list of vulnerable polling centres and to increase checkpoints especially in dis-tricts adjacent to border areas.

On Tuesday, Chief Election Commission-er Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad announced that elections in 234 municipalities would be held on December 30.

Licenced gun owners’ � rearms and paper-work will be double-checked, sources at the Police HQ and the Home Ministry said.

When contacted, Home Minister Asaduz-

zaman Khan Kamal con� rmed to the Dhaka Tribune that the law enforcement personnel had been instructed to take steps to ensure peaceful polls.

A list of suspects and potential trouble-makers will be drawn up, the minister said.

“Action will be taken against troublemak-ers no matter what political party they be-long to,” he added.

A high o� cial at the Police HQ, asking not to be named, told the Dhaka Tribune that se-curity preparations had been stepped up in light of recent bomb blasts, murders of for-eigners and attacks on police personnel.

The movement of arms dealers and local criminals tends to increase ahead of the elec-tions, he added.

The o� cial said the district police had been asked to operate with sensitivity so that claims of political harassment could not be made. Special care would be given to dis-tricts believed to be vulnerable according to intelligence reports, he added.

Ruhul Amin, superintendent of police of Dinajpur district, told the Dhaka Tribune yes-terday that steps had been taken to maintain law and order and to recover illegal � rearms in the district.

Intelligence sources said residential ho-tels and student mess halls would be under surveillance, especially in areas where Ja-maat-Shibir are active.

Intelligence agencies will maintain a strong surveillance presence for the duration of the election period, an intelligence source con� rmed.

In addition to the police, Border Guard Bangladesh and the district administration will help support security operations.

Asked about their security preparations, Chuadanga district SP Rashidul Hasan said his sta� had begun arresting criminals and recovering illegal � rearms. This was echoed by Joypurhat district SP Nazrul Islam who said his sta� had begun preparing a list of lo-cal criminals. l

10 priests get death threatn Kamrul Hasan

At least 10 priests of di� erent churches in Rangpur received death threats yesterday.

The threat was issued in a single letter sent to the address of Rangpur Baptist Church pastor. The pastor � led a general diary yes-terday afternoon.

Additional Superintendent of Rangpur po-lice Abdullah Al Faroque told the Dhaka Trib-une that Reverend Barnabas Hemron, priest of Baptist Church located in the divisional city received the letter.

He said the priest received the death threat and a general diary was � led with Kot-wali police station in this regard yesterday.

Police have already tightened security around the churches. “We have already be-gun to investigate the source of the letters,” Abdullah Al Faroque said.

Barnabas Hemron told media that he re-ceived a yellow envelop around 5pm.

The letter did not contain any name but it had an address that read Uttarpara village of

Komolpur in Dinajpur Sadar, he said.He said the letter threatened to kill all the

priests one by one as they were spreading Christian religion in the country.

He said the sender said that the country would be governed under Muslim laws.

The letter contained the names of the priests who were working at the churches in Rangpur city and surrounding areas.

When contacted o� cer-in-charge of Kot-wali police station said they had deployed policemen at the baptist church and plain-clothes policemen in the area.

According to Bangladesh Christian Associ-ation, the country has around 3,000 churches.

An unknown gunmen has recently shot an Italian doctor-cum-pastor Piero Parolari in Dinajpur. On October 5, pastor Luke Sarkar escaped an attempt on his life when three sus-pected radicals tried to slit his throat in Pabna.

Parolari is now under treatment at the Com-bined Military Hospital in Dhaka while Luke � ed his area on October 28 without informing anyone about his next whereabouts. l

HC judges trying Pilkhana carnage seek securityn Ashif Islam Shaon

The High Court has directed the government to arrange adequate security for the three judges who are holding hearing on the death references and appeals of the 2009 Pilkhana carnage case.

The bench of Justice Md Shawkat Hossain, Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique and Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder issued the order on its own volition yesterday. It directed the home and law secretaries, the police chief and the DMP chief to take measures within seven days.

Deputy Attorney General KM Jahid Sar-war Kajol told reporters that the court’s order came considering that the case had the high-est number of convicts.

The bench is hearing the death references of 152 convicts. The prosecution has so far sub-mitted arguments for 132 death references.

At least 74 people, including 57 army of-� cers, were killed in the 2009 carnage carried out by the members of the Border Guard Bang-ladesh, formerly Bangladesh Ri� es. l

2 Bangladeshis killed by BSF in Satkhira n Our Correspondent, Satkhira

Two Bangladeshis were shot dead by the Bor-der Security Force (BSF) members in India’s Tarali area near Satkhira border yesterday.

The victims are Md Nazrul Islam of sadar upazila and Abdul Khaleq Sarker of Kalaroa.

Banshdaha union Chairman Nasimul said the bodies of Nazrul and Khaleq had not been brought from India yet. Tarali is across Satkhira’s Taluigachha border.

A number of Bangladeshis were returning from India with smuggled goods when the BSF members confronted them early in the morning. The BSF members shot at them leaving Nazrul and Khaleq dead on the spot.

Lt Col Arman, commander of Satkhira 38 BGB battalion, said a � ag meeting with BSF 76 battalion o� cials had been requested. l

Proposal to limit mobile recharge to Tk500 per dayn Ishtiaq Husain

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is planning to cap the dai-ly recharge amount for a single mobile number in order to prevent illegal calls overseas.

The regulator is seriously considering to implement this proposal, which has already been given a thumbs up by the high-ups of the Telecommunications Division.

Industry insiders said illegal international calls cause revenue losses for both the mobile operators and the government, as well as the International Gateway (IGW) and Intercon-nection Exchange (ICX) operators.

An o� cial of a mobile operator said all owners implemented a robust system to de-tect and bar suspected illegal calls, so there is no need to implement another system. l

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David Cameron: Time to bomb militants in SyriaPrime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday it was time to join air strikes against Islamic State in Syria because Britain cannot “subcontract its security to other countries.” PAGE 8

North, South Korea hold rare talksNorth and South Korean o� cials sat down Thursday for rare talks aimed at setting up a sustainable high-level dialogue that has con-stantly eluded the two rivals. PAGE 9

Russia to take retaliatory economic measures against Turkey Russia is preparing a raft of retaliatory eco-nomic measures against Turkey after Ankara downed one of its warplanes, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday. PAGE 10

ANALYSIS

BJP confronts the Gandhis as parliament gathersn Reuters, New Delhi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just su� ered a bruising election setback, yet his party appears in no mood to com-promise with the main political opposition to get stalled economic reforms back on track.

Instead, the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched an all-out o� en-sive against the Congress party, in a poten-tially dangerous game of brinkmanship that risks turning the next parliamentary session into a prolonged slanging match.

“It’s a political vendetta,” said veteran newspaper editor and commentator Shek-har Gupta of the BJP’s attacks on Congress, and speci� cally Rahul Gandhi, heir appar-ent to his mother and party leader Sonia Gandhi.

Yet behind the sound and fury on TV news networks may lie a more considered tactic, party strategists and political ana-lysts said: isolate Congress while quietly persuading regional parties to back a tax re-form bill that is the BJP’s top priority.

“We are trying to convey to everyone that the government is willing to tweak the bill and present it in a form that bene� ts all the states,” said one senior BJP source, who did not want to be named.

Sanjay Kumar, director of the CSDS think-tank and a leading opinion researcher, said: “They keep hitting the line that Congress is a dynastic party. The idea is to split the op-position.”

In May, 2014, Modi won India’s strongest election mandate in three decades, but his dominance in the lower house is neutralised by an upper house where the BJP is in the minority.

And, while he has pushed through some reforms by executive order, that solution is

temporary and likely to put o� foreign com-panies who want stable legal frameworks in place before investing in Asia’s third-largest economy.

One of the biggest changes Modi envisag-es to make the economy run more smooth-ly, a uni� ed tax system, requires altering the constitution.

Securing that amendment in the winter session of parliament that starts on Thurs-day would be vital to implementing tax reform in 2016, as Modi has repeatedly as-sured global investors he would.

Appearance of strengthThe BJP’s aggression may serve as cover for backroom deals that recognise the realities created by its defeat this month in the east-ern state of Bihar, Modi’s biggest setback as prime minister.

That election result has given a sense of empowerment to regional leaders like Nitish Kumar, chief minister of Bihar, who teamed up with a local ally to rebu� Modi’s chal-lenge in the state of more than 100 million people.

So, while the BJP strategist spoke of ex-posing rampant corruption during the dec-ade of Congress rule that ended in May 2014, he saw no contradiction with the idea that “Modi may consider having a cup of tea with Sonia Gandhi.”

The two party leaders have not held face-to-face talks in this parliament since it was elected.

Congress, part of the victorious Bihar alliance, sees no sign that the government wants to engage in sincere dialogue.

Instead it has chided Modi for going on a series of foreign trips since the Bihar land-slide and neglecting his work at home.

“Where is a conciliatory attitude?” asked Anand Sharma, a senior Congress leader and

interlocutor on the key tax reforms.“You have a prime minister who has a

confrontational mindset, who is arrogant. He humiliates the opposition, day in and day out,” Sharma told ET Now, a � nancial news channel.

That is despite some senior aides recom-mending to Modi that he engages the op-position more actively, while a handful of top BJP � gures have openly questioned his leadership.

GST or not GSTPerhaps more worrying for businesses wait-ing with increasing frustration for the new national goods and services tax (GST), there appears to be a lack of consensus on how it would work in practice.

The GST would create a single market in India for the � rst time since independence in 1947 and, the government estimates, boost the economy by up to two percentage points.

But there is as yet no agreement on what rate the tax should be levied at; three sepa-rate committees have yet to make their � nal proposals.

And, at a meeting of federal and state of-� cials last week, there was no agreement on the threshold at which the tax should apply to small businesses. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley skipped that discussion to attend a � lm festival.

Some o� cials express doubts over the Modi government’s strategy for securing the passage of the GST amendment, saying it could miss its self-imposed deadline.

“You have to go more than half the way to convince the Congress,” said a senior gov-ernment o� cial involved in the policy pro-cess. “You have to be more than generous. But the BJP is still behaving as if it was in the opposition.” l

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi BIGSTOCK

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SOUTH ASIANepal demands India probe into border � ringsKathmandu has asked New Delhi to probe claims Indian police � red at four Nepalis af-ter crossing over the border, Nepali o� cials said Thursday. The four men were travelling in Nepal’s southeastern district of Sunsari early Wednesday when Indian police opened � re after entering Nepali territory, foreign ministry spokesman Tara Prasad Pokharel said. In a statement, the Indian embassy in Kathmandu on Wednesday said police were in pursuit of smugglers but denied � ring at any Nepalis nor crossing the border. -AFP

INDIABihar state announces plans to ban alcoholThe newly-elected chief minister of Bihar on Thursday announced plans to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in the eastern state by April 2016. Nitish Kumar had promised a com-plete alcohol ban during the poll campaign. Kumar didn’t elaborate the details of the plan including its scope, enforcement challenges or how he planned to tackle the revenue loss after the ban. Several Indian states already enforce alcohol prohibition. -AFP

CHINAMiss World Canada stopped in HK from reaching China pageantCanada’s China-born Miss World contestant was stopped in Hong Kong on Thursday and denied permission to board a � ight to the beauty pageant � nals in China, a move she said was punishment for speaking out against human rights abuses in the country. Anastasia Lin was unable to obtain a visa in advance of her arrival for the contest � nals this week in Sanya. But she said she attempted to enter the country anyway based on a rule that allows Canadian citizens to obtain a landing visa upon arrival in Sanya. While she cleared customs in Hong Kong, she was not allowed to board her next � ight to Sanya, according to a friend, Caylan Ford, who released a statement from Lin. -REUTERS

ASIA PACIFICAustralia � re� ghters battle deadly infernoFire� ghters Thursday searched burnt-out cars and homes after a devastating “Ar-mageddon-like” blaze in Australia left two dead and 16 in hospital after raging across a 40km front. Cooler conditions and lighter winds aided crews after a terrifying day on Wednesday, with the huge bush� re slowly being brought under control. “We are hopeful we will have the � re contained some time tomorrow,” a Fire Service o� cial said. -AFP

MIDDLE EASTSaudi widens sanctions against HezbollahSaudi Arabia widened its sanctions against Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah on Thursday, adding 12 names to a blacklist of individuals and � rms whose assets in the kingdom will be frozen. Riyadh and its Gulf Arab allies have stepped up sanctions against the group since 2013 in retaliation for its intervention in the Syrian con� ict in support of President Bashar al-Assad. -AFP

Unicef: Child marriages set to soar in African AFP, Johannesburg

Child marriages in Africa are set to more than double by 2050 unless urgent steps are taken, Unicef warned Thursday as delegates met in Zambia to discuss how to halt the practice.

The two-day meeting in Lusaka is the African Union’s � rst conference on “Ending Child Marriage in Africa,” gathering repre-sentatives from member states as well as � rst ladies, UN o� cials and civil society groups.

“The total number of child brides will rise from 125m to 310m by 2050... if we do not do something now,” Unicef deputy executive director Fatoumata Ndiaye said in a phone interview from Lusaka.

“That means that the face of child mar-riage will be Africa,” eclipsing South Asia, which currently has the highest number of child brides, he said.

The huge jump in the number of children being married o� will be triggered partly by the continent’s rapid population growth.

“The child population of Africa is ex-pected to grow rapidly in the coming years putting millions more girls at risk” of early marriage, said Unicef in a report published as the meeting opened in Zambia.

Africa’s population of girls is expected to balloon from the current 275m to 465m within 35 years.

“By 2050 we will have ... more teenagers marrying in Africa than anywhere else in the world.

“So it makes it extremely important to do something today and not to wait any more,” said Ndiaye.

Unicef executive director Anthony Lake said in a statement that the huge numbers of girls a� ected “underline the urgency of banning the practice of child marriage once

and for all.”The African Union estimates that about

14m under-age girls are married on the con-tinent each year -- almost all of them forced to by their parents, often against laws that are rarely enforced.

“Child marriage is a human rights viola-tion that robs girls of their rights to health, to live in security, and to choose if, when and whom to marry,” the AU said ahead of the meeting.

“It is a harmful practice which severely a� ects the rights of a child.”

Searing poverty has been one of the driv-ing forces behind early marriages, while tra-ditional customs also play a signi� cant role.

Girls married early face a greater risk of domestic violence, contracting HIV and are likely to die or face complications while giv-ing birth, according to the global coalition Girls Not Brides.

Some of the highest rates of under-age marriage in Africa are in Mauritania, Niger, Chad and the Central African Republic while Nigeria, with 23m, is home to the largest number of child brides. l

David Cameron: Time to bomb militants in Syrian Reuters, London

Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday it was time to join air strikes against Islamic State in Syria because Brit-ain cannot “subcontract its security to other countries.”

