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History beckons Bangladesh U-19For the very rst time in the
history of Bangla-desh cricket, the nation will have a side playing
in the semi- nal of an ICC WC event when junior Tigers take on the
West Indies today in the sec-ond semi- nal of the U-19 World Cup.
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Poetry makes a mark at book fairPoets continued to publish new
titles enriching Bangla literature as new arrivals at Amar Ekus-hey
Book Fair over the last few days included a good number of poetry
books. PAGE 32
Court blocks Obama carbon emissions planThe US Supreme Court
delivers a major blow to President Obama by putting on hold federal
reg-ulations to curb carbon emissions mainly from coal- red power
plants, the centerpiece of his strategy to combat climate change.
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Dead baby kept on life support Even after the death of a
16-month-old baby girl, the Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital
had allegedly been keeping her lifeless body on life support at the
ICU, without notifying the family about her passing. PAGE 3
Sluggish development of Gulshan LakeThe Gulshan-Banani-Baridhara
Lake develop-ment project is progressing at snails pace as Rajuk
has been facing erce opposition from land grabbers. PAGE 7
Iran-India gas pipeline could bene t Bangladeshn Aminur Rahman
RaselThe reopening of Iran, now that sanctions against the country
have been eased follow-ing the signing of a nuclear deal with the
world powers, could be a boon to Bangla-deshs energy sector.
The government is planning a high level meeting to determine
what a proposed pipe-line between Iran and India via the sea, and
by-passing Pakistan, will mean for Bangla-desh and to decide what
to do next.
EMRD Acting Secretary Nazimuddin Chow-dhury told the Dhaka
Tribune yesterday: We will sit to review the matter on February
16.
The Prime Ministers Power and Ener-gy Adviser Taw q-e-Elahi
Chowdhury and State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral
Resources Nasrul Hamid are scheduled to at-
tend the meeting.The proposed pipeline could help satisfy
Bangladeshs hunger for energy, but the deal must be carefully
negotiated if Bangladesh is to bene t, energy experts said.
If we can access the pipeline, we will be bene tted, an Energy
and Mineral Resources Division o cial said, asking not to be named,
but added: We have to be cautious when ne-gotiating transmission
charges and tari s.
Energy negotiations with India have seen hiccups in recent
times.
Previous plans to construct a 130km fuel oil pipeline between
the Indian town of Silig-uri and Parbatipur in Dinajpur fell
through after Indian state-owned Numaligarh Re n-ery Limited sought
an exorbitant premium for diesel exports to Bangladesh.
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TEA-SELLERS DEATH
Informant went out of hand under police protectionn Kamrul
HasanO cers at Shah Ali police station in the cap-ital extorted
money from local criminals through their network of informants. In
re-turn, they cut slack for their men.
In Babul Matabbors case, informant Delowar Hossain overstepped
his bound-aries, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Masud Ahmed
admits.
Apparently acting under police protec-tion, Delowar burned
tea-seller Babul to death at Mirpur earlier this month. The
in-formant regularly collected money from lo-cal drug peddler
Parul, who had a tussle with Babul and is listed as the main
accused in the murder case.
Police sources say informants are usually chosen from among
criminals. ADC Masud told the Dhaka Tribune: They [informants] do
not have the authority to take actions Babul was set on re before
the police patrol team had arrived. The policemen neglected their
duties.
Babuls family has been claiming that the o cer for whom
informants Delowar and Aiyub Ali worked for, is the man behind the
incident. ADC Masud said the informants worked for Sub-Inspector
Mominur Rahman.
O cer-in-Charge AKM Shahin Mondol, SI Shreedham Chandra
Hawlader, SI Mominur, SI Niaz Uddin Mollah, ASI Jogendranath and
Con-stable Jasim Uddin were withdrawn following the incident. Four
of them, except OC Shahin and SI Shreedham, have been
suspended.
A Dhaka Tribune investigation found that Delowar collected
extortion money from Parul while Aiyub collected money from Moli
and Juli, who sold drugs in Road 5 area near the police station.
Another informant collected money from Tania, a drug peddler based
near the national zoo.
Shah Ali residents alleged that police only arrested buyers and
spared the drug peddlers, whom they considered as their golden
geese. Sometimes police intentionally arrested wrong persons to let
the peddlers go scot-free.
Gudaraghats Kazifuri residents said PAGE 2 COLUMN 1
US spy chief sees rise in militancyin Bangladeshn Tribune
DeskThe US intelligence chief has claimed that e orts by the
Bangladesh government to undermine the political opposition would
probably provide openings for transnational terrorist groups to
expand their presence, the Associated Press reported on
Tuesday.
Several Bangladeshi security analysts, however, refuse to accept
the view, saying the statement was issued only to give polit-ical
edge for someone.
US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper questioned
Bangladeshs public in-sistence that the killings of foreigners
Tavel-la Caesar and Hoshi Kunio were the work of the BNP and
Jamaat-e-Islami, and are intend-ed to discredit the incumbent
government.
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Informants are a necessary part of the police forces e orts in
upholding the law and protecting citizens. But recent events such
as the death of a tea-seller and the shooting of a rickshaw-puller
have exposed how, in many cases, informants use their in uence over
law enforcers to serve their own vendettas by making the police
accomplices in crime RAJIB DHAR
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Informant went out of hand under police protectionDelowar was a
familiar face there and that he tipped police only about drug
buyers. He kept locals in dark about his profession. Delowar always
carried a pair of handcu s and often posed as a policeman, a local
said, adding that Shah Ali police o cers were privy to the
information.
Delowar was also involved in last weeks arrest of three men,
including one Mokter Hossain who is locally known as an arms
dealer. A resident told the Dhaka Tribune that former OC Shahin had
let him go after taking a Tk1 lakh bribe. SI Mominur led the
drive.
Fear grips victims family, witnessesBabuls family and witnesses
have softened tones, presumably fearing for their safety. No murder
case has been led yet and Babuls son Raju said they were waiting
for police in-vestigation reports.
The family was expected to le a case against policemen who were
at the spot but hinted at opting out if polices internal probe
found their men guilty.
Separate police investigations faulted OC Shahin, SI Mominur, SI
Niaz, ASI Jogen-dranath and Constable Jasim. An investiga-
tion committee recommended disciplinary action against Mominur,
Niaz, Jogendranath and Jasim. It found Niaz guilty of letting one
of the attackers go, and the three of not tak-ing any action. The
OC was accused of failing to control his subordinates.
I do not want anything to happen to my sister, Raju said. His
aunt Shamsunnahar said they did not le a case as witnesses
re-tracted their statements. Some are now say-ing that they went to
the spot after police had left while others claim they could not
recog-nise anyone.
The locals, too, were cautious and many refused to speak.
Witness Anwar Hussain said a plainclothesman had stopped him from
helping Babul. I am not sure if he was a policeman, he said. Anwar
had previous-ly claimed that police prevented locals from helping
Babul.
Witness Jahanara Begum said she had seen Babul on re and the
policemen ee but asserted that she could not recognise anyone.
You know how it works. The situation forces us to keep mum, said
another wit-ness, who declined to be identi ed. l
Iran-India gas pipeline could bene t BangladeshBut Iran is very
keen to do business with Bangladesh.
A recent Iranian business delegation led by Mohammad Reza
Moudoody, adviser to Irans Industries, Mines and Commerce min-ister
told Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed recently that Iran was
interested in exporting Lique ed Petroleum Gas to Bangladesh.
The Hindu.com reports that the proposed $4.5 billion pipeline
under the Arabian Sea
will transport 31.5 million standard cubic me-tres of gas under
the per day and is expected to be built within two years of the
signing of the gas sale and purchase agreement.
A senior Iranian o cial recently said nego-tiations were being
held to build the pipeline from Iran to Indias western coast
following Indias rejection of a proposal for an overland pipeline
that would pass through Pakistan.
As per the proposal being discussed, South
Asia Gas Enterprise (Sage) will lay a 1,400 km pipeline
bypassing the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Pakistan. Any
company want-ing to buy gas from Iran can rent the pipeline.
Tehran-based Mehr news agency reported that Iran agreed to award
a $3 billion contract to develop the Farzad B gas eld in the
Per-sian Gulf to a consortium of Indian compa-nies led by Indias
state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
Mehr quoted the director of the Falat Ghare oil company, Saeed
Hafezi, as saying the easing of sanctions signi ed that the
con-sortium could resume eld development, the rst phase of which
aims to produce one bil-lion cubic feet of natural gas per day.
The Farzad B eld, discovered by the Indi-an explorers overseas
arm ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), is estimated to hold initial in-place
gas reserves of 12.5 trillion cubic feet. l
Still nothing in Sagar-Runi murder proben Mohammad Jamil Khan
and Md Sanaul Islam Tipu
Four years after journalist couple Sagar Saro-war and Meherun
Runi were killed, investi-gations have returned very little.
Rapid Action Battalion has spent around Tk1 crore for
investigation but has so far failed to arrest any culprits and
uncover motives.
