Shipping adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr. M Sakhawat Hussain today said measurers would be taken to break syndicate of middlemen controlling goods transportation via rive-routes.
“To pursue the efforts, the shipping ministry will soon announce a Goods Transportation Policy, 2024 and ensure its proper execution,” he said during a meeting with a delegation of Bangladesh Cargo Vessels Owners Association (BCVOA) at his ministry office here.
BCVOA president Syeed Ahmed led the delegation at the meeting.
The five-day Durga Puja, biggest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community, ended today with the immersion of the idols of Goddess Durga peacefully in the water bodies in the city Patenga and Khalurghat beach amid festivity.
Before immersion of the idols, Goddess Durga was bade farewell by a large number of people of the community in the morning.
Amid tight security, idols from puja mandaps in the port city and its adjacent districts were immersed in the different beach areas in the city and district including city Patenga and Khalurghat.
Marking Bijaya Dashami, a colourful procession was brought out from the city JM Sen Hall Temple before immersion of idols, which paraded different streets in the city, then ended at Patenga sea beach.
Government takes fast initiatives after increasing the dengue outbreak including Dhaka and Chattogram city.
Ten teams from the Local Government Division (LGD) have been deployed to combat the rising dengue infection and fatality rates this month.
Formed on September 23 during an emergency meeting, these coordination and monitoring teams are working across the country, including Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), to curb the spread of dengue.
Out of the ten teams, four are operating in DSCC areas, three in DNCC, and one each in Narayanganj, Gazipur, and Chattogram City Corporation. A separate team has also been assigned to high-risk zones, including municipalities like Savar, Dohar, Tarabo, and Rupganj. Each team, comprising seven members led by LGD officials of additional secretary or joint secretary rank, collaborates with the chief executive officer of the respective city corporations or municipalities. These teams visit at least three dengue-prone areas daily to oversee and support dengue prevention efforts.
In addition to submitting detailed reports to the LGD data collection committee, the teams are actively raising public awareness, conducting cleaning operations, eliminating mosquito breeding grounds, and exterminating larvae and adult mosquitoes. Furthermore, 3,214 mosquito control workers are engaged in these campaigns across city corporations and high-risk municipalities.
Bangladesh position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2024 has slipped by three notches.
According to the latest report published on Friday, Bangladesh scored 19.4, ranking 84th among 127 nations against last year 81st position with a score of 19.
The level of hunger has been classified as “moderate.”
The decline in the ranking this year points to increased hunger, particularly among children, with many suffering from acute malnutrition.