Sales of sacrificial animals at 22 cattle
markets including two permanent haats in the capital will start tomorrow,
five days before the second largest religious festival of the Muslim
community, said officials concerned.
According to the two city corporations, 9 temporary haats have been set up
apart from Gabtali permanent haat in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area
and 11 temporary haats have been set up apart from Sarulia permanent cattle
haat in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) area. However, due to court
directive, cattle market will not be set up in Aftabnagar this year.
DNCC Public Relations Department Information Officer Peal Hasan told The Shuttle Times
that 10 haats including one permanent haat will be set up in the capital
DNCC area. This time, the cattle markets will remain open for 5 days from
June 13 until the morning of Eid day, he said adding all arrangements have
been made for the safe and comfortable trading of sacrificial animals.
Mobile operators leaders in a post budget reaction said that the imposition of an additional 5 percent supplementary duty on mobile service usage and a Tk 100 increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) on SIM connections is expected to negatively impact mobile consumers and the telecommunications industry.
They told in the Post-budget Press Meet at the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) secretariat at a city hotel on Wednesday.
Taimur Rahman, Chief Corporate and Regulatory Affairs officer of Banglalink, Shahed Alam, Chief Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Officer of Robi Axiata, Hans Martin Henrichsen, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of Grameenphone and Lt Col Mohammad Zulfikar (Retd.), Secretary General of AMTOB discussed their concerns with the the journalists.
Law Minister Anisul Huq today said Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus is being tried the same way as any citizen of the country who breaches the law.
"But what he [Yunus] is saying is untrue and insulting to the people of Bangladesh," he said while talking to journalists after a meeting with a European Union delegation at the conference room of the law ministry.
Erosion caused by the Jamuna River in Tangail Sadar has devoured 35 families and cultivable land in the region.
A victim said the erosion was too intense for the locals to save their belongings.
According to locals, erosion is an annual occurrence along the Jamuna River. However, this year erosion has been particularly severe and unseasonal, exacerbating the plight of the affected communities.
The erosion-affected people, including those living along the riverbank, have demanded that the concerned authorities take necessary steps to prevent erosion.
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has assured the people that an application has been sent to the Dhaka office for an emergency allocation to prevent erosion in the Tangail section of the Jamuna River.