In September last year, RAB changed the in-vestigating o cer.
Mohiuddin Ahmed, an as-sistant police super (ASP), replaced Wares
Ali.
When contacted, ASP Mohiuddin said they were hopeful about a
breakthrough soon.
So far, eight people have been arrested, three of whom are out
on bail, he said.
On February 11, 2012, Sagar, news editor
of Maasranga TV, and Runi, senior reporter of ATN Bangla, were
killed in their rented at at West Rajabazar of Dhaka. Runis brother
Nowsher Alam Roman led a case with the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police
later.
The then home minister Shahara Khatun assured identifying and
arresting the killers within 48 hours.
Three days later, DMP spokesperson Mon-irul Islam said suspects
were under watch. A month later, then police chief Hassan Mahmud
Khandker claimed to have made signi cant progress in probe.
However, all these turned out to be futile as police nally
admitted failure. Later, the High Court handed over the
investigation to RAB.
Since the murder, there have been at least
146 hearing sessions at the court of Dhakas chief metropolitan
magistrate.
According to case documents, 158 people have been interrogated.
Investigators also recorded statement of the couples only son Mahir
Sawar Megh.
As part of the probe, RAB sent 50 pieces of evidence to a US
lab, which identi ed two sam-ples and said no matter who the
killers were, their DNA must match with those two samples.
Frustrated with the slow progress in in-vestigation, Roman said
they did not even know that the investigating o cer had been
changed.
We have already given up hopes. Our only concern now is the
future of Megh, Ro-man said. l
US spy chief sees rise in militancy in BangladeshIn a written
testimony to a Senate hearing on worldwide threats, Clapper noted
the claims of responsibility from the Daesh group (Is-lamic State)
for 11 high-pro le attacks on foreigners and religious minorities,
and the claims from outlawed militant group An-sarullah Bangla Team
and al-Qaeda in the In-dian Subcontinent (AQIS) for killing at
least 11 progressive writers, bloggers and publish-ers in
Bangladesh since 2013.
The claims by Daesh group were reported by SITE Intelligence
Group, a US-based web-site monitoring jihadi activities, whereas
An-sarullah and AQIS made the claims through Twitter and Facebook
accounts.
The current Bangladesh administration repeatedly denied the
presence of the Daesh group in the country, and has accused
do-mestic militant organisations and political opponents for the
attacks, Clapper said.
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat on several occasions has
expressed her gov-ernments plan to assist the Bangladesh
gov-ernment in combating militancy.
In a meeting with the home minister last week, Bernicat said
that the US government was keen to share information on Daesh and
its possible threats in Bangladesh. She add-ed that a US envoy
would visit Bangladesh to hand the home minister over the
informa-tion.
In his testimony, Clapper said that Bang-ladesh has been in
political ferment since the run-up to January 2014 elections that
were boycotted by opposition parties, and over war crimes
prosecutions brought against Jamaat-e-Islami leaders over their
alleged involvement in atrocities during 1971 War of
Independence.
Earlier, the US made a similar statement in early 2007 in its
Congressional Research Service report, saying culture of political
violence and deterioration of Bangladeshs democracy centring
elections might create additional space for the Islamist
militants.
Maj Gen (retd) Abdur Rashid, a security analyst, refused to
accept Clappers com-ments.
The so-called Islamic parties have been found doing it since the
beginning of the nineteenth century and we faced militant at-tacks
a number of times since then, Rashid told the Dhaka Tribune
yesterday.
If we say it is happening for the present political phenomena,
then why did the ter-rorist activities happen earlier? I think that
their [US] observation on the issue of mili-tancy is nothing but
giving a political edge to someone.
He said that one needs to know about the nanciers and
sympathisers to understand the trend of terrorism in the country.
Analysing the issues, I can say clearly that the US intelligence
chiefs statement cannot be acceptable.
Air Commodore (retd) Ish-faq Ilahi Choudhury, who fol-lows
security issues, thinks that the political situation in the country
is now stable. I do
not think the political situation may give rise to militant
activities.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has reiterated that the
killing of foreigners was part of a conspiracy by a group of
peo-ple to embarrass the incumbent government. Their international
agents are providing them with necessary supports, he said
yes-terday. l
BNP xes council venue n Tribune ReportThe BNP yesterday xed
Bashundhara Con-vention Centre as the venue for its upcoming
national council on March 19.
In a meeting of the partys Standing Com-mittee, chaired by
Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan o ce, 11 sub-committees were
also formed to organise the national council.
BNP sources said the partys Adviser TH Khan would act as the
election commissioner for the council; if he cannot take on the
role, the responsibility would be carried out by former speaker
Jamiruddin Sircar.
The party also decided that it would par-ticipate in the union
parishad elections. l
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Dead baby kept on life support at city's Japan Bangladesh
Friendship Hospital n Kamrul HasanEven after the death of a
16-month-old baby girl, authorities at the capitals Japan
Bangla-desh Friendship Hospital had allegedly been keeping her
lifeless body on life support at the ICU, without notifying the
family about her passing.
The incident was only revealed when a mobile court, accompanied
by RAB 2 and led by Executive Magistrate Helal Uddin, carried out a
drive at the Jigatola hospital.
The child, Sumaiya Sabah, was admitted to the hospital on Monday
with breathing problems. She was immediately taken to the ICU,
where she remained away from her fam-ily until she died.
However, the exact time of her death could not be known.
The mobile court was rst noti ed by the childs mother about the
secretive role being played by the hospital sta .
She [the mother] came to us and alleged
that the hospital authorities are not giving any clear
information regarding the health condition of her daughter. Based
on her alle-gation, I forcefully entered the ICU as the be-haviour
of the ICU sta seemed suspicious, and found that the baby was
already dead, said Dr Mohammad Shahjahan, a member of the mobile
court.
For further con rmation, I took the stethoscope to check the
babys heartbeats, but found none. Later, I asked the on-duty doctor
to check again. The doctor con rmed that she was already dead, he
added.
But hospital authorities claimed they did not notice when
Sumaiya had died.
The o cial cause of death was mentioned as brain in ammation,
pneumonia, and virus infection.
Baby Sumaiyas mother, Sourabh Binte Islam, told the Dhaka
Tribune that she could feel something was wrong even before the
mobile court had arrived.
I approached the doctors several times
to know about the latest physical condition of my daughter,
suspecting something was wrong.
But they were not letting me know any-thing clear. Instead, they
took my signature on four papers which did not contain any detail
about my babys health condition, the mother said.
Sourabh said she was allowed to go into the ICU earlier
yesterday morning to see her daughter, but what she saw made her
suspect that Sumaiya might have already been dead.
During that visit, the mother noticed that Sumaiyas skin colour
had faded and her body had become sti .
But the on-duty doctor pointed to ma-chine readings and claimed
that the girl was still alive.
When Dr Shahjahan, who is an assistant director at DGHS, was
asked whether negli-gence might have caused the death, he said the
babys case history showed that it would
have been di cult to save her.But negligence was de nitely found
in the
hospitals treatment, he added. Doctors at Japan Bangladesh
Friendship
Hospital failed to form a medical board, which should have been
done yesterday morning, Dr Shahjahan said.
Also, the room being used as an intensive care unit (ICU) could
be best described as a septic ward, the DGHS o cial added.
When contacted, Hospital CEO Dr RM Sa-miul Hasan refused to
comment.
I cannot comment on the issue before consulting the doctor
concerned as it is a spe-cialised matter, Dr Samiul said.
The babys uncle, Ahmed Aurangzeb, said the family would not be
ling any case.
Meanwhile, the mobile court ned the private hospital a total
Tk1.15 million for not ful lling three major criteria including
keeping unauthorised drugs and issuing diagnostic reports without
any experts authorisation. l
Sexual assault claim against SI Ratan truen Md Sanaul Islam
TipuThe allegation of sexual harassment of a pri-vate university
student raised against Ratan Kumar Howlader, a sub-inspector of
Adabor police station, is found true in a judicial in-quiry.
Dhakas Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sheikh Ha zur Rahman
yesterday sent the inquiry report to Judge Saleh Uddin Ahmed of the
Dhakas Women and Children Repres-sion prevention Tribunal 4.
The tribunal xed February 16 for taking the report into
cognisance in the case, Bench Assistant Forkan Miah said.
Earlier, Metropolitan Magistrate Emdadul Haque submitted the
report to the CMM court yesterday after conducting a judicial probe
over the allegation.
During the probe, Magistrate Emdadul recorded depositions of ve
witnesses the victim, her husband Sajib Ahamed, mother Sima Begum,
human haulier driver Md Suk-kur Ali and shop owner Khokon.
According to the victims statement, SI Ratan and two other
members of Adabor police stopped her rickshaw around 3pm on January
31 while she was on her way to a bookstore in Noorjahan Road
area.
The police con ned her, a student of ASA University, to an
electronics shop in front of Japan Garden City in Mohammadpur and
harassed her for about 45 minutes, accusing her of being a yaba
trader.