Many Britons are wary of entering into another war in the Middle East after West-ern intervention in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya failed to bring stability to the region and some believe led to the rise of militants groups such as Islamic State.

But after Islamic State claimed respon-sibility for killing 130 people in Paris, some members of parliament who were reluctant to launch further military action in the Mid-dle East now feel it is needed to protect Brit-ain from such attacks.

Cameron lost a vote on air strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in 2013 and must persuade some wary mem-bers of his own Conservative Party and in the opposition Labour Party to back him if he is to win parliament’s support for mili-tary action.

After setting out his case for action, Cameron appeared to have persuaded at least two of 30 party “rebels” who voted against him in 2013, but other opposition lawmakers said he had yet to answer ques-tions about how the bombing would achieve peace.

“We do not have the luxury of being able to wait until the Syrian con� ict is resolved before tackling ISIL (another acronym for Is-lamic State),” Cameron wrote in a response to the parliament’s Foreign A� airs Commit-tee, which had said a policy to extend air strikes was “incoherent” without a strategy to defeat the militants.

“It is wrong for the United Kingdom to sub-contract its security to other countries, and to expect the aircrews of other nations to carry the burdens and the risks of striking ISIL in Syria to stop terrorism here in Brit-ain,” he added.

He said in the 24-page response that the campaign against Islamic State was enter-ing a new phase, focusing on command and control, supply lines and � nancial support - something that suited Britain’s capabilities.

Fearful of losing standing on the world stage, Cameron said Britain should respond to requests from allies, including the Unit-ed States, but said he would not put a vote to parliament unless there was a majority backing action.

He said he did not want to hand Islamic State a “propaganda coup” by losing a vote.

The government has not set a timetable for any vote but Cameron said earlier this week parliament would be able to consider his case over the weekend, prompting many to expect he could push for a vote as early as next week.

Cameron told some lawmakers, who fear joining the air strikes over Syria would make Britain more of a target, that with the threat to the country already as high as it could be, the only way of reducing it would be to “de-grade” Islamic State.

British politicians are keenly aware of public opinion over whether the launch air strikes on Syria. A poll by YouGov this week said 59% of people would approve of such strikes, compared with 58% a week earlier. l

North, South Korea hold rare talksn AFP, Seoul

North and South Korean o� cials sat down Thursday for rare talks aimed at setting up a sustainable high-level dialogue that has constantly eluded the two rivals.

The meeting at the border truce village of Panmunjom marked the � rst inter-govern-mental interaction since August when the two sides met to defuse a crisis that had pushed them to the brink of an armed con� ict.

That meeting ended with a joint agree-ment that included a commitment to re-sume high-level talks, although no precise timeline was given.

Although any dialogue between the two Koreas is generally welcomed as a step in the right direction, precedent o� ers little hope of a successful outcome.

A similar e� ort back in June 2013 saw both sides agree to hold what would have been the � rst high-level dialogue for six years -- only for Pyongyang to cancel a day before the scheduled meeting.

In the end, it was a matter of protocol -- the North felt insulted by the South’s nomi-nation of a vice minister as its chief delegate -- that smothered the initiative before it had even drawn breath.

Devil in the detailsThursday’s talks in Panmunjom will try to avoid a repetition of that failure by thrash-ing out an agenda, a venue and such pro-tocol issues as who should attend the full-� edged dialogue.

The start of the talks was delayed by sever-al hours due to a problem with the communi-cation links that allow senior o� cials in Seoul and Pyongyang to monitor proceedings.

After an initial round lasting about 90 minutes, both sides took a break to confer with their respective capitals, a Uni� cation Ministry o� cial said.

“The mood was sincere, but there were di� erences,” he acknowledged.

The two sides were yet to resume the talks after the break extended past � ve hours, another ministry o� cial said by early evening, without elaborating further.

Likely topics for the eventual agenda include South Korea’s desire for regular re-unions for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War that cemented the division of the Korean peninsula.

North Korea, meanwhile, will want to discuss the resumption of South Korean tour groups to its scenic Mount Kumgang resort.

The tours, a source of badly needed hard currency for the cash-strapped North, were suspended by the South in 2008 after a fe-male tourist was shot dead by a North Ko-rean guard.

“The overall atmosphere for a successful conclusion of these talks is really not that favourable,” said Cheong Seong-Chang, an analyst with the Sejong Institute think tank in Seoul.

“The two sides always � nd it hard to agree on the ranks of chief delegates to high-level talks, and there are a number of issues causing friction in cross-border ties at the moment,” Cheong said.

He cited Pyongyang’s irritation with recent South Korean military exercises and Seoul’s participation in international moves to cen-sure the North for human rights violations.

Shifting diplomatic sandsThursday’s talks come amid diplomatic shifts in the Northeast Asia region that have left North Korea looking more isolated than ever, with Seoul moving closer to Pyong-yang’s main diplomatic and economic ally China, and improving strained relations with Tokyo.

Earlier this month, the leaders of South Korea, China and Japan held their � rst sum-mit for more than three years in Seoul.

Although the focus was on trade and oth-er economic issues, the three declared their “� rm opposition” to the development of nu-clear weapons on the Korean peninsula.

North Korea is already under a raft of UN sanctions imposed after its three nuclear

tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013.South Korean President Park Geun-Hye

recently reiterated her willingness to hold face-to-face talks with North Korean lead-er Kim Jong-Un -- but only if Pyongyang showed some commitment to abandoning its nuclear weapons programme.

The two Koreas have held two summits in the past, one in 2000 and the second in 2007.

The United Nations is also understood to be in discussions with North Korea over a visit by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon -- possibly before the end of the year.

Ban had been scheduled to visit in May this year, but Pyongyang withdrew the invi-tation at the last minute after he criticised a recent North Korean missile test. l

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USATrump mocks disabled NYT reporter in fresh rowRepublican presidential contender Donald Trump has been criticised for mocking a disabled New York Times reporter. Trump per-formed an impression of Serge Kovaleski, who su� ers from a congenital joint condition, at a rally. He has used a 2001 article by Kovaleski to back up widely disputed claims that “thou-sands” of Muslims in New Jersey celebrated the 9/11 attacks. The New York Times called Trump’s actions “outrageous.” -BBC

THE AMERICASHonduras judge orders detention for Syrians with stolen passportsA judge in Honduras on Tuesday authorised preventive detention for � ve Syrian men ar-rested last week for using stolen Greek pass-ports to enter the country. The order means the Syrians will remain in the jail they have been kept in 100km north of the capital fol-lowing their November 17 arrest at the city’s Toncontin airport, a court spokeswoman, explained. She said prosecutors accuse them of falsifying public documents. -AFP

UKMigration to Britain reaches record highMigration to Britain has reached a new record high, according to o� cial data released Thurs-day that could make uncomfortable viewing for the David Cameron-led government. The o� cial metric of migration found that there was net migration to Britain of 336,000 in the year to June, according to the O� ce for Na-tional Statistics. This was the highest estimate on record and a jump of 32% on the � gure for net migration in the previous year period. -AFP

EUROPEDutch court rules refugees’ right to food, shelter not unconditionalA Dutch high court on Thursday upheld a government policy of withholding food and shelter to rejected asylum-seekers who refuse to be repatriated, giving legal backing to one of Europe’s toughest immigration policies. The Raad van State or Council of State, which reviews the legality of govern-ment decisions, found that the new policy of conservative Prime Minister Mark Rutte does not contravene the European Conven-tion on Human Rights. The Dutch govern-ment “has the right, when providing shelter in so-called locations of limited freedom, to require failed asylum-seekers to cooperate with their departure from the Netherlands,” a summary of the ruling said. -REUTERS

AFRICA18 killed in Boko Haram attack in southeast NigerEighteen people were killed and 100 homes torched in an attack in the dead of night by Nigeria’s Boko Haram � ghters on a south-eastern village, local authorities con� rmed. A humanitarian worker said the Islamic State-linked jihadists came from Nigeria and crossed the Komadougou Yobe river, the border between Niger and Nigeria. -AFP

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Russia to take retaliatory economic measures against Turkey n AFP, Moscow

Russia is preparing a raft of retaliatory eco-nomic measures against Turkey after Ankara downed one of its warplanes, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.

“The government has been ordered to work out a system of response measures to this act of aggression in the economic and humanitarian spheres,” Medvedev told a cab-inet meeting in televised comments.

He said under Russian law the broad pu-nitive steps could include halting joint eco-nomic projects, restricting � nancial and trade transactions and changing customs duties.

Measures could also target the tourism and transport sectors, labour markets and “humanitarian contacts,” Medvedev said.

The measures would then likely be listed in a decree from President Vladimir Putin, Medvedev said.

“In these documents the focus will be on introducing limits or bans on the econom-ic activities of Turkish economic structures working in Russia, a limitation of the supply of products, including food products, and on the work and provision of services by Turkish

companies and other restrictive measures,” Medvedev said.

“I propose doing all this in a period of two days so that we can move to setting up the ap-propriate procedures as quickly as possible,” Medvedev told government ministers.

Economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev did not rule out that the measures could hit two major projects with Turkey -- the planned Turk Stream gas pipeline and the Akkuyu nu-clear power plant -- in a move that looked set to rattle cages in Ankara.

Moscow has also started building Turkey’s � rst nuclear power station in the south of the country.

Russia has already warned its nationals against visiting Turkey and stepped up con-trols of Turkish agricultural imports. Accord-ing to o� cial data, in 2014 just under 4.5m Russians visited Turkey.

Russian authorities on Thursday said they were tightening checks on food imports over alleged safety standard violations.

The move could have a major impact on the economy of Turkey, which over the past 10 months has exported agricultural produce and food worth just over $1bn to Russia. l

INSIDE

Three years after the devastating � re at the Tazreen garments factory near Dhaka which killed 112 workers, prosecutors are at last reporting that a trial date for charges against 13 people, including Tazreen’s Chairman and Managing Director, has been set for January 10.

We welcome indications that authorities are hopeful that di� culties in summoning the more than 100 prosecution witnesses to appear before the court will soon be overcome.

Criminal charges were � rst � led on December 22, 2013, but until the arrest of 10 of them who had remained fugitive two months ago, the court was unable to complete framing charges.

It is vital that no further delays be brokered in bringing these cases to court, so the government can ensure justice for victims and their families.

Of course, it is also imperative to speed up e� orts to compensate and rehabilitate victims and survivors. The trauma su� ered by them and their struggle to � nd a decent livelihood demands that everything possible be done to help mitigate hardship.

In this regard, it is welcome that the Tazreen Claims Administration (TCA) Trust, set up by the ILO with C&A, IndustriALL Global Union, and the Clean Clothes Campaign, expects more victims and family members to be provided with more compensation between January and April next year.

We are hopeful that the progress being made in resolving compensation payments and progressing a trial of the issues which caused the tragedy will provide some sense of justice for the victims.

Since the Tazreen � re and Rana Plaza disasters, the RMG industry in Bangladesh has seen much increased collaboration between government, buyers, unions, and factory owners in developing initiatives, including Accord and Alliance, to improve safety standards.

This type of stakeholder co-operation is providing invaluable in not only improving conditions for workers but in building long-term con� dence for this vital industry. They are a sign that lessons are being learned from these appalling tragedies.

The government can help improve stakeholder collaboration further by tightening insurance requirements and building regulations, and encouraging new investment by helping to make more land available for new factories.

We hope the promised resolution of compensation and trial will bring some sense of justice for the victims

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American democracy, bigotry, and IslamophobiaIn encouraging Islamophobia and bigotry, Donald Trump and Dr Ben Carson are dumping fundamental beliefs of the US constitution

The risks and challenges of climate change are more real than ever, and to keep postponing radical action against the root causes is nothing but turning the gun on ourselves

No more delay in ensuring justice for Tazreen workers

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n Sharaban Tahura Zaman

It’s been 23 years of struggle, but we are now very close to achieving an e� ective international climate governance regime to address climate change; a global

survival threat for us and future generations, with the impacts already being felt in every continent.

The Paris Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP21), starting on November 30, 2015, is a signi� cant moment for the global community.

A new agreement on the greatest challenge related to climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, is expected to be adopted. This new ambitious and legal agreement will set targets for all parties to reduce emissions and keep the global average temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius.

Being a climate justice lawyer, I have been following this process closely over the last three years. This year I am also a Chevening Scholar, and doing my specialised LLM at the University of Edinburgh, on Global Environment and Climate Change law.

My Chevening award, the UK Government’s scholarship scheme, has given me the unique opportunity to observe the international law making process and its history under the supervision and guidance of world renowned academics, lawyers, and negotiators.

The Paris agreement is intended to provide a new paradigm to replace that established under the Kyoto Protocol (KP) signed in 1997, which e� ectively put binding emission reduction targets on the few developed countries with a long history of industrialisation.

However, with ever-growing emissions in emerging economies, like China and India, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has repeatedly stressed that both developed and developing countries need to reduce emissions.

This, and the reluctance from a number of states to engage with the KP has, over time, moved the protocol out of step with the challenges and impacts of climate change.

To persuade more states to reduce emissions, it was agreed at Durban COP17 in 2011 that a new agreement will be adopted at Paris COP 21. This negotiating process took a new approach and di� erentiated between parties, with developed and developing states both committing to reduce emissions, but doing so at di� erent levels.

Whilst the world agreed a new approach was needed, like me, many people found the negotiations leading up to Paris burdened with hurdles. The curtains of the Paris conference are about to be raised, but parties are still some distance away from reaching an agreement.

At the end of the last negotiating session before Paris, held in Germany in October, parties made limited progress on the Geneva Text.

Whilst reduced in size, now 31 pages instead of 86, the text remains largely incoherent and contains diverging options on the core issues. Some fundamental

legal issues, on which the agreement’s e� ectiveness depends, also remain unresolved.

One relates to legality. The Durban Mandate provides di� erent options regarding the legal form of a new agreement, including “protocol, another legal instrument, or an agreed outcome with legal force.”

All of these still remain in the frame, and need to be agreed between parties in Paris. Secondly, the legal nature of the “nationally determined contributions” to global greenhouse gas emissions reduction submitted by parties is yet to be decided.

Thirdly, the question of di� erentiation, how the burden of mitigation as well as capacity-building, � nance, and technology will be distributed among states, remains unresolved.

Negotiation on these three issues will be key in Paris, and will signi� cantly shape any agreement emerging on December 11 when COP21 ends.

The Durban Mandate and the contents of the negotiation text, in particular the “nationally determined contributions,” indicate a range of possible outcomes in Paris.

Outcomes might be a package comprising of an agreement, COP decision, supplementary instruments (such as information and/or miscellaneous

documents, schedules, etc), and one or more political declarations.

To date, the approach by states to a new climate regime has been very bottom-up. Parties are deciding acceptable commitments on mitigation, and their approach to adaptation, loss, damage, and the means of implementing a deal.

Political consensus is therefore crucial if we are to deliver needed progress on the technical aspects of the negotiation in Paris. COP 21 will start with a high-level segment, which many heads of state are expected to attend, and its political leaders will need to provide the critical overarching guidance required to turn the negotiating text into a legally binding treaty.

I believe the risks and challenges of climate change are more real than ever, and to keep postponing radical action against the root causes is nothing but turning the gun on

ourselves. I strongly urge global leaders to set out a clear direction of travel consistent with the long-term goal of keeping the rise of global temperatures to 2C, or, even better 1.5C, with transparency, collaboration, and solidarity so we can start putting an end to this crisis.

As Ambassador Collin Beck of the Solomon Islands has said: “Paris is not the end, it’s the beginning.” But for many of us, if we don’t get the agreement right, Paris will be the beginning of the end.

We have already talked a lot about urgency and risk. The next big step is to just do it: For us, for all, and for the future. Because we only have one planet, one chance, and it is time to make a di� erence. l

Sharaban Tahura Zaman is an environmental lawyer and a Chevening Scholar, currently doing her LLM in the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Paris COP21: Time to make a di� erence

The risks and challenges of climate change are more real than ever, and to keep postponing radical action against the root causes is nothing but turning the gun on ourselves

We cannot a� ord to stand by and watch our planet melt BIGSTOCK

We have talked a lot about climate change. Now is the time to act

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n ABM Nurul Islam

The reports on the proceedings of a recent seminar on energy security of Bangladesh, organised by the University of Asia Paci� c and the

American Alumni Association, are sobering indeed.

It does not require a rocket scientist to � gure out that energy security for the country cannot come through importing primary energy. But the information, based on the current policies for the electricity sector, that by 2030 we will be importing 92% of the energy requirements, is astounding.

Japan realised the folly of over-dependence on foreign energy resources through the oil price shock of the early 70s, and given their lack of natural resources, developed nuclear as an alternative source of electrical energy.

But, we do have natural resources, albeit di� cult to utilise.

Utilising the Phulbari coal remains a political hot potato as the local population is opposed to open cut mining. The government has to o� er them an attractive package (for example: Improved housing, job opportunities, schools, health centres, free education till graduation, free medical care for all residents, relocation of the bones of the deceased to a new graveyard with utmost dignity and care following religious rites, etc) to persuade them to accept the o� er.

Hard work needs to be done at the local level to convince the concerned people to make some sacri� ce for a national cause.

Ultimately, the cost of incentives will be insigni� cant compared to the asset released (a potential 570 million tonnes of high quality coal which can support 4,000MW power generation besides being used in the country for brick production and export). As I understand, following the recovery of coal, agricultural activities can resume in the area. What are we waiting for?

An Australian � rm had proposed in 2011 the coal gasi� cation process for recovery of the deep-seated Jamalganj coal. 60 such projects are currently under development in Australia, UK, Hungary, Pakistan, Poland, Bulgaria, Canada, US, Chile, China, Indonesia, India, South Africa, Botswana, and other countries. Was there any follow-up to the Australian proposal for Jamalganj coal?

The biggest mistake we made in the energy sector was not investing appropriately in developing local capability in gas

exploration and development. BAPEX, the exploration wing of Petrobangla, was treated as a stepson for reasons unknown.

It has been argued in the seminar in question that, over the last 10 years, only BAPEX had done exploration in the country and the result was not impressive and hence, we should invite the International Oil Companies (IOCs) to do exploration.

I would ask: “If IOCs can � nd gas, why can’t BAPEX?” What is ailing BAPEX? Let us � nd out and raise BAPEX to IOC standard. I know it is easier said than done. But I strongly believe that investing in our local exploration capability is worth every penny in the long run.

Now that we have a large area in the Bay of Bengal as our economic zone and with the great potential to � nd hydro-carbon resources there, how about BAPEX forming a joint venture with an IOC for deep sea

exploration with provision of technology transfer and training?

It is good to note that after a lot of hiccups spanning more than half a century, the Rooppur Nuclear Power Project � nally appears to have become a reality with Russian technology and � nancial assistance. It is hoped that successful implantation of this project will lead to nuclear becoming a signi� cant part of the energy mix of the country in the future.

For each of the energy sectors mentioned above, the concerned ministry should hold a retreat (far from the “maddening crowd” of the capital) with local and invited experts from abroad and representatives from the major political parties and arrive through brainstorming sessions at a national consensus on development plans and goals.

National plans should then emerge under the leadership of an appropriate government organisation. Let us try to do away with the spectacle of priorities changing and projects being dropped with each change of the governing party.

Some of the best brains of the country got together in the said seminar to discuss an issue of great national importance but none from the relevant ministries was there. Hopefully they will at least go through the reports and take action as appropriate.

The key to energy security for the country lies in utilising local resources prudently and developing local capability to discover more resources. l

ABM Nurul Islam is a former BAEC and IAEA o� cial.

Bridging the energy gap

The biggest mistake we made in the energy sector was not investing appropriately in developing local capability in gas exploration and development. BAPEX, the exploration wing of Petrobangla, was treated as a stepson for reasons unknown

We need to get our energy sectors in order BIGSTOCK

We need to utilise our local energy resources properly

Opinion14DT

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015

n M Serajul Islam

The United States is in the grips of another phase of Islamophobia following the Paris carnage. Presidential candidates Donald

Trump and Dr Ben Carson are leading the current phase of Islamophobia, sensing that such a role would enhance their candidatures. In fact, the things that they are saying are worse than even what the worst Islamophobes are saying.

Dr Ben Carson has called the terrorists who use Islam for their acts as “rabid dogs” and added that when dogs in a pack become rabid, the rest in the pack are isolated and the ones attacked by rabies, killed. He suggested the same treatment for Muslims because a few of them are terrorists.

Donald Trump has said he saw Muslims in “thousands and thousands” rejoicing after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New Jersey.

These candidates are being cheered by a good number of Americans, mostly those that are the supporters of the Republican Party. In the process, the United States is not just again in the midst of a new round of Islamophobia like what was seen after 9/11, but also witnessing a new phase of bigotry that America had demonstrated in the past against the blacks, Mexicans, Japanese, Italians, and the Jews.

In encouraging Islamophobia and bigotry, Donald Trump and Dr Ben Carson are dumping fundamental beliefs of the US constitution, such as the freedom of religion, into the waste paper basket. In case of Dr Ben Carson and Donald Trump, their bigotry

vis-à-vis Islam is based on such palpable ignorance of Islam that one must seriously worry about the party in which the two have now become the leading candidates for the nomination to � ght the Democratic candidate for the White House.

And to top all these, the statement of Donald Trump about seeing “thousands and thousands” of Muslims in Jersey City cheering on 9/11 “as that building was coming down” is such a blatant lie that it has to be a mystery what encouraged him to make it.

The views of these two about Muslims are so outlandish and o� ensive that compared to them President George W Bush appears to be a saint. A week after 9/11 in a mosque in Washington, the former president had said: “The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in e� ect, to hijack Islam itself. The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them.”

In contrast, if either Donald Trump or Dr Ben Carson were to become the next US

president, Americans would need God’s mercy, because then the new president would be determined to take the war on terror to the doors of America’s “many Muslim friends” abroad and to every house of American Muslims in the country.

The prevalent fear and phobia about Muslims after the Paris carnage led the Congress to adopt a bill “that would suspend the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the US until key national security agencies certify they don’t pose a security risk.”

All Republicans in Congress and 47 Democrats supported the bill. Almost 30 governors said they would not take any of the 10,000 refugees that the Obama administration has said US would take, although the state has no power under the constitution to take such a stand.

The 47 Democratic votes are signi� cant, as it underlines that the prevalent Islamophobia is not restricted to the republicans.

One presidential candidate, Governor Mike Huckabee, increased the number the Obama

administration has promised to 100,000. He deliberately lied to cash in on Islamophobia for his fading candidature. All these made former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who migrated to the US in 1948 with her parents, regret the resolution in Congress to restrict the Syrian refugees. She said: “I can’t imagine � eeing from terrorism and violence, only to be told that I’m too much of a security threat to be admitted into the United States. It’s just plain wrong, and it sends the wrong message to the world.”

In spite of the fear-mongering of the bigots and the Islamophobes, the majority of Americans feel that Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and perhaps also the Republican Party are indeed sending “the wrong message to the world.”

A recent poll by Bloomberg released after the Paris carnage has revealed that 61% of Republicans and 76% of Democrats agreed with the statement “Islam is an inherently peaceful religion, but there are some who twist its teachings to justify violence.”

Such polls give American Muslims encouragement that the American democracy is larger than the Trumps, the Ben Carsons and the likes of them. Despite stray acts of abuse and attacks in a few mosques, the phobia that Donald Trump and Ben Carson are spreading has not a� ected the lives of the American Muslims.

As members of one of the most successful minority communities in the country, they are going about their daily lives normally, knowing that the rule of law in the country is behind them, although they are alert and on the lookout for trouble from Islamophobes and bigots.

The latest development concerning the teenager Ahmed Mohammed has given Muslims more encouragement. The teenager had become international news when he was arrested after a teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb that led to a public outcry against Islamophobia that was condemned by the president who later invited him to the White House “as a pointed rebuke to school and police o� cials amid accusations of Islamophobia.” This week, Ahmed Mohammad’s lawyers � led a $15m lawsuit against the police and city o� cials in the Dallas suburb where he resides.

A court case by Ahmed Mohammad speaks a great deal about the democratic roots and rule of law in the United States at a time when a new phase of Islamophobia is at play in the country.

Nevertheless, the Republican Party’s fail-ure to stand against its leading candidates’ Islamophobia and bigotry, as well as its sup-port for the bill in Congress against the Syrian refugees, are very likely to become major issues in next year’s presidential race, and may adversely a� ect the party’s chances. l

M Serajul Islam is a retired career Ambassador.

American democracy, bigotry, and IslamophobiaWill bigotry destroy the GOP?

In encouraging Islamophobia and bigotry, Donald Trump and Dr Ben Carson are dumping fundamental beliefs of the US constitution, such as the freedom of religion, into the waste paper basket

Donald Trump and Ben Carson are bad news for America REUTERS

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Euro struggles as ECB stimulus speculation ramps upThe euro struggled in Asia yesterday as expectations grew that the European Central Bank will announce a boost to its monetary stimulus measures next week. PAGE 17

Live-streaming video advertisements stumble to reach millennialsWhen Bene� t Cosmetics, a San Francis-co-based maker of skin care and makeup, used Twitter’s Periscope live-streaming video service to make a product demon-stration, a heckler became part of the live show, typing to the presenter, “I can see down your top” even though there was no wardrobe malfunction.PAGE 18

BGMEA asks factories to complete workers’ biometric database by Dec 31Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Ex-porters Association has asked all its member factories to complete workers’ database using bio-metric system by December 31. PAGE 16

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CPD: Bangladesh needs nine more years to get out of LDCs n Tribune Report

Bangladesh will have to wait nine years more to get out of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) status as the country still lags behind per capita income and human assets index despite faring well in economic vulnerability index, says a local think tank.

“The present situation suggests that it will not be possible for Bangladesh to come out of the LDC status before 2024,” observed Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) distin-guished fellow Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya.

His observation came at the United Na-tions Conference on Trade and Develop-ment (UNCTAD)’s Least Developed Coun-tries Report 2015 launching ceremony in the city yesterday.

The report is its annual publications which highlight the state of economic de-velopment in 48 LDCs, and opportunities and challenges of these countries.

Asked whether the country would achieve a higher-middle-income status by 2021 as claimed by politicians when Bang-ladesh has recently promoted to a lower middle-income country (LMIC) from a low income country (LIC) classi� cation by the World Bank, Debapriya said, “Higher mid-dle-income country by 2021 can be good as a political slogan, but it is not feasible in economic reality.”

Since 1975, Bangladesh, however, has been classi� ed as a least developed country (LDC) by the United Nations Committee for Development Policy (UN-CDP).

“To be a higher-middle income country, Bangladesh’s current per capita income must be raised to $4,125 by 2021 from the current level. It needs to raise the per capita income several times, which is not possi-ble,” said Debapriya.

According to the report, Bangladesh has performed well in Economic Vulnerabili-ty Index, but is lagging behind per capita income and Human Asset Index. Bangla-desh per capita income is shown as US$926, which is far below the required threshold � gure of $1,242 to achieve the income index.

The triennial UN report traditionally av-erages the previous three years statistics. So, the � gure of $926 as the country’s per capita represents an average of the last three years. The next review in 2018 will use the statistics of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017.

“We have already achieved one of the criteria in the report. The human asset crite-ria can be reached by 2018 easily,” said CPD Research Fellow Tow� qul Islam Khan who presented the report.

Bangladesh needs to improve perfor-mance in per capita income and human development simultaneously to graduate from the LDC status as well as meet the re-quirements of the post-2015 Sustainable De-velopment Goals (SDGs) agenda, according to the report.

“To come out of the woods, the poli-cy makers should make a plan in line with the country’s seventh � ve-year plan and

achieving sustainable development goals by 2030,” said Debapriya.

Bangladesh will begin to implement the seventh � ve-year development plan from next year.

“We failed to boost per capita income that is one of the main indicators of graduating from the LDC status because of a huge pop-ulation, but we are very close to Human As-set Index,” added the CPD fellow.

“If Bangladesh achieves the two criteria by 2018, it will be listed for graduation, but for the next six years, it will be under obser-vation. So, there is a bright prospect to be graduated by 2024,” he said.

The report laid the importance on struc-tural transformation of rural economies in LDCs, emphasising its crit-ical importance to ful� ll-ment of SDGs targets glob-ally.

“Such transformation needs to encompass agri-cultural upgradation both in case of investment and technology, diversi� cation towards rural non-farm ac-tivities and maximise the synergies between the two.”

The report said rural de-velopment was the key to meeting the new sustaina-

ble development goals in all LDCs. “Without development of the country’s

agriculture, graduating from a lower mid-dle-income country to an upper middle-in-come country is quite impossible,” Debar-priya said, adding that there must be space for the poor rural people.

The LDCs where poverty is seen system-atically highest and falling most slowly, and so, obstacles are greatest. “The LDCs are, quite simply, the battleground on which the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development will be won or lost.”

LDCs get duty-free market access to de-veloped countries, technical assistance and � exibility in international treaties, among other bene� ts.

The list of LDCs is reviewed every three years by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations based on recommen-dations by the committee for development policy.