The SI also ordered the shop owner to leave following which he
opened her jacket and handbag, and sexually harassed her in the
name of searching for drugs.
Later, the victim led a case with the Dha-kas Women and Children
Repression pre-vention Tribunal 4. Tribunal Judge Md Sale-huddin
Ahmed ordered a judicial probe into the allegations on February 1.
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HC: Ensure emergency services at all hospitals n Asif Islam
Shaon The High Court has directed the government to take necessary
steps for providing emer-gency medical services to road accident
vic-tims at all government and private hospitals across the
country.
The bench of justices Moyeenul Islam Chow-dhury and Md Iqbal
Kabir came up with the or-der yesterday, in response to a writ
petition.
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust and Syed Saifuddin
Kamal, a social entrepre-neur, led the petition seeking a High
Court order on the government to ensure emergen-
cy medical services to injured people at all hospitals and
clinics.
The respondents are the Health Ministry, the Road Transport and
Bridges Ministry, the Directorate of Health Services and the
Bang-ladesh Medical and Dental Council.
The court also sought explanations within four weeks on why the
failure to ensure that hospitals and clinics provide emergency
medi-cal services to critically injured persons should not be
declared to be violation of the funda-mental right to access
emergency healthcare.
The court also asked the health secretary and the health
directorate DG to explain why
they should not be directed to require hospi-tals, clinics and
doctors to ensure immediate emergency medical services when a
critically injured person is brought to them, to forward such
persons to the nearest emergency de-partment, and to set up a
complaints system.
The High Court also ordered the govern-ment to submit a report
in three months on the progress of the process under the Nation-al
Road Safety Strategic Action Plan 2014-16.
The court ordered measures to create public awareness on
post-crash care and treatment of road accident victims through
print and electronic media. l
Shyambazar kitchen market is located on the bank of Buriganga
River in Old Dhaka. Traders of the market dump waste into the
Buriganga River which is polluting environment as well as the
river. The photo was taken yesterday MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU
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Government asked to submit report on waste managementn Tribune
ReportThe High Court directed the authorities concerned to submit
re-ports on the steps taken for waste management in Dhaka north and
south city corporation areas yesterday.
The court also issued a rule upon the government and the
au-thorities of city corporations to explain as to why they should
not be directed to take necessary steps for waste management in the
city corporation areas. The two mayors of the two city
corporations, secretary of the Local Government Ministry,
environment secre-tary, DG of the Director of Environment, chief
waste management o cer of two city corporations will have to come
up with answers in four weeks. The report has to be submitted in
three months.
The HC Bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md
Iqbal Kabir gave the order and rule following a primary hearing in
a writ petition led by Supreme Court lawyer Syed Mohidul Kabir.
l
Pakistan plotting against BD in collusion with BNPn Abu Hayat
MahmudThe Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday alleged that
Pakistan was plotting against Bangladesh with the connivance of the
BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami.
Spokesperson for the alliance Mohammed Nasim made the remark at
a press conference at Awami League President Sheikh Hasinas
Dhanmondi o ce in the capital.
He said: Pakistan, like 1971, is conspiring against Bangladesh
in the with the help of the BNP and Jamaat. BNP chief Khaleda Zia
is Pakistans agent and what she said about the Liberation War
martyrs was just part of the conspiracy.
He also warned that all diplomatic ties with Pakistan would be
cut if the country did not refrain from plotting against
Bangladesh.
Nasim talked about the Simla Agreement and other interna-tional
agreements that restrict Pakistan from interfering in Bang-ladeshs
internal a airs.
Meanwhile, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam
Hanif yesterday said a human chain to be formed on Febru-ary 15 in
protest at Khaledas recent remarks would travel through 14 points
in the capital. He said the human chain would march from Gabtoli to
Jatrabari via Asad Gate, Russel Square and Shahbagh.
Earlier in the day, a meeting was held among leaders of the
14-party alliance and its front organisations, lawmakers and both
the mayors of Dhaka to discuss how the human chain protest could be
made successful. l
SM Niloy on militant hit-list leaves countryn Tribune
ReportAnother secularist writer has left the country in the face of
threats issued by banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team,
which claimed the responsibility of murdering several activists
since 2013.
SM Niloy, whose name has rst appeared in Ansarullahs hit-list on
February 7, had stopped blogging in 2014. He left for an
undis-closed location on Tuesday, according to his Facebook
post.
I did not want to leave the country like this. Goodbye
Bangla-desh. Hope to see you again. I have reached here safely...
he said in Facebook.
Two of his friends also con rmed the matter to the Dhaka
Trib-une, adding that the members of the Detective Branch of police
had alerted him about a possible attack.
Niloy used to write on Mukto-Mona, a blogging platform for
atheists founded by slain science writer Avijit Roy, Amar Blog and
somewhereinblog.net.
The latest hit-list published by a Bangla daily on February 7
also contained the names of three other secular activists and
writ-ers Parvez Alam, Nur Nabi Dulal and Ananya Azad. They have
already left the country out of fear.
Earlier, Shuddhashar publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul and
poet-blogger Tareq Rahim, who were injured in an attack carried out
by suspected Ansarullah men on October 31 last year, left the
country in November. l
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Bangladesh seeks security training for airportn Sheikh Shahariar
ZamanCivil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon
yesterday briefed diplomats of six embassies about the steps taken
to im-prove security at the Shahjalal International Airport.
An o cial of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh made a
presentation on the steps taken, said an o cial who was present at
the meeting.
The steps are: deployment of airport se-curity force, renovation
of cargo warehouse, restriction on outsiders entry to cargo
ware-house area, installation of scanners and initi-atives to buy
new equipment.
We briefed them about our position and they told us that they
would send report to
their countries about the development, the o cial said.
After a Russian plane was exploded in Egypt in October,
securities at airports around the world were heightened.
Another o cial said the government sought assistance from the
countries to pro-vide proper security training and they said they
would consider it.
We also told them that it would take time to buy necessary
equipment, he said.
The government would buy equipment worth Tk800 million for
security up-grada-tion at the airport but due to procurement policy
it would take three to four months to complete the procedures.
Envoys from United Kingdom, Japan and Germany, and senior
diplomats from Cana-
da, United States and Australia were present at the meeting.
Bangladesh last month submitted a time-bound sustainable
planning for the improve-ment of airport security.
The British authorities have wanted to inspect Dhaka airport for
quite a long time and in November they sent a team to see by
themselves the security situation.
Regional Liasion O cer for Aviation Safe-ty for Asia-Paci c
Region Jon Lovsey came in November and submitted its rst report
where he mentioned security lapses for pas-senger movement.
Lovsey again visited Dhaka in mid-De-cember and submitted its
report where se-curity lapses in cargo handling system were
highlighted. l
Tk5381cr electricity bills in arrearsn Tribune ReportState
Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid
yesterday told the parliament that the total amount of electrici-ty
bills in arrears is Tk5,381cr.
As of October 2015, the amount of out-standing electricity bills
is Tk5,381cr in the country, he said replying to a question add-ing
that a number of measures have already been taken to realise the
bills.
The junior minister said the measures include enlisting
defaulters, disconnecting electricity line, forming special teams
to col-lect the outstanding bills and taking legal ac-tions against
the defaulters.
In reply to another query, Hamid said the total system loss in
power supply and distri-bution came down to 13.55% in 2014- 2015
scal from 14.13% in 2013-2014.
The system loss was 15.73% in 2009-2010 scal, he said. l
Mayor injured in leopards attack in Sherpurn Our Correspondent,
SherpurThe mayor of Sreebardi municipality in Sher-pur was admitted
to hospital as he sustained critical injuries after a leopard
attacked him yesterday.
Abu Sayeed, also a local Awami League leader, was attacked by
the leopard that came down from a hill near the border with India
in the morning and hid in a forest under the municipalitys Jaalkata
area.
Locals later rescued the mayor from the leopard and beat it to
death in the presence of hundreds of onlookers.
Sayeed was rst taken to a hospital in Sreebardi but was later
transferred to Sher-pur District Hospital.
For better treatment, the mayor was ad-mitted to Mymensingh
Medical College Hos-pital, said Sherpur Civil Surgeon Dr Anwar
Hossain.
S Alam, o cer-in-charge of Sreebardi po-lice station, said the
leopard measured around 4-4.5 feet in length.
Monirul H Khan, a zoology professor at Ja-hangirnagar
University, said there are some leopards in the hills located in
the border ar-eas but there is no o cial gure.
Leopards are endangered in Bangladesh but not abroad, he added.
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PM: Most of the provisions of CHT Treaty implementedn Tribune
ReportPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament
that most of the provisions of Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Treaty
were implemented.
We have already implemented 48 clauses out of 72 clauses of the
CHT Treaty and are working sincerely to implement the rest of the
clauses, she said replying to a query.
The premier also said 48 clauses have al-ready been implemented
fully and 15 claus-es have been implemented partially and the nine
are under implementation.
Hasina said that her government had tak-en di erent programmes,
including in com-munication and education sectors, as part of
implementation of the treaty signed on De-cember 2, 1997.
She criticised the previous BNP-led alli-ance government for
slowing down imple-mentation process after the alliance came to
power in 2001.
She said the government took all-out steps to implement the CHT
Treaty after the surrender of arms by the Janasanghati Pari-shad
and other groups on February 10, 1998.
The Awami League government and the Janasanghati Samity signed
the treaty through discussion and we did not involve any foreign
force or others, she said.
The prime minister said her government had treated the problem
politically and observed that it was not possible to solve it
militarily.
Hasina said 119 military camps out of the 232 have already been
withdrawn and the rest to be pulled out in phases to implement
Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Treaty.
There is a plan to pull out army person-nel in time through
withdrawing the tempo-rary camps after developing the
infrastruc-ture, she said. l
Locals in Sherpurs Sreebardi municipality area beat a leopard to
death after the animal attacks the municipality mayor, leaving him
injured yesterday KAMRUZZAMAN ABU
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016News6DT
Muktijuddhe EPR (Bortoman BGB) book unveiledn Tribune ReportA
book on the contribution of then East Pa-kistan Ri es, which is now
Border Guard Bangladesh, in the 1971 Liberation War was unveiled
yesterday.
Titled Muktijuddhe EPR (Bortoman BGB), the book was unveiled by
BGB Director Gen-eral Major General Aziz Ahmed at the forces
headquarters in the capitals Pilkhana, said a press release.
Top BGB o cials were present at the pro-gramme.
The force has a rich history of success and bravery in carrying
out numerous military operations during the war and a segment of
that has been narrated in the book.
The initiative to publish the book was tak-en after the success
of another book named Muktijuddhe EPR (BGB) Er Obodan, which was
unveiled marking the BGB Day 2015.
Distributed by National Book Centre, Muktijuddhe EPR (Bortoman
BGB) is avail-able at the stalls of Apan Prakash, and Pial Printing
and Publications at Amar Ekushey Book Fair. l
Chief justice: All judges should follow code of conductn Tribune
ReportChief Justice SK Sinha yesterday expressed hopes that the
incumbent and retired judges who enjoy state facilities would abide
by all norms and values.
He made the comment when retired High Court judge Justice Nozrul
Islam Chowdhury appeared before the Supreme Courts Ap-pellate
Division on behalf of convicted war criminal Mir Quasem Ali.
A ve-member bench of Appellate Division, headed by the chief
justice, held hearing on the war criminals appeal against his death
penalty for the second day yesterday.
During the hearing, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam informed the
court that Justice Nozrul was still using the Judges Lounge, where
he unethically discussed the case with other lawyers.
The chief justice then said he hopes that all retired judges
would abide by the code of conducts.
He added that retired judges of the High Court division have the
opportunity to be a counsel in a case at the Appellate Division,
as
this has been a long-standing practice.Justice Nozrul retired on
December 10 last
year.Meanwhile, after hearing arguments from
Quasems lawyer SM Shajahan, the Appellate Division xed next
Monday for further hear-ing in the appeal by the war criminal.
Quasem Ali, a commander of al-Badr in Chittagong during the war,
led the appeal challenging his death penalty for his crimes against
humanity during the Liberation War, citing 181 reasons for his
acquittal on all the charges.
He was sentenced to death by the Inter-national Crimes Tribunal
2 on November 2, 2014, after it found him guilty on 10 charges of
abducting, con ning and torturing people during the war.
The tribunal handed down death penalty on two charges for
killing seven people, in-cluding one Jasim Uddin, after abduction.
He was also awarded a total of 72-year impris-onment on the eight
other proven charges of abduction, conspiracy and planning.
Quasem, a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Central Executive Council is
known to be the key nancier of Jamaat. l
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Gulshan-Banani-Baridhara Lake development progresses at snails
pacen Abu Hayat MahmudA development project for the
Gulshan-Ba-nani-Baridhara Lake in Dhaka is progressing ponderously
as the capitals development authority Rajuk has been facing erce
oppo-sition from land grabbers.
The three-year plan, which aims to im-prove and beautify the
lake at a cost of Tk4.10 crore, was approved by the Executive
Committee of National Economic Council on July 6, 2010.
Rajuk o cials said the project was sched-uled to begin in July
2010 and end by June 2013. However, the development authority has
failed to make signi cant headway in the last ve years due to
repeated interventions by the land grabbers. Rajuk has resumed the
eld works recently.
When contacted, the projects Director Monowarul Islam said they
would go ahead with the development work. It will be car-ried out
alongside land reclamation. We will take legal action against
anyone who will try to thwart the development work, he told the
Dhaka Tribune yesterday.
He hoped the development work would be completed by the end of
2018.
Workers were seen recovering parts of the encroached lake near
the bridge at Kemal Atartuk Avenue in Banani yesterday. Earlier,
Rajuk o cials said they were yet to recover about 11 acres of land
in the adjoining area of Gulshan-Baridha Lake because of protests
and litigation by occupiers.
Moreover, the development authority is yet to acquire 69.14
acres of land of which 23.58 acres are owned by the BTCL and 23.58
acres are publicly owned.
According to the project plan, a road will be built to connect
the Gulshan Lake site with Hatirjheel. Starting at Baridhara
Circle, the road will end at Hatirjheel Police Plaza Concord,
passing Mariam Tower, Shahajad-
pur and Badda.Some of the link roads and eight bridges
inside the project will be extended for better connectivity, and
sidewalks will be built by the lakeside. Recreational facilities
will be set up at di erent spots in adjoining areas of
the lake. Driveways, footpaths, walkways and viewing decks are
also included in the plan.
Rajuk o cials said the High Court in May 2006 directed
authorities to stop grabbers from lling up the Gulshan Lake. Later,
in an order in 2009, the High Court asked Ra-
juk to restore the original lake by evicting encroachers.
In April 2012, the High Court directed the government to
demolish all buildings erect-ed on illegally occupied sites on the
Gulshan Lake in 15 days. l
Work on Gulshan-Banani-Baridhara Lake in the capital has resumed
recently after several years disruption. The photo taken from
Gulshan area yesterday shows a buldozer removing earth from a
portion of the lake SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN
BCL committee at CU suspended following clashes n CU
CorrespondentThe central committee of ruling partys stu-dent wing
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has asked to stop all activities of
the commit-tee of Chittagong University (CU) unit BCL until further
notice following clashes.
Following the clashes, the central com-mittee also asked the CU
BCL unit president Alamgir Tipu and general secretary HM Fazle
Rabbi Sujon to explain about their role in the clashes.
General Secretary of BCL central commit-tee Jakir Hossain told
the Dhaka Tribune that the central committee took the decision to
avert any untoward incident at the educa-tional institution.
Leaders and activists Sixty Nine group attacked the supporters
of another faction Bijoy at Suhrawardi dormitory in the early hours
of yesterday.
Sixty Nine faction is being led by CU BCL president Alamgir Tipu
while Bijoy group is being led by general secretary Fazle Rabbi
Sujon. Alamgir Tipu is loyal to Chittagong
Awami League General Secretary AJM Na-sir Uddin while Sujon is
blessed by Awami League city unit President ABM Mohiuddin
Chowdhury.
Police and residential students said at least ve rooms of
Suhrawardi dormito-ry104, 105, 106, 107 and 110 controlled by Bijoy
group were vandalished and ransacked during the Wednesdays melee.
However, the report of the injured persons could not be known.
On information, police and proctorial body had rushed to the
spot, but the clashing groups managed to ee the spot before
po-lices arrival, said O cer-in-Charge of Hath-azari police station
Ismail Hossain.
On Tuesday, at least six persons were in-jured in a clash at
Shah Amanat dormitory between groups of president and
secretary.
Ali Azgar Chowhdhury, CU proctor, said: Following the incident
CU authority formed a probe committee consisting ve-member headed
by Professor Jasim Uddin of Forestry and Environmental Science
Institute of CU while the committee asked to submit its re-
port by seven working days.Earlier, at least 30 people,
including four
police o cials were injured in a factional clash on November 2,
last while the rst in-take test for the 2015-2016 academic session
was going on.
Following the clash, police arrested 40 BCL activists and
recovered a large number of sharp weapons from BCL-dominated two
dormitories Shahjalal and Shah Amanat. Police then led three cases
against 235 BCL leaders and activists.
Making Alamgir Tipu and Sujon as pres-ident and secretary of CU
unit BCL respec-tively, the two-member committee had been formed on
July 20, last.
It is mentionable that Alamgir Tipu is an accused of CRB double
murder case that led with Kotwali police station on 24 June, 2013
in Chittagong city. Fazly Rabbi Sujon is also an accused in another
case led with Hath-azari police station in connection with trad-ing
gun shots between two groups of BCL on September 27, 2014 at Shah
Jalal dormitory, said police sources. l
Factory manager mugged in front of policen Our Correspondent,
Narayanganj Assailants snatched Tk3.25 lakh from the manager of a
factory in the presence of police in Narayanganj yesterday.