A country will qualify for graduation from LDCs if it meets the threshold for graduation of at least two of the three cri-teria – per capita income, human asset and economic vulnerability – during the period covered by at least two consecutive trienni-al reviews of the list. l

CPD distinguished fellow Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya is seen among others at the launching ceremony of UNCTAD’s Least Development Countries Report 2015 in the city yesterday DHAKA TRIBUNE

‘Higher middle-income country by 2021 can be good as a political slogan, but it is not feasible in economic reality’

Business16DT

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Stocks inch higher amid continued volatilityn Tribune Report

Stocks gained marginally up with falling vol-ume of trade yesterday, breaking a three-day loss.

The market was in the positive territory throughout the session, but brie� y it entered into the red just before closing the session.

The benchmark index DSEX inched over 5 points or 0.2% to 4,573.

The Shariah index DSES rose marginally 2 points to 1,101.

The blue chip comprising index DS30 closed at 1,729, gaining over 1 point.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange Selec-tive Category Index CSCX was up almost 16 points to settle at 8,507.

But the bottom line was that the volume of trade continued to slide and remained poor, indicating that investors preferred to stay on the sidelines amid high volatility seen over the past few sessions.

The DSE turnover stood at around Tk350 crore, down more than 10% over the previ-ous session’s value.

Non-banking � nancial institutions suf-fered most, declining more than 1%.

Almost all other sectors, including power, cement, telecommunications, pharmaceuti-cals and banks, ended � at.

Lanka Bangla Securities said the market got o� to an uncertain start in the last trading session of the week.

It said the benchmark index crept up with a low-volume trade, although selective de-fensive and real state stocks recouped some of their losses.

“Investor turned their attention to the in-dustry speci� c news to get the direction of the market.”

On the major economic updates, even though the government cut the interest rate for national savings certi� cates to curb ex-cess investment in tools, investors continued to invest heavily in the instruments amid a dull business situation in the country.

IDLC Investments said the bourse lost its upbeat rhythm as no signi� cant change was observed in the investors’ mindset, looking for a safe harbour. l

RMG factories asked to complete workers’ biometric database by December 31n Tribune Report

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Ex-porters Association has asked all its member factories to complete workers’ database us-ing bio-metric system by December 31.

It issued a circular on 23rd this month with the directive to all the members across the country.

Earlier, the BGMEA board of directors de-cided to make biometric database of workers mandatory at a meeting on October 17.

“This is necessary to give bene� ts or any compensations to workers under law. If we don’t have such a database, how could we give these to workers,” BGMEA President Sid-diqur Rahman told Dhaka Tribune yesterday.

He said this would also help identify workers and have a knowledge about the country’s total number of RMG workers.

To implement the project, the BGMEA has signed a deal with two IT farms — Systech and Tiger IT.

According to the BGMEA circular, the bi-ometric database will help create a bridge be-tween owners and workers of the factories.

It said the database will store workers’ records including their curriculum vitae, in-formation related to their employment and identities.

As per the rules under Labour Act, the export-oriented factories have to contribute 0.3% of their respective export earnings to the Workers’ Welfare Fund.

To utilise the fund, the BGMEA would need to know the exact number of workers employed in the factories and their detail identi� cations, the rules states.

The factories, who will introduce biomet-ric database, will be given information of the workers through AFIS client software, � nger

scanner bene� ts, capturing photos of work-ers through webcam, examining the data, training and other bene� ts when they pay the � xed fee of the � rst year.

A factory owner will have to pay � xed

costs ranging from Tk45,000 to Tk1.5 lakh based on the workers employed, according to the rate � xed in the BGMEA board meeting.

The BGMEA � rst took the initiative of in-troducing biometric database after the Rana

Plaza incident in 2013 which killed over 1,135 workers.

However, the factory owners have so far showed a little interest in biometric registra-tion of workers. l

Workers at a RMG factory in the city. The factories need to get their workers included into biometric database by December 31 MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU

A three-day Leathertech 2015 kicks o� in Bashundhara City convention centre in capital yesterday. The fair aims to promote the use of leather goods home and abroad SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN

Business 17D

TFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Euro struggles as ECB stimulus speculation ramps upn AFP, Tokyo

The euro struggled in Asia yesterday as ex-pectations grew that the European Central Bank will announce a boost to its monetary stimulus measures next week.

Bets that the ECB will go further to boost the 19-nation eurozone economy have pushed down the currency, and rekindled speculation that it may soon hit parity with the dollar for the � rst time since 2002.

Reports have suggested that the ECB could boost its debt purchases or surprise the market with unconventional measures after its meeting yesterday.

“We expect the ECB will cut the deposit rate by more than the market expects next week,” Mansoor Mohi-uddin, senior markets strategist at Royal Bank of Scotland Group in Singapore, told Bloomberg News.

“This should keep the euro a sell on rallies into the meeting and allow the euro to test $1.05 if the ECB meets our expectations.”

Yesterday, the euro was � at at $1.0622, while it weakened to 130.18 yen from 130.33 yen Wednesday in New York.

Expectations of more ECB action came as

the Federal Reserve appears set to go in the opposite direction and raise interest rates as early as next month.

“The prospect of a historically large diver-gence between US and eurozone monetary policy looks set to push the single currency below parity against the dollar for the � rst time since late 2002,” Capital Economics said a commentary.

In other trading, the dollar edged down to 122.56 yen, o� 122.70 yen Wednesday in New York, but higher than levels seen in Asia ear-lier in the day.

The greenback was boosted by slight gains in a series of US economic indicators - includ-ing October consumer spending and new-home sales - which support a move by the Fed to hike rates before 2016.

Investors were moving out of safe-haven assets, particularly the yen, as tensions over the Turkish downing of a Russian warplane eased.

“Overnight, markets remained relatively calm in the absence of further in� ammatory geopolitical headlines,” Kymberly Martin, a senior market strategist at the Bank of New Zealand, said in a client note. l

The new 20 Euro banknotes (top) featuring new security characteristics are presented next to a current 20 Euro banknote (bottom) at the French national bank in Paris, France REUTERS

Linde to invest €14.6m to build ASU n Tribune Report:

Linde Bangladesh Limited, a subsidiary of The Linde Group’s Gases Division, has an-nounced an investment of €14.6m in Rup-ganj to build an Air Separation Unit (ASU) with a capacity of producing approximately 100 tons per day of lique� ed gases.

Addressing a press conference in the city yesterday, Moloy Banerjee, country custer head of Linde Gases’ South Asian business, came up with the disclosure for setting up the country’s largest liquid producing ASU in Bangladesh.

Linde’s new ASU, due to come on stream by 2017, will provide lique� ed gases supply

and related solutions to Bangladesh’s grow-ing healthcare, food and beverage, fabrica-tion, pharmaceutical, shipbuilding and ship recycling industries.

“We are excited to be part of the Bangla-desh growth story, just as we always have through the decades. Bangladesh is an im-portant part of our overall South Asian busi-ness and we see a strong potential in the mar-ket. This investment is an investment in the future, and it will create further opportuni-ties for our gases o� erings in Bangladesh and the South Asian region,” said Mr. Banerjee.

Erphan Shihabul Matin, managing director of Linde Bangladesh Limited, said: “Today marks an important milestone for us. l

Biman to get one more aircraft today n Tribune Report

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, national � ag car-rier, is going to expand its � eet, adding one more aircraft from today.

The new aircraft named “Meghdoot” will arrive in Dhaka at 1:00 pm today via London.

US-based manufacturer Boeing Company formally handed over the 5th aircraft Boeing 737-800s, out of 10, at Seattle in USA on No-vember 25. At the same day, Meghdoot � ew towards Dhaka at 10:00 pm (Local time).

After joining of the modern Boeing 737, the number of aircraft of the � eet will be 13 while the national carrier will get another op-tion to increase more destinations.

Another Boeing 737-800 would be added

in its � eet by December this year, according to an agreement signed between Biman and Boeing Company.

Boeing has already delivered four Boe-ing 777-300 ER aircrafts to Biman as per the agreement.

Boeing is scheduled to supply two more Boeing 787 (Dreamliner) aircrafts by 2019.

In 2008, Biman signed an agreement with Boeing Company to purchase 10 aircrafts with a cost of US$2.5bn to strengthen its op-erational capabilities.

Currently, Bangladesh national airlines has 10 aircrafts in its � eet and they are-four Boeing 777-300 ER, two Airbus 310, two Boe-ing 777-200 ER, two Dash 8 Q 400 and two 737. Of those, six were taken on lease. l

Business18DT

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015

CORPORATE NEWS

Governor of Bangladesh Bank, Dr Atiur Rahman has recently inaugurated Banking Mela 2015 at Bangla Academy premises. Managing director of BDBL, Dr Md Zillur Rahman was present on the occasion

Regional CEO, ASEAN & South Asia of Standard Chartered Bank, Ajay Kanwal is in Dhaka for a short visit. During his stay in Dhaka, he will be meeting with senior o� cials of the government, said a press release.Ajay is being accompanied by Bharat Padmanabhan, Regional Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking for ASEAN and South Asia of Standard Chartered Bank

National Bank Limited has recently inaugurated its 182nd branch at Sonargaon Janapath in Uttara, Dhaka. The bank’s managing director (current charge), Md Badiul Alam inaugurated the branch

Executive committee of Modhumoti Bank Limited has recently held its 35th meeting. The committee’s chairperson, Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh presided over the meeting

Live-streaming video advertisements stumble to reach millennialsn Reuters, New York

When Bene� t Cosmetics, a San Francis-co-based maker of skin care and makeup, used Twitter’s Periscope live-streaming video service to make a product demonstration, a heckler became part of the live show, typing to the presenter, “I can see down your top” even though there was no wardrobe malfunction.

During BMW of North America’s debut of its M2 coupe on Periscope last month, the sound dipped in and out as the driver talked about how the car handled. And one of Royal Car-ibbean International’s � rst video streams was disrupted by a viewer posting the alphabet one letter at a time, in an attempt to clog the comment feed. Still, the company was happy with the 30,000 viewers the campaign attract-ed, said Kara Wallace, the cruise operator’s vice president, North American marketing.

While glitches like those would be un-thinkable in a produced, controlled adver-tising environment, big brands such as Royal Caribbean, BMW and Bene� t are going ahead with plans to use live-streaming video to at-tract some of the most � nicky consumers, young millennials who ignore many tradi-tional and online ads. “There is an authen-ticity to this kind of campaign,” Wallace said.

“This is going to be the future of marketing.” Periscope, which Twitter Inc bought earlier this year, allows anyone to live-stream an event through a mobile phone, while view-ers can participate by sending cartoon hearts across the video feed and typing comments that scroll across the screen for all to see. Some viewers love the chance to interact,

with results that can surprise the advertisers. It is still early days for Periscope, which cur-rently does not charge advertisers, and had 10 million accounts as of August, compared with more than 300 million at Twitter.

Some brands are not sure about using Per-iscope to market to consumers. Snack and beverage company Mondelez International

Inc has experimented with it a bit, but has not decided if it wants to make it a staple part of its marketing, said Cindy Chen, global head of e-commerce. “Periscope isn’t really set up right now to accommodate brands,” said Dustin Callif, managing director, digital at Tool North America, which produced the Royal Caribbean streams. “It’s an experiment which is fun for a brand, but it is also risky.”

Working on the flyWhile brands are well-versed in handling outside comments that come with all social media, live streaming video is extra tricky as everything is real-time, executives said. Even Twitter was caught o� guard on a Per-iscope stream of an earnings call when a watcher asked CEO Jack Dorsey if he was sin-gle, sending a � ood of cartoon hearts across the screen. “The biggest sort of potential headache of Periscope is that it is a live event and you can’t script anything,” said Pete Har-mata, digital innovations manager at BMW of North America. “You have to adjust on the � y, which can be pretty strenuous.”

BMW pulled a 24-hour teaser of its M2 coupe, showing just the front of the car, af-ter a few minutes, when impatient viewers demanded to see the vehicle immediately. l

Photo shows live-streaming app Periscope on a mobile phone screen REUTERS

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TFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015

CRB DOUBLE MURDER CASE

Court orders further investigation n FM Mizanur Rahaman, Chittagong

A Chittagong court yesterday ordered further investigation into the killing of two people in a clash between Jubo League and Bangladesh Chhatra League men over dropping tender in CRB building area of the port city in 2013.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Chit-tagong Metropolitan Police Kazi Muttaki Ibn Minan (prosecution) said: “The court of Met-ropolitan Magistrate Nowrin Akhtar Kakon did not accept the charge sheet after it was submitted to the court. The court also direct-ed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) for lunching further investigation.”

The court also � xed December 31 for next

hearing, he said. Inspector of CMP Detective Branch Atik

Ahmed submitted the charge sheet on Mon-day accusing 62 Jubo League and BCL men, including expelled central Jubo League lead-er Helal Akbar Chowdhury Babar and BCL central leader Saiful Islam Limon.

In the charge sheet, the police o� cial also suggested dropping the name of 26 accused terming them ‘children’ and ‘innocent’. Of the indicted, 50 persons were arrested while 12 are on the run, said police sources.

An eight-year-old child Arman and a BCL activist Saju Palit were shot dead during gun � ghts between Jubo League and Chha-tra League men in CRB area in the city over

dropping a railway tender worth about Tk1.5 crore on June 24, 2013.

During the gun� ght, Jubo League leader Helal Akbar led the Jubo League men while Limon led the BCL men, said police.

On that day, a case was � led with Kotwa-li police station mentioning the name of 87 persons and 30 to 40 unnamed persons.

Later, Saju’s mother Minti Palit � led an-other case with the same police station.

Following the murder, central committees of both pro-ruling bodies had expelled the two leaders from their respective organisations.

Meanwhile, RAB members arrested prime accused of the case Saiful Islam Limon and his three associates from city’s Lalkhan Bazar

area on Wednesday night.During the drive, RAB members recov-

ered a pistol, three one-shooter guns, four magazines of pistol, seven round of bullets, said Commanding O� cer of RAB 7 Lieuten-ant Colonel Mifata Uddin Ahmed at a press brie� ng.

During initial interrogation, Limon con-fessed his involvement with the killings.

Saiful Alam Limon is loyal to Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin.

“An o� cial of RAB 7 � led an arms case against Limon and three others with Khulshi police station after handing them over to the police”, said o� cer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwa-li police station Md Nizam Uddin. l

Chittagong drugstore owners threaten to go on striken Anwar Hussain, Chittagong.

Drug traders of Chittagong threatened to en-force a day-long strike on Sunday if arrested drugstores are not released from jail imme-diately.

The drug traders under the banner of the Bangladesh Chemists and Druggists Asso-ciation issued the threat yesterday morning after holding a rally on Chittagong Press Club premises.