The victim, Jahirul Haque, 32, works as the manager of Fair
Textile in Rupganjs Tarabat.
The crime was committed on the slope of Kanchpur bridge around
2pm, with witness-es saying police took no action to capture the
perpetrators who sped away on two motor-bike.
O cer-in-Charge of Kanchpur highway police station Sheikh
Shariful Islam said Ja-hirul withdrew the money from bank and was
on his way to o ce when some four to ve people held him at gunpoint
and took the money away.
They also red some blank shots. There were police near the scene
but muggers com-mit such crimes very fast. We are probing if
po-lice failed to take proper action, he added. l
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Madrasa principal held for rape in Bogra n Our Correspondent,
BograThe principal of a madarsa in Sonatala of Bogra district was
arrested yesterday on charge of raping a female student.
Locals said Fazlul Karim, the principal of Sonatala Fazil Degree
Madrasa told the girl, a second-year Alim student, to take rest in
the common room of the second oor while she went to him to take the
stipend money in the afternoon.
After-while, he entered the room where there was nobody around
the common room. Hearing screaming of the girl, peon Shah Alam and
o ce secretary Al Amin went to the spot and caught the principal
red handed while he was molesting the girl.
They rescued the girl in critical condition and informed the
police of the incident.
The police arrested the principal and sent
the girl to hospital for medical test.Abdul Motalib, o
cer-in-charge of Sona-
tola police station, said on the basis of alle-gation of rape
brought by the girl against the principal, they had arrested
him.
The principal also denied the allegation and said it was a
conspiracy against him.
Teachers, students and guardians of the madrasa brought out a
procession demanding the exemplary punishment of the principal.
Vice-Principal Shah Jalal, teacher Mon-warul Islam, Babul Akter,
Sha ul Alam, Abdul Mannan, Rezaul Karim and guardian Mahbub Alam
Bulu addressed the function.
When contacted, Ahshan Habib, education o cer of the upazila,
said they would take departmental action against the principal.
A case was led in this connection. l
Rape victims family threatened with dire consequences n FM
Mizanur Rahaman, Chittagong A local councilor of Chittagong
districts Patiya upazila has threatened the family of 17-year-old
mentally challenged girl who was gang-raped in last year, to
withdraw the case led against the rapists.
Mother of the mentally-challenged girl brought the allegation
against Rupak Sen, councilor of Patiya no 2 union, at a press
confer-ence held at Chittagong Press Club yesterday.
She said a group of six culprits had gang-raped her daughter
storming into the house in absence of her family members on June
21, last.
Currently, the girl is eight-month preg-nant, added victims
mother.
She stated that soon after the incident, a lo-cal in uential
quarter tried to negotiate the mat-ter, but they did not agree.
Then, they went to the Patiya police station for registering the
case,
but police told them to le the case with court. With help of
Nari Jogajog Kendra, an
NGO, the family al last could le a case with Chittagong Women
and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on January 4 this
year.
Accused of the case are Pial Dey, 20, Emon Dey, 20 Jony Dey, 26,
Sujon Dey, 22, Sajib Dey, 22, and Nayon Dey, 22.
She said although the case had been led a few days back, the
rapists were moving freely.
They said we will not be able to harm them by ling the case as
they have good con-nections with political high-ups, she said,
adding that the criminals were following her elder daughter while
she was going to college.
She urged authorities concerned to arrest the culprits to save
them. O cer-in-Charge of Patiya police station Refayet Ullah could
not be reached over phone despite several attempts by the Dhaka
Tribune correspondent. l
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But over the years, my mentors at Pathshala introduced me to di
erent other types of images, urging us to be more experimental.
Which made me change my mind about doing anything mainstream and
pursue experimental themes.
Best advice you have ever gotten?It was from my father. He
always told me that its more important to be a good human being
than being a good photographer or a student.
Out of all the projects youve worked on, which is your most
favourite one?A series that I worked on called Desperate
Urbanisation. I think I was really able to express myself through
this project.
Why photography?Because I am not good at anything else.
What roles, in your opinion, do artists play in the society?I
think most artists enjoy expressing themselves through their
artwork - what they are, how they feel, etc. But how that will be
deciphered among his/her audience is entirely up to them.
I think every artist is responsible to represent, showcase,
write or talk about whats happening in the world around us,
depending on their line of work. The audience will decide what to
make out of it.
How does it feel to have won the Samdani Art Award?I still didnt
get a chance to catch my breath. I was announced the winner ve days
ago, and it has been a roller-coaster ride since then. Being
interviewed, being greeted by and meeting with big photographers,
or even fans. Im still shocked.
Did you see it coming?No I didnt. Two of my close friends
entered the competition as well, and I was almost certain that one
of them will win. I was taken by surprise when they announced my
name.
What other projects are there in the pipeline?I have done a
series in Nepal, after the earthquake that I havent published yet.
But hope to in the coming future. l
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I think every artist is responsible to represent, showcase,
write or talk about whats happening in the world around us,
depending on their line of work. The audience will decide what to
make out of it.
9 questions with this years Samdani Art Award winner
nKhan N MoushumiOut of 300 applicants and 13 nalists at this
years Samdani Art Award, Rasel Chowdhury stole the show with his
Railway Longings series.
Recently appointed as a contract photographer by the New York
Times and Getty Images, the documentary photographer is also one of
the seven founding members of the newly formed photographers
foundation called Daagi Art Garage.
Out of his published projects, theres Desperate Urbanisation,
which depicts the story of the Ganges and Before the End that shows
a series of photos of the abandoned Panam Nagar in Sonargaon. His
other project titled Railway Longings was featured in the
exhibition at this years Samdani Art Award that tells the story of
the changing landscapes along the railways and stations intertwined
from Jamalpur to Mymensingh to Dhaka. This nostalgic series of
brilliant photographs secured him the title of Samdani Art Award
winner this year.
How did you stumble upon this journey of yours?I have always
done photography but it was in 2008 when I decided to take it up as
a profession.
How, do you think, your work has evolved over the years?When I
got admitted in Pathshala South Asian Media Institute in 2008, I
dreamt of being popular and wanted to follow the footsteps of the
most distinguished photographers of the country and take photos
like them - black and white with a hard contrast.
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nShuprova Tasneem What made you choose the songs on your CD, and
why in that order?Inheritance contains nine songs by Rabindranath
Tagore, Atulprasad Sen and Kazi Nazrul Islam. It has been published
by Impress Audio Vision in Bangladesh and is available at their
outlets, as well as on iTunes, GooglePlay and Cd Baby. Even though
my orientation has been in Rabindrasangeet, I have always wanted to
broaden my horizons and take up new challenges. I think Atulprasads
songs serve as a perfect bridge between Tagore and Nazrul and I
have attempted to gradually build up my understanding and delivery
of
those two genres. I thought having the songs in that order - rst
Tagore, then Atulprasad, then Nazrul - would make the transition
from one composer to another smoother and more pleasant for
listeners, while allowing them to savour the unique genius of the
musicians. This also places the composers in a chronological order
(though Tagore outlived Atulprasad Sen by a few years) and its
quite interesting to see the evolution of Bengali music through
their work, to trace how each has de ned their own style and shaped
the musical landscape.
I have consciously chosen songs which very typically represent
each of the genres in order to celebrate their individuality Heriya
shyamaloghono (Tagore) to Padmar dheure
(Nazrul) is a very broad canvas, stylistically. I didnt want
listeners to feel disoriented.
What inspired you to make this album?I am incredibly fortunate
that my rst album received an excellent response, particularly on
social media, with tracks selling quite well on Amazon, iTunes and
so on. Since working on that album, though, I had a long stretch at
work without performing for a while, so I wanted to get back into
music in a big way. I took a sabbatical from work to go to India
and focus on my music. The opportunity to work on this album came
up at that time and I grabbed it with both hands.
What does this album say about you what are you trying to convey
to the audience? I see this album as a statement of my inheritance,
one Im incredibly proud of, hence the name of the album. These
tunes, these words are so intricately beautiful, so individual. I
want to capture them, pass
them on to the next generation, just like our predecessors have
to us. It takes the apathy of a single generation to lose these
musical treasures forever. Let us not be that generation.
Did you also get involved in the musical arrangements? I have
quite strong views about how I want my music to be presented! Sarod
maestro Prattyush Banerjee, who arranged the music, has been
somewhat of a mentor to me since I worked with him on my rst album,
A Bloom in Vain and other songs. He is a musician I have a great
deal of respect for who also knows my taste and my style well, so I
was quite content to leave the arrangement largely to his
judgement. Weve kept the soundscape quite traditional but have also
used the guitar in some of the tracks. Im delighted with the
result. It was a joy to work with Goutam Basu (sound engineer at
Studio Vibrations) again and the rest of the musicians were truly
amazing.
How does being a singer t into your work as political director
of the TaxPayers Alliance in UK?With di culty! Looking after the
media operation of a busy political pressure group means early
mornings and late nights, which leaves me with very little time to
practice and so I have to manage my time really carefully. Also, my
work requires the constant use of my voice, be it at media
discussions, interviews or simply speaking to the press, so the
voice can get very tired. But I sing because I know no other way to
be. It isnt really a choice for me!
What are you listening to right now?I am listening to Khairul
Anam Shakils Nazrul compilation Benuka. Im hooked on the title
song, Benuka o ke bajay. Its playing on a loop! That is how I
listen to music, if something touches me Ill listen to it
continuously for hours. It puts me in a trance.
What would you say to encourage people who are interested in
becoming musicians but also have another profession like
yourself?Its not easy, but dont lose heart. If you have music
within you, nurture it. Itll see you through the darkest of nights
and the loneliest of times. l
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A statement of her inheritance
British-Bangladeshi musician Dia Chakravarty talks about her
latest album and this generation not allowing our musical treasures
to slip away
I am listening to Khairul Anam Shakils Nazrul compilation
Benuka. Im hooked on the title song, Benuka o ke bajay. Its playing
on a loop! That is how I listen to music, if something touches me
Ill listen to it continuously for hours. It puts me in a
trance.
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Poor road safety is a national crisis. Road accidents kill an
estimated 12,000 people in Bangladesh and injure many times more
each year. BUET studies indicate fatality rates are over 85 deaths
per 10,000 vehicles, one of the highest in the world.
Safety experts are right to criticise the draft road transport
act for omitting recommendations for tougher nes and punishment for
dangerous driving.
However, the biggest factor which exacerbates the careless
driving which bedevils our roads is the lack of e ective
enforcement of existing laws. It is bad driving habits more than
poor tra c management and poor road conditions, which causes so
many preventable accidents.
If existing rules were properly applied, accident rates would
not be so high and the BRTAs stance that road accident cases have
always been tried under the penal code would not seem so
complacent.
Full enforcement of tra c rules and punishment for reckless
driving is imperative to make a di erence. The BRTA has to end the
impunity which allows drivers and vehicle owners to get away with
careless and reckless driving. There needs to be zero tolerance for
careless driving habits.
Many of the draft acts provisions, such as a points system to
penalise drivers for o ences and more stringent licensing
requirements are steps in the right direction. Fines and jail terms
are certainly needed to deter o ences such as speeding, not using a
seat-belt, or driving while using cell phones or while
intoxicated.
Authorities need to apply lessons learned from countries where
better civic education and use of technology such as speed cameras
have played a big part in cutting accident rates and making roads
safer.
E ective enforcement of tra c laws is key to improve driving
standards and to stop preventable accidents on our nations
roads.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016
The call of duty
COP21: Wins and losses for LDCsFor LDCs, then, the Paris
Agreement wasnt a perfect deal, but acceptable under the
circumstances. The ever-present issue of nancing remains tenuous,
although pledges by the US, EU, and other developed countries to
support LDCs with dedicated funds made the pill easier to
swallow
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The path to developmentThe concept of inclusive social
development is anchored around the idea that balanced, sustainable
development can only take place when development includes all (men,
women, children, physically and mentally challenged or disabled)
groups of people who collectively contribute to identify and
address challenges, make decisions, and create opportunities
Perhaps this is the generation that wants to move more than 18
miles away from mom, perhaps because child-rearing can be
accomplished in ways other than relying on
grandparents-slash-nannies
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n Mikkel Funder
After a year in the shadow of terrorism, Paris shines bright
again. The global climate deal provided a much-needed positive
narrative for France and for the world. Nous sommes Paris now o ers
a di erent meaning.
But some are more Paris than others. Like all such deals, the
COP21 Agreement was the result of a power struggle, and the US,
China, India, EU, and other big players made their mark. For the
worlds poorest countries, the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the
agreement could certainly have been better. But it wasnt a failure.
Heres a run-down of the wins and losses on ve issues that were key
for the LDC negotiation group at COP21:
How binding is the agreement? The LDCs are hit hard by climate
change, and so wanted an agreement that was as legally binding as
possible in limiting emissions from the major economic powers. The
nal agreement is not binding when it comes to the individual
national goals on which it is based. This is pretty much as
expected, given the political situation in major powers such as the
US.
Instead, the agreement sets down a binding mechanism to
regularly review and raise the ambition in national plans over
time, and establishes transparency mechanisms so that climate
laggards can be named and shamed. The strategy behind this
approach, which gained ground after the failed COP15 in Copenhagen,
is based on the idea that the only way to solve super-complex
negotiation situations is through gradual incremental change, where
stake-holders are nudged in the right direction, step by step.
This is a risky approach, but perhaps the most realistic one.
The LDCs seem to have accepted its inevitability. Giza Martin,
chair of the LDC group, puts it like this: Its not the perfect
deal, but its the best deal.
The 1.5 degreesAnother main goal for LDCs during the
negotiations was to set the maximum global temperature increase at
1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Few observers gave it much chance
beforehand, but during the Paris negotiations it gradually gained
support.
The nal agreement now aims to keep the temperature rise well
below 2C, while pursuing e orts to keep them within 1.5C. The
wording is vague and many climate scientists consider it
unrealistic. It could also be seen as a fairly manageable trade-o
for the big emitters, with convenient publicity e ects. But
symbolically, it was an important victory for the countries that
have largely been marginalised in previous negotiations.
In the public narratives of the conference, the fact that the
1.5C aim made it to the nal agreement is generally credited to a
persistent push by the most climate vulnerable countries, including
small island states, and African and Asian LDCs.
Financing for adaptationFinance is the bedrock of disagreement
said Gambias minister of environment, Pa Ousman Jarju, during a LDC
press conference before the deal was made. For the LDCs, nancing
for adaptation to climate change is particularly important, but has
long been the poor relation in the climate nance game. The LDCs
gained modest ground here: Adaptation now features more strongly in
the agreement than previously, and the main funds of importance to
LDCs saw some replenishment (including the Least Developed
Countries Fund, the Adaptation Fund, and the all-important Green
Climate Fund).
However, the LDCs and the wider G77 group failed to pressure the
developed countries signi cantly on the longer term aspects of
global climate nancing. Some of the $100 billion annually that
developed countries pledged in Copenhagen in 2009 has already been
committed, and are being disbursed.
Developing countries failed to get a clear statement in the
agreement that these funds should be new and additional to existing
ODA. A proposal to discuss scaling up the funds above the $100bn
was adopted, but not until prior to 2025 which is a good deal later
than the LDCs had hoped for.
Loss and damageThis term covers losses that have already been
incurred from climate change, such as displacement and loss of land
and agricultural production as a result of rising
sea levels, oods, and droughts. Together with the small island
states group, LDCs have been signi cant drivers in bringing the
loss and damage topic to the table in the climate negotiations,
seeking a mechanism whereby such losses could be directly
compensated by high emitters.
In past COPs, the notion has been hotly contested by the US and
other developed countries, who cringe at the implications of a
direct compensation and liability scheme. In the Paris agreement,
the principle of loss and damage is not only included, but also
fairly well-described, and consolidates a previously established
body on the topic (the so-called Warsaw mechanism). Given the
disputed nature of the topic, this is in itself a small victory for
LDCs and other vulnerable countries.
However, the party stops there: The agreement also clearly
states that loss and damage does not involve or provide a basis for
any liability or compensation. This lets the developed countries o
the hook, and shifts loss and damage towards a more traditional
pledge-based system.
Recognition of LDCs special needsFinally, the LDCs argued for
special consideration of their particularly di cult circumstances,
ie being highly threatened by a climate situation they have not
contributed to, and having limited resources to confront the
problem. This demand is quite well re ected in the Paris agreement:
It speci cally provides a lower reporting burden for LDCs on
climate strategies, plans and actions, and mentions that the
proposed transparency framework must recognise their situation -- a
caveat one hopes will not be unduly exploited.
The agreement also urges developed countries to pay particular
attention to LDCs when funding capacity development and technology
transfers. The latter is a sometimes overlooked interest of the
LDCs. While not being nave, LDCs increasingly see an opportunity to
build their emerging energy systems with renewable energy.
For LDCs, then, the Paris Agreement wasnt a perfect deal, but
acceptable under the circumstances. The ever-present issue of
nancing remains tenuous, although pledges by the US, EU, and other
developed countries to support LDCs with dedicated funds made the
pill easier to swallow. From a cynical viewpoint, these
contributions may have been fueled further by the concerns among
Western powers over destabilisation and migration across the Sahel
and Horn of Africa, where many LDCs are located.
Nevertheless, it would be wrong to view the gains for LDCs in
the Paris agreement as purely orchestrated by the major powers. The
timing was right, and the insistence and strategic maneuvering of
LDCs and other vulnerable countries clearly played a role in
securing the gains that they did, after all, achieve. l
Mikkel Funder is a senior researcher, Danish Institute for
International Studies. This article was previously published on
www.diis.dk.