Nurul Islam, Chittagong chapter vice-pres-

ident of Bangladesh Chemists and Druggists Association, came up with the declaration of enforcing strike from the rally.

“We are the servants of humanity. The ad-ministration is harassing drug traders in the name of conducting mobile courts. We will go for tougher progrmmes if our demand is not ful� lled soon,”he said.

A case was lodged against 212 people with Kotwali police station on Wednesday on charge of launching an attack on a mobile court on Tuesday afternoon. A Chittagong

court on Wednesday sent 12 drugstore own-ers to jail.

When a mobile court led by Executive Mag-istrate Ruhul Amin conducted a drive at KC Dey Road adjacent to Hazari Lane under Kot-wali police station, some drugstore owners al-legedly hurled brickbats on the mobile court.

A chase and counter-chase took place be-tween the traders and the Ansar members who were present during the drive.

The mobile court also � ned two errant drugstores with Tk10,000 and seized two

cartons of medicines meant for physician samples during the drive.

On information, a team of the police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control after charging baton on traders.

Following the attack, wholesale drug trad-ers of Hazari Lane closed their shutters and stopped selling medicines.

There are about 450 drugstores in Hazarai Lane, major drug wholesale market in the port city. l

Rash Mela concludes n Our Correspondent, Bagerhat

A 3-day long Rash festival at Dublar Char Is-land near the Sundarbans ended yesterday.

Divisional Forest O� cer (East Range) of the Sundarbans Md Saiful Islam said the fes-tival ended after taking ‘holy bath’ by the Hindu devotees in the salty water of the Bay of Bengal in the morning.

The festival began at the char Island on November 24, with a tied security.

This year the forest department had � xed eight waterway routes for devotees and vis-

itors to go to Dublar Char to join the Rash Mela. No one was allowed to take any other route other than the permitted ones, said Saiful.

The rash festival is not only a big fair for Sundarbans, it is undoubtedly one of the biggest fairs in the country. At the centre of the festival are twenty thousand temporary � shermen who are engaged in catching and drying � sh on Dubla and nearby islands. In the Bangla month of Agrahayan every year, the fair continues for 5-7 days during full moon time. l

Manipuri girls perform dances at Maha Raslila, a classical function focused on spiritual theme, at Madhabpur Temple under Kamalganj in Moulvibazar. The picture was taken yesterday

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International Trade Fair begins December 1 in Ctg n Our Correspondent, Chittagong

A month-long International Trade and Export Fair will begin at the city’s Abahani Field in Halishahar on December 1.

The announcement was made yesterday after Chittagong Metropolitan Commerce and Industry organised a press confer-ence at its chamber o� ce.

CMCCI Vice-President A M Mahbub Chowdhury said 184 stalls would participate the fair.

Businessmen from home and abroad will join the function.Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed will inaugurate the fair

on November 28, as chief guest while Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud MP, Expatriates Minister Nurul Islam and State Minister for Land Saifuzzaman Chowdhury will also attend the programme as special guests. The fair will remain open for all from 10am to 10pm every day. l

BU intake test todayn Our Correspondent, Barisal

The admission test of ‘Kha’ and ‘Ga’ units for the � rst year’s 1st Semester honors courses under 2015-16 session at Barisal University will be held today.

The test will be held simultaneously at per-manent and city campuses of BU, Government Barisal College, Women’s College, Commercial College, Model School and College and Amrita-lal Dey College, said Md Faysal Mahmud Rumi, Public Relations O� cer of the university.

A total of 27,563 students applied for the admission tests against 1,300 seats under six faculties.

Of them, 7,323 will compete for 505 seats under Ka unit, 5,255 for 320 seats under Kha, 6,543 for 240 seats under Ga and 8,442 for 235 seats under Gha units. l

Rail link resumes after 4hrs as wagon derails in Ctg n Tribune Report

The rail communication on the Sholosha-har-Hathazari route remained suspended for around four hours as a wagon of oil carrying furnace oil derailed yesterday afternoon in Fateyabad area. However, the communica-tion was restored as the derailed wagon was put on tracks around 5pm.

Firoz Iftekhar, divisional transport o� cer, Bangladesh Railway told the Dhaka tribune that a salvage train from Pahartali rushed to the spot and put the derailed wagon on tracks around 5pm. l

BCL leader hacked to death over land disputen Our Correspondent, Habiganj

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in the district was hacked to death yes-terday over land dispute.

The deceased was Iqbql Hossain, son of Angur Mian of Nahrpur village under Nab-iganj upazila. He was the upazila unit BCL organising secretary.

Sources said there had been a longstand-

ing dispute between Iqbql and his neighour Bazlu Mian over a piece of land.

On the day, supporters of Bazlu hacked Iqbal over the issue, leaving him dead on the spot.

Abdul Baten, o� cer-in-charge of Nabiganj police station, said police were trying to ar-rest the miscreants.

Iqbql was an accused of a murder case, OC said. l

1 held with 1,000 yaba pillsn Tribune Report

Police arrested a drug peddler in possession of 1,000 pieces of yaba pills from Shah Amanat Bridge area, Chittagong yesterday morning. The arrestee is identi� ed as Nurul Islam, 50, a residents of Cox’s Bazar.

OC of Bakalia police station Md Mohsin, said they had de-tained Nurul Islam conducting raid on a bus of Shyamoli Poriba-han. The peddler sells contraband yaba pills in the city.

A case was � led with Shah Amanat police station. l

Sonaimuri eye hospital likely to start functioning in Decn Our Correspondent, Noakhali

Finally, over 4,000,000 people are going to get eye treatment as the Sonaimuri Blind Wel-fare Society Eye Hospital in the district will begin its work in December after 38 years.

Sources said the hospital at Papua village under the upazila jointly funded by the Min-istry of Social Welfare and Sonaimuri Blind Welfare Society was established in 1978.

Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan, General Secre-tary of Sonaimuri Blind Welfare Society and also a freedom � ghter said it was built on 145 decimal land with the help of some wealthy persons in the area with a slogan ‘Service makes a man great’. “We have a dream to build up a free eye care center for 40 lakh people of greater Noakhali and its adjacent Comilla district,” he said.

“But a standard eye hospital could not be built up due to fund crisis,” he added.

Later, a project named ‘Establishment of Sonaimuri Blind Welfare Society Eye Hospi-tal’ approved by the Planning Ministry was inaugurated on August 13, 2011, he added.

In 2011-2012 � scal year, the Ministry of So-cial Welfare and Sonaimuri Blind Welfare Soci-ety jointly funded Tk1.5 crore for the hospital.

Necessary instruments, furniture and am-bulance had been brought to the hospital. But, the electricity supply has not provided yet.

“The hospital will be inaugurated in De-cember,” Mostafa said.

If the hospital is opened, not only the people of Sonaimuri Upazila but also the people of the

district and its adjacent district will get treat-ment.

Meanwhile, people of the area started to vis-it the hospital hearing opening of the hospital.

When visited, it was found that the con-struction work of the hospital was going on in full swing. Abdul Khalek, contractor of the hospital, said: “Most of the work of the main building has been � nished. The rest of the work will be completed within a short time.”

The joy of the people of the village knows no bounds hearing the news.

Abdul Gofur, an elderly man of the village who went to Chittagong for his eye problem, said: “Now, I do not have to go to Chittagong.”

Abdur Rahman, Project Director and also the Deputy Director of Social Welfare Depart-ment, said there was no partnership project for the work in the district.

“If the hospital is opened, not only the residents of Sonaimuri, but also the people of the district and its adjacent areas will be bene� ted,” he said. “There will be no prob-lem to start treatment at the hospital from December,” he said. It can be mentioned that Sonaimuri Blind Welfare Society has organ-ized 33 mobile eye camps in the districts.

Approximately 54,000 patients have so far received free treatment, 9,700 had their lens replaced and 3,400 had been given spectacles. l

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Nayantara Sahgal is the author of nine novels, six non-� ction works, a collection of short stories, and wide-ranging literary and political commentary. She has received the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Sinclair Fiction Prize, and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. However, she has recently returned the Sahitya Akademi Award to protest what she called, “increasing intolerance and supporting right to dissent in the country.”

At the Dhaka Lit Fest, Sahgal staunchly spoke for the ideals of liberalism and against religious nationalism in India. She also regaled the audience with stories from her illustrious life, starting from being part of the Nehru household to her conversations with Frida Kahlo.

Why has there been an increase in religious conservatism in India recently?I think the recent religious conservatism in India is the result of the Hindu right having come to power. This is especially true because of the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh), which is a Hindu ideologue that now has a lot of power with the Modi government. It is their in� uence that contributes to the

arrogance of Hindu nationalists and allows them to believe that they can do whatever they want. They are creating a nation where dissent is basically considered to be a crime.

Why do you think people voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party?I think there are several reasons. One was that the previous government had been in power for ten years, and in democracies, people usually want a change. And in this case, the Congress-led government had made many mistakes - there were charges of corruption and so on - so it was almost natural for there to be a change in government. The other reason is that for the � rst time in India, we have had several million � rst time voters - tech-savvy young people who are educated in commerce and technology, and looking for jobs. For them, the Modi campaign was extremely glamorous with its Bollywood-style speeches, and I think young people were seduced by that.

I have to say that in democracies governments do change, and that’s a good thing. Policies need to change too depending on the need. But the sad part is that the change has taken us backwards, not forward.

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The most important thing to do is read. It is reading other writers that really teaches you how to write, not taking writing classes

Five questions with Nayantara Sahgal

Looking back, what would you change about your life?I would change nothing! I’ve had a very interesting life.

What advice would you give to young writers?The most important thing to do is read. It is reading other writers that really teaches you how to write, not taking writing classes. I was a writer in residence at the Southern Methodist University in Texas, where I was supposed to talk to my students about how to write, and I told them to read, and it also gave me a chance to read more and get acquainted with Southern literature, which was wonderful. And the reading opened their minds in a way talking about writing certainly could not have done.

If you could make Partition disappear, would you? I would love to do that of course, because we are one huge region that has a common history that spans thousands of years, and what we have now is an arti� cial separation. But in a practical way, I think what we can hope for is in time to have no visas and maybe one currency that would facilitate moving around in our countries, facilitate trade and cultural contacts, and allow families to visit each other. If it has happened in Europe, why can’t it happen in Asia? l

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I always feel very attached to my patients. Every time I attend to a patient, I feel attached to them since I feel responsible for nursing them back to good health. Nothing feels as good as when I see my patients recover

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First of all, congratulations on winning the prestigious award. How do you feel? Is this your � rst award?The feeling was incomparable to anything I have ever felt before. I was incredibly excited and it felt like such a wonderful feeling to be appreciated by an internationally recognised award. Getting international recognition is always motivating as it inspires you to do better. This wasn’t, however, my � rst award. I was very fortunate to receive the Young Researcher Award-2014 in Beijing, China in 2014 while attending the 2nd conference on bacteriology, as an invited speaker. My � rst international achievement as a Young Scientist came when I received the Asian Young LAB Scientist Award-2011 from the International Union of Microbiological Society (IUMS). I received that award in IUMS Congress-2011 in Sapporo, Japan for my presentation based on my PhD work.

How did you develop your love for animals?I was born and brought up in a family where everyone was very a� ectionate towards animals. My maternal grandfather had three cats and he was the kind of man who wouldn’t eat his meals until he had made sure the cats had eaten. My parents loved pets too. We even had a pet dog called

Jimmy, he was allowed to enter our rooms, share our space - something that was unacceptable by society in general. We used to play with Jimmy all the time. When our cats died I remember seeing my father crying like a child. These experiences make me believe that my love for animals is hereditary. This belief becomes stronger when I see my three-year-old daughter express her love and a� ection to animals, regardless of whether they are strays or pets.

What made you choose this career path?Well, my parents wanted me to be a doctor; one that didn’t involve animals, of course. Unfortunately, I didn’t qualify for the medical admission test. For me that felt like the ultimate failure since my parents were very disappointed. This also came as a surprise since I had outstanding results for HSC and SSC. Although my parents wanted me to seek admission at a private medical college abroad, I decided to study the subject that I personally felt close to. Since both my parents and I had the same dream of studying that subject that I felt passionate about, I decided to be an animal doctor instead. I got into Chittagong Govt Veterinary College (at present Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University) complete my Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) course, passing with the highest score.

Saiful Islam is a name that has taken the road less travelled and has accomplished in bringing out wide scopes in veterinary medicine through his skills and achievement in the � eld. Let’s join the conversation with the Young Scientist Award winner to � nd out the story behind his success

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What degrees did you have to complete to step foot in this career?I completed my DVM degree from Chittagong University. I secured the highest CGPA and stood � rst in my class for my DVM exam; I achieved the Merit Award (Gold Medal). Followed by a Master of Science (MS) in Medicine from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh, I also completed another Master of Science (MS) in Applied Bioscience from Hokkaido University, Japan with Monbukagakusho Scholarship. Then I was awarded the Monbukagakusho Scholarship again for my Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree in Applied Bioscience. Later, I completed my Ph.D degree from Hokkaido University, Japan followed by a Post-Graduation Diploma (PGD) in Disease Diagnosis from The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Denmark (KVL) under the DANIDA Fellowship Program.

While pursuing this career path what obstacles did you face?Pursuing a career as a veterinarian in our country is very di� cult. The struggles start right after a student decides to be a vet. One has to face both humiliation and criticism since most Bangladeshis consider vets to be a “cow’s doctor.” Most don’t know that studying to be a vet requires the same level of education as pursuing a degree in medicine. This is due to the mindset of people here, as well as the lack of knowledge about the profession and its � eld of application. Additionally, our universities and educational institutes are not properly equipped to provide world standard veterinary education. Moreover, the vet clinics too, are in poor condition. There is always a gap in practical teaching, learning and exposure. This also leads to several obstacles for a student pursuing veterinary education in our country, especially for those who want to develop their career in small animal practices.

When and how did you launch your career?My career started in 2005 as a scientist at Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI). I worked there for more than eight years and then I switched to my present job

in 2013 as a faculty member of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University. For three years, I also worked as a teaching assistant in Hokkaido University, Japan. For the last few years, I have been involved with several social welfare organisations, especially animal welfare organisations.

If there was another career you would have picked instead of this, what would it be? Tell us one thing these two choices have in common.I would prefer to be a regular doctor since both professions give us the opportunity to directly serve society.

What is your motto in life?“If you believe, you can achieve,” that is my inner motivation since childhood. I also love the phrase, “get busy living or get busy dying.”

If you were an animal instead of a human being, which animal would you be and why?I would prefer being a cat. I just love how they look. They are usually very attached to their parents. They are very friendly, expressive and adorable. In addition, they are funny too. In my opinion, all these attributes make them a better companion than any other pet.