Opinion12DTTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016
While COP21 was mainly a battle of the big players, it wasnt a
failure for poor countries either REUTERS
For LDCs, then, the Paris Agreement wasnt a perfect deal, but
acceptable under the circumstances. The ever-present issue of
nancing remains tenuous, although pledges by the US, EU, and other
developed countries to support LDCs with dedicated funds made the
pill easier to swallow
The worlds poorest countries gained some ground in the Paris
Agreement
COP21: Wins and losses for LDCs
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Opinion 13DT
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016
n Shehtaz Huq
On December 23, 2015, The New York Times publishes the article,
The Typical American Lives Only 18 Miles from Mom. Inwardly I thank
myself that my mother peruses the web mostly to look for deals on
bargain furniture and which cousin is currently in a relationship
with which unsavoury individual on Facebook.
My parents also periodically threaten me with the prospect of
them moving in with me, uprooting their second lives in Texas to
start over here, in Rochester, with me. Two families, one roof.
The mythic joint family has ushered my generation into
adulthood, hovering over our heads even as we grew up in
single-family households with fathers who worked, and mothers who
(mostly) held down the child-rearing fort and grandparents who
occasionally visited but mostly tucked themselves away in musty
homes of peeling paint and china cabinets.
Grandparents that we, the grandchildren, were forced to visit
every few weeks, answering the call of duty that our parents
could not drown out. We bundled into cars and drove the hour,
two hours, six hours, until we got to our nal destination, where
payesh and polao awaited our ungrateful stomachs.
Sometimes our grandparents moved in, the pair diminished by one
as our parents buried their parents. Grandparents shu ed around our
homes with their prayer mats and prayer beads and starched white
cotton attire. They slipped us crisp bank notes for Eid and crowed
down the telephone when we brought home good grades. My grandson
this, my granddaughter that. I have three doctors in this family
now. My son is going to be the minister of agriculture someday.
Now, in the bubble of English-daily-reading Dhaka, the joint
family of multiple patriarchs cowering under the thumb of a grand
supreme patriarch is a thing of Hindi soap operas and family lore.
Now siblings
and aunts and cousins are denizens of many countries, scattered
over many continents, spanning the expanse from Gulshan to
Dhanmondi. Now, maintaining family ties requires not only the
semblance of true caring but also the commitment to hop into a car
(or plane) and drive (or y) the distance.
Now, the generation that grew up speaking English in school
(supposedly) and Bangla at home, grew up taking sel es on Facebook
and courted other millennials,
boldly, parading relationships on social media, is slouching
towards adulthood.
With it comes the inevitability of ageing parents, parents who
pushed their kids into English medium schools perhaps without
anticipating the hybrid breed theyd heralded, a breed that eats
phuchka but also wants to be free, make ones own choices, live ones
own lives.
These children sometimes say no. These children sometimes lie
about being pre-med when really theyre English majors. Sometimes
these children fumble over their duty, to care and nod and obey and
avoid eye contact when their parents are chastising them, to be
willing to relocate or make room without a second thought for a
parent.
Perhaps this is the generation that wants to move more than 18
miles away from mom, perhaps because child-rearing can be
accomplished in ways other than relying on
grandparents-slash-nannies.
Perhaps the wanderlust is equal parts the desire for physical as
well as emotional distance, equal parts the lure of freedom and the
call of duty. l
Shehtaz Huq is a teacher based in Rochester, NY.
Perhaps this is the generation that wants to move more than 18
miles away from mom, perhaps because child-rearing can be
accomplished in ways other than relying on
grandparents-slash-nannies
As the generation that grew up on social media slouches into
adulthood, the nature of family ties is changing
The call of duty
A desire for physical and emotional distance
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Long Form14DTTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016
The path to developmentThe poor and marginalised should have a
chance to live and thrive, free from abuse and exploitation. This
is the concluding part of yesterdays long form.n Md Abu Syed
Aligning and integration of all the major planned or potential
infrastructure projects would facilitate distribution development
bene ts to the peoples of di erent regions. For example, enhanced
capacity and e cient ICT-based land, court, and case management
systems could save man-hours which can be utilised for other
productive purposes now being wasted in nding labyrinthine ways to
get justice.
The second issue is the quality of the regulatory environment
and of wider economic governance. Red tape, corruption, and the di
culties of doing business are key challenges facing Bangladesh.
These weaknesses directly harm competitiveness, distort investment
decisions, and deter FDI. The introduction of ICT and transparent
digital ICT-based service delivery system at all levels of
governance would surely reduce red-tape and corruption while
enhance accountability as well.
Third, and directly pertinent to inclusiveness, is the extent to
which production is labour-intensive and the economy is able to
absorb unemployed and underemployed workers. As a next step, a
regional policy is needed to address east-west di erences and
support the Chittagong Hill Tracts, riverine char land, and remote
coastal islands along with targeted regeneration and poverty
reduction schemes.
Inclusive social development in Bangladesh for the post-2015
agenda In addition, advances have occurred in measurement to focus
on the joint distribution of deprivation, given that people often
face multiple dimensions at the same time, and to understand the
intra-household distribution of resources, which is particularly
critical with regard to social development. Poor people and
marginalised groups are experiencing the e ects of climate change
and environmental degradation on their circumstances and
livelihoods, while these processes, in turn, deepen poverty and
increase marginalisation and vulnerability.
The concept of inclusive social development is anchored around
the idea that balanced, sustainable development can only take place
when development includes all (men, women, children, physically and
mentally challenged or disabled) groups of people who collectively
contribute to identify and address challenges, make decisions, and
create opportunities. Overall, the quality of growth must be gauged
by how much marginalised populations are enabled to
enjoy e ective coverage of key social services that de ne their
rights to live, thrive, and be safe from abuse, exploitation, and
violence.
Inclusive governance Inclusive governance also is essential to
ensure e ective policy development in areas vital for underpinning
sustainable development, such as addressing climate
change and environmental degradation, or managing population
size. Inclusive governance likewise is critical for the development
of innovative social policy responses, including sound health,
nutrition, and educational provision, and e ective social
protection.
It also means that governance institutions and policies are
accessible and accountable to marginalised groups, providing equal
access to public services. In all, inclusive governance occurs when
the rule of law is followed, access to justice is a orded, and
discrimination is addressed. For Bangladesh as elsewhere, three
central aspects of inclusive governance are: a) Accountable public
institutions that deliver public services via digital ways to all,
especially the marginalised and poor, b) participation and
representation of all people in the democratic process, and c) rule
of law and respect for human rights.
Corruption, undue in uence, violence, and fear, each undermine
the rule of law, national stability, and prosperity. Rule of law
institutions and services, linking human rights and post-2015
goals, would
seek to deliver sustainable and inclusive development that
supports the realisation of human rights, particularly for the
marginalised.
Integrating climate change issues into SDGsClimate change has di
erential impacts on agriculture, sheries, and water sector in di
erent geographic regions of Bangladesh. Any climate-induced change
in physical processes in a given region of the country would
certainly change the bio-physical conditions that decide/regulate
livelihood practices in that particular region.
In the meantime, enough evidence has been generated to show that
climate change is already happening, and poor/marginalised people
are the most a ected by the climate-induced events. It adversely a
ects the livelihood, economic activities, and environment of that
region, which make it relatively vulnerable compared to other
regions of the country. If climate change issues are not taken into
account or integrated into national and local development planning,
in the future, all development achievement may be jeopardised, or
even lost by a single climate-induced event.
Hence, it is imperative to prioritise sectors in each region,
each section of population along with their development challenges,
climate related pressures, risks and vulnerabilities, and probable
adaptation and mitigation. While identifying and prioritising the
sector-wise adaptation options and evaluating their appropriateness
and e ectiveness in terms of lessening climate change impacts from
the grass-root level to national level opinion of local concerned
population, stake-holders and civil society need to be accommodated
as well.
Recommendationsl Attainment of SDGs will require a strong and e
ective institutional mechanism involving all stake-holders
including
public representatives (central and local), government
(executive and bureaucracy), private sector, civil society,
knowledge community (academic and non-academic), and development
partnersl Bangladesh government needs to decide who should lead the
process in SDGs. Under the leadership of the Prime Ministers O ce,
an inter-ministerial body may be formed for regular national level
review of achievement against planned targets l Alternatively, a
separate institution for implementation of SDGs-related development
programs needs to be in place with clear mandates of its activities
and auditing systemsl The System of Environmental Economic Accounts
(SEEA) was developed to respond to this need at the UN level, and
represents the integrated statistical framework to measure the
environment and its relationship with the economy and societyl The
national budgetary process needs also to be informed by the SDGs
and resources allocation needs to be made judiciously across di
erent sectors and geographic regions l Adoption of a common
conceptual framework in line with international standards and
integration of environment statistics within the national
statistical system requires a systems-wide approach to align the
statistical production process for di erent sectoral statistics,
and reconcile institutional arrangements for the production of an
integrated information setsl Bangladesh may use the COP21 Paris
agreement as an opportunity for negotiation at international fora.
Climate agreement and resources (if made available) can be utilised
in adaptation and mitigation, keeping climate change and
sustainable development in focus. l
Md Abu Syed is Fellow, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
(BCAS).
The concept of inclusive social development is anchored around
the idea that sustainable development can only take place when
development includes all groups of people who collectively
contribute to address challenges, and create opportunities
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Business18DTTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016
Dhaka WASA has recently launched a pilot project to monitor and
control deep tubewells with computerised SCADA system, said a press
release. Danish Ambassador in Dhaka, Hanne Fugl Eskjaer attended
the launching ceremony as chief guest while MD of Dhaka WASA, Engr
Taqsem A Khan presided over the ceremony
Rupali Bank has recently held an outreach programme on Task of a
Manager at its Khulna Divisional O ce, said a press release. The
banks general manager, Bishnu Pada Choudhury was present at the
programme as a chief guest
Southeast Bank Limited has recently signed an agreement with
Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) to form
strategic partnership for Renewable Energy and Infrastructure
projects. The banks managing director, Shahid Hossain and Mahmood
Malik, executive director and CEO of IDCOL signed the agreement
National Bank Limited has recently commenced a foundation course
for its junior o cers. The banks deputy managing director, ASM
Bulbul was present at the inaugural programme of the course
Banglalink has recently signed an agreement with Air Galaxy Ltd,
GSA-Bangkok Airways PCL in order to provide Banglalink Priyojon
customers with 10% discounts on base fare of Bangkok Airways till
24th March 2016. Head of CBM-B2C, marketing at Banglalink, Md
Mahbubul Alam Bhuiyan and chief commercial o cer of Air Galaxy Ltd,
GSA- Bangkok Airways, Reza Amin were present at the signing
ceremony
CORPORATE NEWS
NBR misses revenue collection target by Tk12,000 cr in Jul-Jann
Tribune ReportNational Board of Revenue has missed to achieve its
revenue collection target in the rst seven months of this scal
year. The shortfall stood at Tk12,003 crore during the period.
However, the collection saw an average growth of 13.35% in the
seven months.
Although the board has been witnessing an upward average growth
trend in revenue collection, it has mobilised only Tk79,165 crore
in the July-January against the target of Tk91,168 crore, the o
cial data shows.
All three wings - income tax, value added tax and customs - have
failed to reach their respective targets. Income tax wing missed
target by the largest amount of other two wings, which is Tk5,452
crore, followed by Vat wing Tk5,060 crore and customs wing Tk1,491
crore.
The NBR usually collects 35%-40% reve-nue in the rst six months
of any scal and the rest 60%-65% in the rest six months.
According to NBR o cials, the government earlier used to x the
higher revenue targets in the last six months of any scal year.
But from this scal the monthly average revenue targets were xed
for 12 months equally and this could have led to the miss-ing of
target.
O cials attributed the shortfall in target
to sluggish overall economic activities, poor performance by
large businesses including banks, telecom, manufacturing and
services, and fall in consumption by consumers.
The NBR is assigned to mobilise Tk176,371 crore in the current
scal year with a 29% growth from last scal.
Though the economists termed the target ambitious, the NBR is
still quite con dent about achieving the target by the end of the
year.
The NBR hopes that the revenue collec-tion achievement will be
easier if progress of Annual Development Programme (ADP)
implementation becomes satisfactory, ex-port income rises, import
ow increases and the investment in the country sees a further
growth.
NBR has taken up a number of initiatives including resolving
pending cases through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR),
ex-pansion of the tax base by identifying growth centres through
partnership with stakehold-ers and through the ongoing tax survey.
l
Income tax wing missed target by the largest amount of other two
wings, which is Tk5,452 crore, followed by Vat wing Tk5,060 crore
and customs wing Tk1,491 crore
Stocks end at after wide uctuationsn Tribune ReportStocks
continued to end at for the second straight session after wide
uctuations yes-terday.
Investors opted for short-term prof-it booking mostly on mini
and micro caps stocks, but modest rally in heavy weight
tel-ecommunications o set losses.
After moving between red and green throughout the day, the
benchmark index DSEX ended slightly 3 points up to 4,573.
The Shariah index DSES rose nearly 2 points to 1,113. The blue
chip comprising in-dex DS30 was 1 point up to 1,749.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange Selective Category Index CSCX
closed at 8,569, rising 14 points.
Trading activities were sluggish despite im-provement as the DSE
turnover stood at Tk362 crore, up 7.6% over the previous
session.
Food and allied sectors su ered most, tumbling 1.7%, driven by
the tobacco man-ufacturing company BATBC that shed 2.4%.
Almost every other sector ended at with bank, non-banking
nancial institutions, power and food and allied falling 0.3%,
0.05%, 0.3% and 1.5% respectively. l
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Biz Info 19DT
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016
Platinum Hotels Cats Eye Co ee Republic Bangladesh
Pearson Edexcel
| couples packages | | contests | | brews |
| ceremony |
Celebrate Valentines Day this year at Platinum Hotels with its
four special couples packages. Platinum Grand, at Banani 11, is o
ering a romantic getaway with a package of overnight stay and
complimentary dinner on its rooftop pool, along with a breakfast
for two as well, all for Tk25,000. l
Cats Eye has begun their Cutest Couple contest where three lucky
doubles shall be able to win a gift voucher worth Tk5,000. The
contest duration shall proceed from February 10 till February
16.
Participate by clicking the Cutest Couple app, reading the terms
and conditions and uploading your cutest couple picture. A
submission form must be lled along with a caption about the
picture. Once nalised, share it to win the grand prize.l
Co ee Republic Bangladesh served Artisan Co ee since it began
its journey in December 2013 at the heart of 54/A Gulshan Avenue.
Its wide range of culinary food items make every dish di erent as
it is served on the table. For food lovers, the bass baba burger,
pizza supremo, chicken mexicana and optimus prime are highly
recommended. l
Pearson Edexcel, one of the largest awarding body in the UK and
a part of Pearson, in collaboration with the British Council,
conducted its forth Academic Award Ceremony for the students who
achieved outstanding results in their International GCSE and A
Level examinations in 2015. The ceremony was held in the Hall of
Fame, Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), Dhaka and
more than 1,500 attendees, including students, teachers, parents
and distinguished guests, attended the event.
There were 589 awardees who received the Edexcel award for high
achievement this year, in four di erent categories. l
Six Seasons Hotel Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden
| dining experience | | celebration |
On February 14, the rooftop Sky Pool Restaurant will o er
exclusive candle light couples prix xe dinner for Tk5,999
inclusive. Not to be outdone, the 13th oor Bunka Restaurant will o
er a special Valentines all-you-can-order dinner starting at
Tk2,999 per person.
Call 01987009810 for details.l
Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden has celebrated their 10 years of
operations, o ering a at 10% discount at all F&B outlets on
February 11 to February 13. l
Hotel Sarina| meals |
Hotel Sarina promises a special romantic day with a Valentine bu
et lunch at Summer elds, dinner at The Elite and an exotic candle
light set dinner at Risotto, which includes a live violin
performance.
Hotel Sarinas guests can buy one to get one complementary meal,
the price being Tk2,350 (all inclusive) for lunch, and Tk2,850 (all
inclusive) for dinner.
Along with this arrangements, guests can also participate in a
sel e contest with lovely backgrounds at the Sarina Lobby Lounge
from February 11 till 14. l
3 Dragons at Pearl | dinner o er |
3 Dragons at Pearl has introduced a valentines couple dinner o
er starting at Tk4,500.
The full meal shall consist of hot and sour soup with shiitake
mushrooms, tofu skin and bamboo shoot black fungus infused with
pickled chilli vinegrette as a starter. The main shall include
whole lobster with tru e oil, Beijing style shredded beef with
hoison sauce, hui gou basa sh with fermented black beans and much
more.
To conclude, a to ee banana with vanilla ice cream awaits as
dessert. l
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016
US Supreme Court blocks Obama carbon emissions planThe US
Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a major blow to President Barack
Obama by putting on hold federal regulations to curb carbon dioxide
emissions mainly from coal- red power plants, the centerpiece of
his administrations strategy to combat climate change. PAGE 23
Draft Indian anti-tra cking bill raises penalty for o endersA
new bill being drafted in India aims to curb the steep rise in
human tra cking by unifying several existing laws, raising the
penalties for o enders and providing for victims rehabilitation,
government o cials said on Wednesday.
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Fish, other mosquitoes now warriors in Zika battleWith
larva-chomping sh and genetical-ly modi ed insects, Latin Americans
are deploying legions of little helpers to destroy mosquitoes
carrying the Zika virus in the worlds latest mass health scare.
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AFTERMATH
Top takeaways from the New Hampshire primaryn AFP, Washington,
DC
In July, Hillary Clinton o ered