As a doctor, do you feel attached to your patients? Does it hamper your work at times?Yes! I always feel very attached to my patients. Every time I attend to a patient, I feel attached to them since I feel responsible for nursing them back to good health. Nothing feels as good as when I see my patients recover.

We have a lot of stray dogs in our city streets. Any suggestion on how we can help protect them?There should be national regulations to control stray dogs. Killing is not a good solution to control the population. That is inhumane. They are creatures of nature and have the right to live. A better option the government can employ is the use of birth control. We need to collaborative with government and non-governmental organisations to work towards these goals. In addition, as there is associated risks

of spreading zoonoses, dogs should be vaccinated too.

Some people often say, “there are poor people who die of hunger in the streets of Bangladesh and you spend so much on your pet dog/cat?”- What do you have to say to that?This is a matter of perception. It depends on the way one feels. Pets are kept not only as a pet nowadays. Rather, they have become great companions; a member of a family. I have seen people treating their pets like their own children. Additionally, I don’t think those who have pets are less sensitive towards the poor people in our country.

People, mostly children, have become very sensitive towards animals these days, what do you attribute these changes to?This is a very positive change. This indicates that our new generation is growing up with positive perspectives. They are now accepting animals as creations of nature that have the right to survive and live.

While we are on that topic, what do you have to say about the recent “cow� e” trend (taking sel� es with cows and posting them)?Personally, I don’t like this newly developed

habit. I don’t understand the meaning of such photography. I don’t really understand what could be the meaning of taking a photograph with an animal we are going to sacri� ce and posting that photo on social media. In my personal opinion, this is nothing but a race to show the public how bigger or better someone’s animal is. I think some people do so without even understanding why.

What message would you like to give people who want to pursue this career?The veterinary profession is one of the most prestigious and noble professions around the world. Although, in our country, there is still some misconception about this profession, attitudes are changing rapidly. In my opinion, the opportunities veterinarians in our country get is much better than those other equivalent degree holders are given. All they need to do is to develop self-con� dence and self-respect in their heart, and garner a love for their profession. Self-respect and con� dence should be the inner motivators and drivers for all the existing and future vets of our country. Once they respect their profession and do not hesitate to be known as a vet, I am sure they will be successful in their careers. l

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Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/vetnpet.care/?ref=hl

Chamber: Pranisatho Seba Kendro, 214-215, Dhaka University Market, KatabonO� ce Address: Chairman and Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Sheikh Kamal Faculty Building, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka.

Email: vetkbm@yahoo.com

Contact: 01711120108, 01674173844

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Qatar Airways celebrates Annual Skytrax 2015 awards

Qatar Airways was voted by passengers as the Airline of the Year, marking the third time the airline has won this coveted award. The airline was also awarded the Best Busi-ness Class Airline Seat award and named Best Airline in the Middle East for the ninth time.

The award-winning airline has recently announced its plan to launch double-daily

operations to Dhaka. Commencing from December 9, � ights from Doha to Dhaka, Bangladesh, will be increased substantially with the number of frequencies going up from 10 to 14 weekly, e� ectively increasing capacity by 40% on this popular route.

Operated with an Airbus 330-300 o� ering 30 seats in Business and 275 in Economy, the additional � ights will allow even more

connection opportunities for customers � ying from the Middle East, the US, Europe and Africa.

During the corporate event, more than 200 distinguished guests including govern-ment o� cials, ambassadors, Qatar Airways Frequent Flyer Programme Privilege Club members, corporate partners, and other dignitaries and industrialists were treated

to the airline’s � ve-star hospitality at the Radisson Blu Hotel, including entertainment from Grammy-nominated US band Della Mae.

Qatar Airways vice president Indian sub-continent, Ihab Sorial, addressed guests saying that the local market in Bangladesh continued to generate strong sales, and remained highly supportive of the carrier’s new routes and increased frequencies on e xisting services.

“Our continued growth in the local market is a success story for Qatar Airways following the commencement of services to Bangladesh in 1995, and represents our ongoing commitment and belief in the potential for even further growth from this region,” he said.

“Local government o� cials, our corpo-rate partners and frequent � yer members have always given Qatar Airways their unwavering support and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them. Qatar Airways greatly values the strong relation-ships between the airline and the local communities in which we operate.”

Qatar Airways’ � ight operations to its Doha hub o� er convenient onward connec-tions to a host of cities including key leisure and business destinations like New York, London, Washington, Chicago, Montreal, Dallas, Miami, Houston, Rome and Paris.

Since the beginning of the year, Qatar Airways has begun services to Amsterdam (The Netherlands); Zanzibar (Tanzania); Faisalabad, Sialkot and Multan in Pakistan, and Abha (Saudi Arabia). In the pipeline before the end of this year is Durban (South Africa) and Nagpur (India).

The airline’s network growth will be fur-ther boosted next year with the introduction of three new US destinations: Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta, two new Australian destinations, Sydney and Adelaide and also Birmingham in the UK. l

Patient Khan’s life was full of � tness and activity, but all of that took an ugly turn four to � ve years ago when he was suddenly a� ected by severe back pain. Slowly but progressively the pain increased in intensity to the point where he could not even shower on his own. He immediately sought help by visiting Apollo Hospitals Dhaka where he met Dr Amit Kapoor. After an examination, both parties immediately agreed it was time for a surgery. Dr Kapoor o� ered him hope by explaining that the procedure is a minimally invasive surgery of the back

that will leave behind a very tiny scar. Dr Kapoor and his team performed a mi-cro-endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery on Khan and removed the pressure on the nerves and overtime, permanently relieving the pain.After Khan woke up post-surgery he was able to stand, and by the next day he was able to walk completely on his own. Khan thanked Dr. Kapoor and his team at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka, “for giving me another chance at an active life. Now I can travel to any part of the world with-out a single worry.” l

Breakthrough spine surgery at Apollo Hospital

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Last-over miseries continue to haunt SylhetThe ghost of last-over defeat has once again haunted Sylhet Super Stars as they su� ered their third consecutive defeat in the Bangladesh Premier League by six runs yesterday. Shakib al Hasan produced another vital all-round contribution in the game as Rangpur Riders picked up their third win in four games. PAGE 26

Hughes and the delivery that changed cricket Cricket has changed in Australia in the 12 months since Phillip Hughes was felled by a rising delivery that ultimately led to his death. Hughes, who played 26 Tests for Australia, died three days short of his 26th birthday of a brain hemorrhage on Nov. 27, 2014, two days after he was struck under the rear of his batting helmet. PAGE 27

Quartet secure progress as United sweatLast season’s beaten � nalists Juventus joined PSG, Atletico and Ben� ca in clinching quali� cation for the last 16 of the Champions League with one round of group games to sparey. Mario Mandzukic turned in Alex Sandro’s cross to give Juve a 1-0 win over Man City. PAGE 28

India sense victory after South Africa crumbleIndia need eight wickets to clinch the four-Test series against South Africa after their spinners, led by Ravichandran Ashwin, wreaked havoc on a turning track on the second day of the third Test yesterday. Shot out for 79 in their � rst innings earlier in the day, South Africa returned to chase a 310-run target. PAGE 29

CHITTAGONG VIKINGS INNINGS R MTamim Iqbal c Sangakkara b Abul 1 9TM Dilshan lbw b Mosharraf 20 11Anamul Haque lbw b Farhad 1 6Yasir Ali c Sangakkara b Musta� zur 14 10Naeem Islam not out 29 38Mohammad Amir b Yasir 2 3BMAJ Mendis lbw b Nasir 1 5Ziaur Rahman st Sangakkara b Nasir 9 11Sha� ul Islam c Sangakkara b Nasir 1 6Enamul Haque jnr c & b Musta� zur 2 7Saeed Ajmal c Shadman b Musta� zur 4 6Extras (lb 1, w 7) 8Total (all out; 18.4 overs) 92FoW: 1-2, 2-3 , 3-21, 4-41, 5-50, 6-64, 7-75, 8-77, 9-80, 10-92 Bowling Farhad 2-0-7-1, Abul 2-0-14-1, Musta� zur 3.4-0-14-3, Mosharraf 3-0-18-1, Yasir 4-0-26-1, Nasir 4-1-12-3DHAKA DYNAMITES INNINGS R BShykat Ali c Ziaur b Sha� ul 23 17 Shadman Islam b Naeem 45 47Nasir Jamshed c Ziaur b Naeem 12 21Nasir Hossain b Naeem 2 8Abul Hasan not out 5 7KC Sangakkara side not out 5 3Extras (lb 1, w 3) 4Total (4 wickets; 17.1 overs77 mins) 96FoW: 1-45, 2-78, 3-84, 4-91 BowlingAmir 2-0-16-0, Ajmal 4-0-12-0, Sha� ul 2.1-0-23-1, Enamul 2-0-13-0, Dilshan 4-0-24-0, Naeem 3-0-7-3

Dhaka Dynamites won by 6 wickets

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POINTS TABLETeams M W L N/R PtsRangpur 4 3 1 0 6Comilla 3 2 1 0 4Barisal 3 2 1 0 4Dhaka 3 2 1 0 4Chittagong 4 1 3 0 2Sylhet 3 0 3 0 0

Dhaka Dynamites spinner Nasir Hossain lets go another vicious o� -cutter during their 2015 Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 tie against Chittagong Vikings at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday MAINOOR ISLAM MANIK

Dynamites crush Vikingsn Mazhar Uddin

Dhaka Dynamites registered their second win in the third edition of the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 when they thumped Chittagong Vikings by a compre-hensive margin of six wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National stadium yesterday.

The Vikings su� ered their third defeat of the tournament after posting only 92/10 on the board as the Dynamites chased down their target with 17 balls to spare.

Youngster Shadman Islam, playing his maiden BPL match for Dhaka, top-scored with 45 o� 47 balls, featuring six fours, while Saykat Ali, who also played his � rst game, scored 23 as the pair added 45 runs for the opening wicket to lay the foundation for an easy win.

Kumar Sangakkara’s Dhaka made three changes to the playing XI from their pre-

vious game and will no doubt be happy to register their second win while Chittagong will be desperate to return to winning ways sooner rather than later.

After scoring the highest 29 with the bat, Naeem Islam was also handy with the ball and picked up three wickets for the bowling side.

Earlier, the Vikings never looked com-fortable after electing to bat on a slow and low pitch which already started to help the bowlers at the home of cricket.

The Chittagong batsmen struggled as even the dependable and in-form Tamim Iqbal was dismissed for just one run. His opening partner Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 20 but failed to prolong his knock.

Tigers’ pace bowling sensation Musta� -zur Rahman and right-arm o� -spinner Nasir Hossain bagged three wickets each for the bowling side. l

Dhaka Dynamites opener Shadman Islam hoicks one over the midwicket region MI MANIK

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Sluggish wickets, close gamesBPL 2015 produced yet another low-scoring nail-biting game as Rangpur successfully defend-ed their paltry 109 and won the match in the last over. It was the seventh time in nine games that the fate of the match was decided in the last over. Although Twenty20 cricket is considered to be played on hard tracks and provide plenty of runs, the total opposite has been witnessed at the SBNS so far in the � rst week. The wickets are getting slower by each game and 120-130 seems an excellent total for the team batting � rst.

Shakib faces ban for his ‘other-side’His composure inside the � eld might not be the best example for the kids learning cricket as Rangpur captain Shakib once again attract-ed the match referee for the wrong reasons. The leading all-rounder confronted umpire Tanvir Ahmed and used abusive language after the latter ruled Mush� qur not out following a strong caught behind appeal o� Thisara Pere-ra. If not a ban, Shakib will surely be paying a heavy � ne for his o� ence.

The bowling partnershipMohammad Shahid showed that he is not only a bowler to be considered for the Tests. His � gures of 4-1-12-4 not only made skipper Mush� q happy, but the selectors too must see the e� ort he had been putting recently. Meanwhile, Bopara’s 4-0-8-1 was the best complement Shahid could have received from the other end. It was mainly due to the pressure created by the slow English bowler that made Riders batters go after Shahid and end up back in the pavilion. –REAZUR RAHMAN ROHAN

RANGPUR RIDERS INNINGS R BLMP Simmons run out (Munaweera) 13 14Soumya Sarkar c Mush� q b Shahid 7 8Shakib al Hasan c Cobb b Shahid 33 37Md Mithun c Mush� q b Nasum 4 7Jahurul Islam run out (Bopara) 8 11NLTC Perera b Bopara 21 20DJG Sammy hit wicket b Nazmul Islam 5 10Senanayake c Bopara b M Shahid 7 6Arafat Sunny c Mush� q b Shahid 3 4Saqlain Sajib not out 0 3Abu Jayed not out 0 0Extras (lb 3, w 5) 8Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 109BowlingShahid 4-1-12-4, Mendis 4-0-41-0, Munaweera4-0-19-0, Nasum 2-0-15-1, Bopara 4-0-8-1, Nazmul 2-0-11-1SYLHET SUPER STARS INNINGS R BEMDY Munaweera c Perera b Shakib 17 11JJ Cobb lbw b Shakib 0 1Mominul Haque lbw b Perera 29 23Mush� qur Rahim not out 25 34Nazmul Islam c & b Senanayake 0 5RS Bopara lbw b Arafat Sunny 1 4Nasum Ahmed c Mithun b Jayed 7 15Nazmul Hossain b Shakib Al Hasan 5 6Nurul Hasan run out (Arafat) 9 9Mohammad Shahid b Sammy 4 3BAW Mendis c Senanayake b Jayed 3 5Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3Total (all out; 19.2 overs) 103BowlingShakib 4-0-31-3, Arafat 4-0-27-1, Senanayake4-0-15-1, Perera 4-0-11-1, Sajib 1-0-6-0, Jayed 1.2-0-5-2, Sammy 1-0-7-1

Rangpur Riders won by 6 runsMoM: Shakib al Hasan (Rangpur)

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Rangpur Riders captain Shakib al Hasan (L) sports a cheeky dance move next to the disappointing Sylhet Super Stars captain Mush� qur Rahim (2L) following their dramatic six-run win in the 2015 Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday MAINOOR ISLAM MANIK

Last-over miseries continue to haunt Sylhetn Reazur Rahman Rohan

The ghost of last-over defeat has once again haunted Sylhet Super Stars as they su� ered their third consecutive defeat in the Bangla-desh Premier League by six runs yesterday. Shakib al Hasan produced another vital all-round contribution in the game as Rangpur Riders picked up their third win in four games.

Shakib had earlier stated that the wickets are getting slower by each game and low to-tals are becoming harder to achieve with the ball skidding and turning viciously. That’s exactly what happened yesterday when the Super Stars came on to bat.

Wicket-to-wicket bowling without any experiment was enough for Rangpur who tightened the run � ow and forced the Sylhet batters to play faulty shots and lose wickets. Shakib took just four balls to strike when he trapped Josh Cobb, for a golden duck, plumb in front with the score on one and later re-moved the dangerous Dilshan Munaweera in the fourth over.

Mominul Haque � nally looked in good touch but his 23-ball cameo ended with This-ara Perera hitting his front pad in the eighth over. Sylhet had already gathered 52 by that point and what should have been an easy task thereafter was made harder by their ran-dom experiment in the batting line-up.

Left-arm spinner Nazmul Apu came in at No 5 and lasted four deliveries before becom-ing Sachithra Senanayake’s only victim in the match. The wicket handed the momentum to

Rangpur who topped all the nervy moments then onwards to eventually win the game.

Ravi Bopara, who bowled exceptionally well earlier (4-0-8-1), did not trouble much either, as Arafat Sunny fooled the English cricketer with his slider and hit him plumb in front to extend the panic in the Sylhet dressing room.

Nasum Ahmed, Nazmul Hasan and Nurul Hasan altogether produced just 21 runs as Sylhet skipper Mush� qur Rahim found him-self batting with No 10 Mohammad Shahid and 14 still needed o� 12 balls.

Darren Sammy, bowling his � rst over, cleaned up Shahid and left six to defend o� the last over with Ajantha Mendis on strike. The Sri Lankan lasted just two more deliver-ies before mishitting 22-year-old right-arm quickie Abu Jayed at the hands of long-on as Mush� qur stood marooned on 25 and Rang-pur wildly celebrated their second last-over win in the tournament.

The match, however, seemed to be in Syl-het’s bag after they had bowled out Rangpur for a mere 109, courtesy of Shahid’s best T20 � gures.

Riders top-scorer Shakib struggled for his 33 o� 37 balls as the southpaw struck just two fours and a six while none apart from Perera (21) and Lendl Simmons (13) made it to dou-ble digits.

Bopara used his slow pace to good e� ect to tie the run-rate as Shahid cashed in on the opportunity to bag four for 12 – but eventual-ly the contributions were not enough to move Sylhet o� the mark in the points table. l

Shakib boost working � ne for Rangpurn Reazur Rahman Rohan

Rangpur Riders won yet another close match as the Shakib al Hasan-led side jumped to the top of the BPL table with three wins out of four. Shakib said the win was very important for them heading into the second phase in Chit-tagong as they now have a strong chance of � nishing in the top two before the eliminators.

Shakib batted out of his nature as he slowed down his pace in accumulating 33 runs from 37 balls which helped his side cross the 100-run mark. For the second game in a row Shakib’s all-round performance proved crucial in the end as he said, “I started well, but slowed down because wickets started fall-ing from the other end. I was able to bat for a longer period which is a good thing for me and here onwards only good things can happen.

“The wickets are not getting rest, so it’s natural that the curator does not get enough time to prepare them. We also batted poorly; 130-135 is where we were looking at.”

With only seven required o� the last over, Shakib handed the ball to inexperienced seamer Abu Jayed before boosting his con� dence with a mini-speech that Shakib later revealed. “Look, you have nothing to lose but you will be a hero if you win the match,” is what I told him and, “He eventually did it.”

Shakib scooped the car awarded to the man of the tournament in the last two editions. When asked if he is eyeing another such feat, Shakib showed his humorous side and said, “Actually not seeing a car (at the � eld) like the last two editions. May be I would have been encouraged if it was there.” l

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Kiwis want Bangladesh day-night TestThe February 20 round of the domestic competition will feature day-night matches played in Auckland, Hamilton and Napier, as a step on the road towards a proposed night Test against Bangladesh. Lindsay Crocker, New Zealand Cricket’s head of cricket, said December was the right time of year for the concept. “We think probably the best one to try it would be Bangladesh in December,” said Crocker. “We think November is a little early so that December series could potentially be one. But we haven’t discussed that with them yet.” The BCB said it hadn’t been approached yet. “They haven’t told us but if it comes up, it will � rst go to the cricket committee, then we will take a policy decision on the board level,” said the chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury.

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Isco gets two-game ban for Neymar kickReal Madrid mid� elder Isco was handed a two-game suspension on Wednesday for his wild kick on Barcelona’s Neymar that saw him sent-o� in Madrid’s miserable 4-0 defeat at the weekend. The Spanish international was on the � eld for less than 30 minutes having come on as a second-half substitute before taking his frustration out on Barca’s brilliant Brazilian.

–AFP

Morrison leaves Lazio ‘for personal reasons’Lazio mid� elder Ravel Morrison could be on the verge of quitting the Serie A club after leaving their training ground to return to England, reports in Italy claimed yesterday. Former England under-21 player Morrison, who joined Lazio on a free transfer earlier this season when his contract at West Ham expired, has made only three appearances for Lazio in Serie A this season.

–AFP

Neymar will be best in world next year RonaldoCristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the two best players in the world right now but Neymar will eclipse them both next year, for-mer Brazil striker Ronaldo told Reuters. FIFA will release the names of the three � nalists for the Ballon d’Or on Monday, with the choice of world’s best player to be announced on Jan. 11.

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Pakistan allowed to play against India in Sri Lanka Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has given the green light for the country’s cricket team to play a limited-overs series against India in Sri Lanka next month, Pakistan media reported yesterday. Private television channel Geo News says Sharif told the Pakistan Cricket Board that it could send a team to play against India at a neutral venue. The cricket boards of Pakistan and India have been in a stalemate for months over a venue for the series. India had refused to play in the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan’s home away from home, and Pakistan rejected the prospect of playing the series in India.

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QUICK BYTES

Amir should not be brought back for nat’l duty: Inzamamn Agencies

Former Pakistan captain Inzamaul Haq ad-vised Pakistan Cricket Board against includ-ing left-arm pacer Muhammad Amir in the national team saying that the dressing room environment will be disturbed.

Following Amir’s exceptional perfor-mance in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League for Chittagong Vikings, a debate has been sparked on whether the pacer will be brought back for national duty or not.

“I don’t think it would be a good idea to allow either Aamir or the two other players involved in the spot-� xing scandal back into the Pakistan team,” said Inzamam.

“I just feel that if Aamir is selected again for the national team it will divert the focus of the other players away from cricket and there will be added pressure on them and Aamir,” he added.

Former Pakistan captain went on to say, “I know from experience that if Aamir is select-

ed in the Pakistan team and when it goes to England, Australia or even India the media will just focus on him and it will mean prob-lems in the dressing room.”

Inzamam, who has played 120 Tests and 398 one-day internationals for Pakistan, claimed that there was nothing personal in his demand but the PCB should have an in-dependent policy on tainted players di� erent from the International Cricket Council (ICC).

“The PCB needs to be clear in its stance on players who have been involved in corruption and tarnishing the image of the country. Be-cause playing for the national team is the high-est honour for any athlete,” said Inzamam.

“I can imagine the questions that would be asked if Pakistan lost a close match or if he couldn’t perform at the right time. I can imagine the taunts from the crowd and all these things will only divert the attention of the team away from cricket,” Inzamam added. Amir’s BPL duty is the � rst time after the � ve-year ban that he has played outside Pakistan.l

A year on: Hughes and the delivery that changed cricket n AP, Melbourne

Cricket has changed in Australia in the 12 months since Phillip Hughes was felled by a rising delivery that ultimately led to his death.

Hughes, who played 26 Tests for Australia, died three days short of his 26th birthday of a brain hemorrhage on Nov. 27, 2014, two days after he was struck under the rear of his bat-ting helmet by a short-pitch ball while play-ing for South Australia against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

His death stunned the international crick-et community, causing an outpouring of grief from players, o� cials and from the general public — tens of thousands of fans around Australia showed solidarity in mourning by putting their cricket bats on display outside their homes as a tribute.

While new safety measures such as im-proved batting helmets are the obvious lega-cy of Hughes’ passing, others are more subtle but a� ect the very culture of cricket.

Fast bowlers, by and large, tend no longer to aim to intimidate batsmen with head-high bouncers, and spectators no longer rejoice in pacemen serving up “chin music” or cheer when a batsman is hit.

Recently retired strike bowler Mitchell Johnson, one of cricket’s most feared pace-men, told Australian Broadcasting Corp. tel-evision that Hughes’ death made him ques-tion the way he played the game.

“I had that (2013-2014) Ashes series where I was really aggressive and bowling a lot of short balls and I did hit players,” he said, re-� ecting on the summer before Hughes died. The death, he added, “made me think, was I doing the right thing? You know, was I play-ing in the spirit of the game?”

While Johnson eventually came to terms

with his intimidating style, his former team-mates agree the game is di� erent now.

A number of senior players have since retired from international cricket, Johnson being the most recent of a line that includes former skipper Michael Clarke, allrounder Shane Watson and wicketkeeper Brad Had-din — who all played in provincial and na-tional teams with Hughes.

“The game has changed for me forever. It’s not what it was,” said recalled spin bowler Steve O’Keefe, who was who was � elding for New South Wales when Hughes was struck.

O’Keefe told a news conference in Ade-laide, where Australia will take on New Zea-land in the � rst day-night cricket Test match starting today, that his perspective changed.

“You’re playing a game that’s supposed to

be fun and you’re supposed to be in a great conTest, and then in the blink of a ball it completely changes on you,” he said. “I just hope in my lifetime that I never have to see anything like that again, and we can remem-ber Phil Hughes for what he was, which was a great bloke and an even better player.”

The schedule for Australia’s 2014-15 home series against India was redrafted in the wake of Hughes’ death, with the emotional open-ing Test played at Adelaide Oval, the same venue where the Australia vs. New Zealand Test will start on the � rst anniversary of the batsman’s passing.

In that match last year, Australia players wore No. 408 - Hughes’ Test cap number — with black armbands on their shirts. Hughes was 63 not out late on Nov. 25, 2014.l

ICC chief Manohar pans ‘bullying’ by ‘Big Three’n Reuters, New Delhi

International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Shashank Manohar has � ayed the imbalance of power within the governing body and crit-icised last year’s revamp which, he believes, allows India, England and Australia to “bul-ly” the organisation.

Cricket’s global governing body approved wide-ranging changes last year, e� ectively placing the “Big Three” in charge of the game, while promising more revenues for everyone.

The revamp entitled the three powerful nations to permanent seats in the executive committee while former Indian cricket board (BCCI) president Narayanaswami Srinivasan took over as the ICC chairman.

“I don’t agree with the three major coun-tries bullying the ICC,” BCCI president Mano-har, who replaced Srinivasan as the ICC chairman earlier this month, told the Hindu newspaper in an interview.

“That’s my personal view, because as I have always said, an institution is bigger than indi-viduals,” said Manohar who took up the ICC job after BCCI cut short Srinivasan’s tenure.l

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Manchester United’s Spanish goalkeeper

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GROUP A P W D L Pts

Real Madrid 5 4 1 0 13

Paris St Germain 5 3 1 1 10

Shakhtar Donetsk 5 1 0 4 3

Malmo 5 1 0 4 3

GROUP B P W D L Pts

VfL Wolfsburg 5 3 0 2 9

Manchester United 5 2 2 1 8

PSV Eindhoven 5 2 1 2 7

CSKA Moscow 5 1 1 3 4

GROUP C P W D L Pts

Atletico Madrid 5 3 1 1 0

Ben� ca 5 3 1 1 10

Galatasaray 5 1 1 3 4

Astana 5 0 3 2 4

GROUP D P W D L Pts

Juventus 5 3 2 0 11

Manchester City 5 3 0 2 9

M’gladbach 5 1 2 2 5

Sevilla 5 1 0 4 3

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Real Madrid’s Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (R) gets ready to celebrate one of his two goals against Shakhtar Donetsk during their Uefa Champions League Group A encounter in Lviv on Wednesday AFP

Quartet secure progress as United sweatn AFP, Paris

Last season’s beaten � nalists Juventus joined Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid and Ben� ca in clinching quali� cation for the last 16 of the Champions League with one round of group games to spare on Wednesday.

Mario Mandzukic turned in Alex Sandro’s cross to give Juve a 1-0 win over Manches-ter City in Turin and ensure that the Italian champions joined City in qualifying from Group D.

City had already secured their progress before the game but the defeat leaves them two points behind Juventus with one match remaining and therefore staring at the pros-pect of � nishing second in the group and fac-ing a tougher last-16 draw.

As it happened, Juve would have been

through regardless of their result because Se-villa lost 4-2 to Borussia Moenchengladbach in Germany.

Lars Stindl scored twice for Gladbach ei-ther side of a brilliant Fabian Johnson goal and a Ra� ael strike with Vitolo and Ever Banega, from a penalty, replying for Sevilla.

Sevilla, Europa League winners in each of the last two seasons, now must beat Juve in their � nal game and hope Gladbach don’t defeat City just to claim the consolation of dropping into the secondary competition.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic captained PSG as he returned to face Malmo, his hometown team and the club where his glittering ca-reer began, and he was among the scorers in a 5-0 romp that took the French champions through from Group A.

Adrien Rabiot and Angel Di Maria netted

in the � rst half before Ibrahimovic � nished past Johan Wiland early in the second period.

Markus Rosenberg missed a penalty for Malmo before Di Maria scored again and substitute Lucas curled in a free-kick to com-plete the rout.

However, Real Madrid, who had already quali� ed, secured top spot in the group with an entertaining 4-3 win away to Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine.

A Cristiano Ronaldo brace either side of a Luka Modric goal and a delightful Dani Carv-ajal chip had Madrid out of sight but Shakhtar set up a grandstand � nale with three goals in the last 13 minutes.

Alex Teixeira scored two of them, the � rst a penalty, while Dentinho also scored, but Rafa Benitez’s under-pressure side held on.

Shakhtar are out but have third place and

a Europa League place in their hands.Atletico and Ben� ca will meet in Lisbon

in two weeks to decide who � nishes top of Group C after both quali� ed for the next phase on Wednesday.

Atletico eased to a 2-0 win over Galatasaray at the Vicente Calderon with Antoine Griez-mann scoring both from Gabi assists, while Ben� ca came from two goals down earlier in the day to draw 2-2 at Astana. l

GROUP AMalmo (SWE) 0-5 PSG (FRA) Rabiot 3, Di Maria 14, 68, Ibrahimovic 50, Lucas 82

Shakhtar (UKR) 3-4 Real Madrid (ESP)Alex Teixeira 78-P, 88, Ronaldo 18, 70, Dentinho 83 Modric 50, Carvajal 52

GROUP BCSKA Moscow (RUS) 0-2 Wolfsburg (GER) Akinfeev 67-og, Schuerrle 88

Man United (ENG) 0-0 PSV Eindhoven (NED)

GROUP CAstana (KAZ) 2-2 Ben� ca (POR)Twumasi 19, Anicic 31 Jimenez 40, 72

Atletico Madrid (ESP) 2-0 Galatasaray (TUR)Griezmann 13, 65

GROUP DJuventus (ITA) 1-0 Man City (ENG)Mandzukic 18

M’gladbach (GER) 4-2 Sevilla (ESP)Stindl 29, 83, Johnson 68, Vitolo 82, Ra� ael 78 Banega 90+1-P

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INDIA 1ST INNINGS215 (M. Vijay 40, W. Saha 32, R. Jadeja 34, M. Morkel 3-35, S. Harmer 4-78)SOUTH AFRICA 1ST INNINGS R B(overnight 11-2)D. Elgar b Ashwin 7 35H. Amla c Rahane b Ashwin 1 10AB de Villiers c and b Jadeja 0 6F. du Plessis b Jadeja 10 20JP Duminy lbw b Mishra 35 65D. Vilas b Jadeja 1 15S. Harmer b Ashwin 13 10K. Rabada not out 6 17M. Morkel c and b Ashwin 1 2Extras: (lb1) 1Total (all out, 33.1) 79

Fall of wickets1-4, 2-9, 3-11, 4-12, 5-12, 6-35, 7-47, 8-66, 9-76, 10-79BowlingI. Sharma 2-1-4-0, Ashwin 16.1-6-32-5, Jadeja 12-3-33-4, Mishra 3-0-9-1.INDIA 2ND INNINGS R BM. Vijay c Amla b Morkel 5 15S. Dhawan c Vilas b Tahir 39 78 C. Pujara b Duminy 31 45V. Kohli c du Plessis b Tahir 16 30A. Rahane c Duminy b Tahir 9 13R. Sharma c Elgar b Morkel 23 39W. Saha c Amla b Tahir 7 13R. Jadeja b Harmer 5 6R. Ashwin lbw b Morkel 7 22A. Mishra b Tahir 14 18I. Sharma not out 1 3Extras: (b8, lb5, nb3) 16Total (all out, 46.3 overs) 173

Fall of wickets1-8, 2-52, 3-97, 4-102, 5-108, 6-122, 7-128, 8-150, 9-171, 10-173BowlingMorkel 10-5-19-3, Harmer 18-3-64-1, Rabada 5-1-15-0 (nb1), Duminy 2-0-24-1 (nb1), Tahir 11.3-2-38-5 (nb1).SOUTH AFRICA 2ND INNINGS R BD. Elgar not out 10 42S. van Zyl c R. Sharma b Ashwin 5 29I. Tahir lbw b Mishra 8 7H. Amla not out 3 7 Extras: (b4, lb1, nb1) 6 Total (for two wickets, 14 overs) 32

Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-29

BowlingI. Sharma 3-1-6-0 (nb1), Ashwin 6-2-12-1, Jadeja 4-2-6-0, Mishra 1-0-3-1. South Africa need 278 more runs to win with

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India’s Wriddhiman Saha (L) looks on as South Africa’s Dane Vilas is clean bowled during the second day of their third Test at the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium in Nagpur yesterday AFP

Bowlers in the pink for inaugural day-night Testn Reuters, Melbourne

Batsmen have dominated Australia’s series against New Zealand, but the pink ball and a green-tinged wicket should swing the balance of power back to the bowlers when Adelaide hosts Test cricket’s inaugural day-night match.

No fewer than 11 centuries were struck in the opening two matches in Brisbane and Perth, humbling some of the world’s top pacemen and triggering a round of denun-ciations over the state of Australia’s mod-ern pitches. Ironically, Adelaide Oval, long regarded a batsman’s paradise, could give the bowlers the last word in a series that has smouldered but rarely caught � re.

Leading 1-0, Australia retained the Trans-Tasman trophy with the meandering draw in Perth, so much of the suspense in Ad-elaide will centre on the � tness of the pink ball and how it plays on the venue’s drop-in wicket.

If the ball can last a full 80 overs and pro-duce a reasonable conTest with the bat, the match is likely to be hailed a triumph by Aus-tralia’s hosting cricket board and day-night Tests could ultimately be adopted by other nations.

Developed painstakingly over a number of years by local manufacturer Kookaburra, the ball has had its share of critics, with batsmen in all three leadup She� eld Shield matches in Adelaide complaining of visibility issues.

Their complaints, however, are music to

the ears of Australia spinner Nathan Lyon.“It’s perfect,” Lyon told reporters last

week. “Batters can’t see the seam. It’s going to be pretty interesting.”

With fast bowler Mitchell Johnson retiring after the Perth Test, Lyon has been joined by a second spinner in the squad in the form of his New South Wales team mate Steve O’Keefe.

Depleted by injuries, New Zealand’s bowl-ers have laboured to contain the hosts’ bats-men in the � rst two matches, so front-line quick Trent Boult’s back injury is untimely.

The swing specialist will be given every chance to prove his � tness for Adelaide, with fellow left-armer Neil Wagner likely to come in if he fails to pass the Tests. l

India sense victory after South Africa crumblen Reuters, Nagpur

India need eight wickets to clinch the four-Test series against South Africa after their spinners, led by Ravichandran Ashwin, wreaked havoc on a turning track on the sec-ond day of the third Test yesterday.

Shot out for 79 in their � rst innings earlier in the day, South Africa returned to chase a 310-run victory target on a manic day when 20 wickets tumbled on a fast-deteriorating surface at the VCA Stadium.

The tourists, who trail the four-Test series 1-0, were 32-2 at stumps, having lost opener Stiaan van Zyl and nightwatchman Imran Ta-hir, and facing an embarrassing defeat inside three days. Dean Elgar (10) and captain Hashim Amla (three) were unbeaten at the crease.

O� -spinner Ashwin completed his 14th � ve-wicket haul in Tests while left-arm spin-ner Ravindra Jadeja bagged four as India, who made 215 after batting � rst, skittled out South Africa for 79 to put India � rmly in command.

Legspinner Imran Tahir picked up his sec-ond � ve-wicket haul to spearhead South Af-rica’s � ghtback as India were all out for 173 in their second innings.

Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan (39) added 44 for the second wicket with Chete-shwar Pujara (31) and another 45 with captain Virat Kohli (16) to keep South Africa at bay be-fore Tahir wrecked the Indian top order.

Earlier, South Africa managed the lowest Test total by a visiting side in India, beating the previous mark of 82 posted by Sri Lanka in 1990 at Chandigarh.

The touring batsmen appeared clueless against the accuracy of Ashwin and Jadeja on a pitch o� ering variable pace and bounce for the bowlers.

India, who won the opening Test in Moha-li before the second match was washed out due to rain in Bangalore, looked poised to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-Test series after losing the preceding one-day in-ternational and Twenty20 series. l

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OPENING PERFORMANCES AT THE BENGAL CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015Jayaprada Ramamurthy

A renowned Indian classical Carnatic � autist and daughter of the acclaimed vocalist Prema Ramamurthy, she learnt the basics and honed her skills simply by listening to music. She is a recipient of the Ugadi Puraskar.

Rahul SharmaRahul Sharma, son of legend Shivkumar Sharma, began his vocal and santoor training under the guidance of his father. He has released several albums and has collaborated with international musicians such as Richard Clayderman and Kersi Lord. Sharma also

composed music for a number of Bollywood � lms. However, his original interests still lie with Indian classical, fusion and experimental music.

Kaushiki ChakrabartyDaughter of the world-renowned vocalist Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty, Kaushiki Chakrabarty was initiated into vocal music by her mother, Chandana Chakrabarty. Her outstanding performances have fetched her many awards including Jadu Bhatta Award, the BBC Award, Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, GIMA and Mirchi Music Award.

Kushal DasA noted North-Indian solo sitar and surbahar artist was born in a family of musicians in

Kolkata. With a profound knowledge of music and raga improvisation, Das is now considered to be one of the foremost torch-bearers of the tradition of Indian classical instrumental music. He is a recipient of the Sangeet Visharad from Pracheen Kala Kendra of Chandigarh and Sur-Mani award from Sur-Singar-Samsad of Mumbai.

Bombay Jayashri

Bombay Jayashri represents the fourth generation of music practitioners in her family. Strengthening her talent with rigorous grooming under the music legend, Lalgudi G Jayaraman and T R Balamani, she is one of the most sought after Carnatic musicians today.

Amongst numerous titles and awards, her song Pi’s Lullaby featured in the � lm, Life of Pi, was nominated for the Best Original Song at the Oscars.

Rest of the performers from tonight’s line-up are: Pallavi Dance Centre, Bengal Parampara Tabla Performers, Ajay Joglekar, Indian Classical Music Department of Rajshahi University, Alamgir Parvez and Satyajit Talwalkar l

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With a growing number of attendees every year, Bengal Classical Music Festival (BCMF) has already emerged as one of the biggest classical musical festivals in the world, in terms of attendance. Introducing more maestros in the � eld, including famed tabla player Zakir Hussain, the � ve-day extravaganza is all set to launch today at the Army Stadium in the capital at 7pm.

Putting up almost 10-hours of performances everyday, and featuring more than hundreds of classical music artists from home and India, the show will present daily vocal, instrumental and dance performances on the whole.

This year, festival’s epochal introduction, along with the frequent performers, includes � autist Jayaprada Ramamurthy, Carnatic vocalist M Balamurali Krishna, khayal singer Shubha Mudgal, Shruti Sadolikar, dhrupad singer Wasifuddin Dagar, violinist N Rajam and Kuchipudi dancers Raja and Radha Reddy.

Organised by Bengal Foundation, the festival is presented by Square Group and supported by BRAC Bank Ltd, while Robi Axiata Ltd is the telecom partner.

The classical music extravaganza returns

n Abu Bakar Siddique, back from Satkhira

Unlikely as it may sound, they have tried everything from paddy to shrimp to crab on the same piece of land but are still in search of a sustainable livelihood option because of ever-increasing salinity.

And in the process, people, who were once a� uent farmers, have over a matter of a couple of decades turned into poor, some ultra poor, and others into migrant refugees.

Satkhira, like some of the other coastal districts, was once one of the biggest produc-ers of Bangladesh’s staple food.

Aboni Kumar Joarder, 55, from Arpangasia village in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira, was once known as “Dhanua” Aboni; dhanua meaning someone who grows and owns a lot of paddy.

He inherited around 10 acres of arable land from his father 25 years ago and used to grow at least 25 maunds (1,500kg) of paddy a year.

But in the last two decades, that has changed and now he is known as “Bhikhari” Aboni, bhikari being the Bangla equivalent of beggar.

The climbing global temperature – alias climate change – has been pushing up sea levels and the land in these coastal districts have been becoming increasingly salty, which of course has not been good for paddy.

Shrimp daysAt the turn of the century, paddy ceased to be a pro� table crop for the paddy farmers of Satkhira. So, in the new century, they started cultivating shrimp – for which there is a big global market – on the same land.

Initially, shrimp brought back smile on the faces that struggled to grow paddy on un-friendly salty soil for years. The salinity was too much for paddy, but it was just enough to allow brackish water, which is ideal for shrimp rearing.

“Instead of converting all my land into shrimp beds, I converted half of my land. Ini-tially, earning was good,” Aboni said.

“But pro� t started dwindling 10 years ago as production cost, including price of shrimp fry and labour, began to rise. In addition, a deadly viral infection a� ected production badly,” he said.

In 2009, cyclonic storm Aila brought salt

water from the sea over to mainland and � lled all rivers, canals and ditches, turning all available surface water too salty for crops, even shrimp.

“After that, all my land became complete-ly barren. Even shrimp, which sustained by family for a while, ceased to be an option.”

Over the last four years, Aboni has lost all his capital and turned completely penniless.

Moreover, the once-a� uent farmer is la-belled middle class because he owns quite a bit of land and there has not been able to avail the � nancial bene� ts that some devel-opment organisations o� er to the poor.

MigrationThe story is same for all middle-class farmers in the area, which is adjacent to the Sundarbans.

Take for example the case of Mansur Morol, 75, who has never had as much land as Aboni but was still able to sustain his sev-en-member family by growing padding in his one-acre land and taking three more acres under sharecrop arrangements.He too cultivated shrimp and tried to go back to paddy but the soil was too salty for the latter.

“For the last two years, my two sons stay and work as day labourers in Dhaka and Khulna for several months of the year, just to sustain the family,” Mansur said.

Experts say these families will gradually be displaced to the urban slums unless the government takes some steps immediately to � nd alternate livelihoods or ensure a sus-tainable source of sweet water in the region.

Now crabOver the last three years, 45-year-old Sirajul Islam Morol has been cultivating crab on his three-acre land in the same locality where he had done shrimp and paddy before.

“By cultivating crab on the same land where I used to do shrimp before, I made Tk50,000 pro� t last year. That is like a ray of hope amid all the desperation.

“I was even thinking about going to the cit-ies, live in the slums and work as day labourer,”Sirajul said.

However, nobody knows whether crab is a sustainable option for these desperate agro-based people.

There is no research until know that might suggest the level of salinity that shrimp and crab can tolerate.

Neither is there any research-based sug-gestion to tell whether crab has any adverse e� ect on soil.

Still, some government and non-govern-ment organisations are trying to encourage the local farmers to switch to crab, which can tolerate more salinity than shrimp.

Although there is a global market for Bangladeshi crab, unlike shrimp, there is no established supply chain. l

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On papers, Aboni Kumar Joarder of Shyamnagar of Satkhira is a middle-class farmer who owns 10 acres of land. But in reality he is just as destitute as the female day labourers that he is passing on his bicycle because all his land is now barren from execessive salinity ABU BAKAR SIDDIQUE

Sons of the salty soil

‘For the last two years, my two sons stay and work as day labourers in Dhaka and Khulna for several months of the year, just to sustain the family’

BPL 2015

TODAY’S FIXTURES2PM, MIRPUR

Comilla Victorians (COV) v Rangpur Riders (RR)

6:45PM, MIRPURSylhet Super Stars (SSS) v Dhaka Dynamites (DD)

MATCH-1 MATCH-2

VRangpur Riders

Shakib 33, Perera 21, Shahid 4/12, Bopara 1/8, Nazmul 1/11

Sylhet Super StarsMominul 29, Mush� q 25*, Shakib

3/31, Jayed 2/5, Sammy 1/7

Rangpur Riders won by six runs

109/920 overs

103 all out19.2 overs V

Chittagong VikingsShakib 33, Perera 21, Shahid 4/12,

Bopara 1/8, Nazmul 1/11

Dhaka DynamitesMominul 29, Mush� q 25*,

Shakib 3/31, Jayed 2/5, Sammy 1/7

Dhaka Dynamites won by six wickets

92 all out18.4 overs

96/417.1 overs

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