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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 | Ashwin 13, 1422, Zilhaj 13, 1436 | Regd No DA 6238, Vol 3, No 162 | www.dhakatribune.com | 24 pages | Price: Tk10

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 | Ashwin 13, 1422, Zilhaj 13, 1436 | Regd No DA 6238, Vol 3, No 162 | www.dhakatribune.com | 24 pages | Price: Tk10

BANGLADESH PLEDGES 5% EMISSIONS CUTS BY 2030 PAGE 24

SLAUGHTERING SPOT PLAN FAILS PAGE 5

GAS EXPLOSION BURNS SIX OF A FAMILY PAGE 6

Three Bangladeshis con� rmed dead in Mina stampede n Tribune Report

Three Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims have so far been con� rmed to have died in the stampede at Mina that claimed over 700 lives.

Among the three con� rmed fatalities, only one – M Shahidul Islam from Khulna – has been positively identi� ed. The identity of the two other victims remain unclear as of � ling this report at 10pm, even though the Foreign Ministry is certain that the individuals are in-deed Bangladeshi pilgrims.

The identi� cation of Shahidul and the oth-ers was possible after the Saudi government yesterday released 650 photographs of the victims; the photos of the rest of victims are expected to be published by Saudi authorities today.

Many other Bangladeshi hajis, meanwhile, reportedly remain missing, while families of some of the missing persons have claimed their relatives had died during the stampede in Saudi Arabia.

In an initial press release yesterday, the Foreign Ministry misidenti� ed one of the victims as Aminur Rahman from Savar; but they later issued a second release stating that Aminur’s family has contacted the ministry to let them know that the victim’s photo was not of Aminur.

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Hajj disaster: Iran-Saudi war of words heats upn AFP, Riyadh

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday demanded Saudi Arabia apologise for the stampede that killed nearly 770 pil-grims at the Hajj, as a war of words escalated between the regional rivals.

Khamenei accused Riyadh of “playing a blame game,” after the Saudi foreign minister said Iran was playing politics with tragedy.

“Instead of passing the buck and playing a blame game, the Saudis should accept their responsibility and apologise to the world’s Muslims and the bereaved families,” Khame-nei said in comments reported by the o� cial IRNA news agency.

Iranian leaders have been � ercely critical of Saudi authorities’ handling of safety at the Hajj, following Thursday’s stampede during a ritual stoning of the devil in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca.

At least 144 Iranians were killed in the crush – the highest con� rmed toll among for-eign nationalities. Tehran says 323 Iranians are missing.

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Inexperience leads to huge losses for seasonal rawhide tradersn Kamrul Hasan

A lack of knowledge and experience about the market has caused most seasonal raw-hide traders to count losses this Eid-ul-Azha.

However, people who sacri� ced cattle – the sellers of rawhide – and the wholesalers have not complained about losses.

Sajib Ahmed, a resident of Dhaka’s Mo-hammadpur, along with 19 other people, bought 100 pieces of rawhide of various sizes during this Eid-ul-Azha for a little over Tk1.89 lakh – an average price of Tk1,890 per piece.

He spent another Tk5,000 or so to pay for the wage and food of the day labourers he had hired for collecting the rawhide from people who sacri� ced cattle. That took the average cost price of each piece to Tk1,940.

However, when he put his lot up for sale, the best price that the wholesalers o� ered him was Tk1,920 per piece. This means he is now counting a Tk20 loss per piece and around Tk2,000 loss on the entire deal.

Sajib is one of hundreds of seasonal raw-hide traders who invest during Eid-ul-Azha

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Designated ministry blamed for inaction after hajj stampeden Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

In the aftermath of Thursday’s hajj stampede, the Religious A� airs Ministry, the sole authori-ty to take care of Bangladeshi pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, has done little more than open a hot-line number to collect information about those reportedly still missing after the tragedy.

Five days after the deadly stampede, min-istry o� cials are yet to come up with any information about the Bangladeshi pilgrims, apparently due to the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.

The ministry did not even issue a press release or press note. Meanwhile the entire country is concerned about the fate of the Bangladeshi pilgrims.

All of the ministry high-ups, including the religious a� airs minister and secretary, are in Saudi Arabia performing the hajj. Three Bang-ladeshi teams containing around 300 o� cials and sta� are working to assist the pilgrims.

The Bangladesh mission in Saudi Arabia had not received reports of casualties until yesterday when the Saudi authorities pub-lished photos of 650 dead, including three Bangladeshis.

PAGE 4 COLUMN 2Traders set up temporary shops in the capital’s Science Lab Intersection area to trade rawhides of the cattle sacri� ced on Eid. The photo was taken on Friday, the Eid day MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015NEWS4DT

Designated ministry blamed for inaction after hajj stampedeLocal private television channels, quoting relatives, reported the deaths of nine Bangla-deshi pilgrims as of Thursday.

President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is now in the United States, Leader of the Opposition in parlia-ment Raushan Ershad and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expressed shock soon after the incident occurred.

The stampede, according to Saudi counts, killed as many as 769 pilgrims and injured more than 800 others in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca. But Iranian and Lebanese me-dia claimed the number was not less than

2,000. Iran has blamed negligence of the Saudi

authorities in performing their duties for the incident while the latter alleged that the vio-lation of rules by some 300 Iranian pilgrims had caused the deadly stampede.

On September 11, at least 107 hajj pilgrims, including one Bangladeshi, were killed when a crane collapsed inside the Grand Mosque. Negligence of the construction � rm, Sau-di Bin Laden Group, and bad weather were blamed for the incident.

Hajj O� cer of the Bangladesh Embassy in Jeddah Md Asaduzzaman said they had re-

ceived reports that 128 pilgrims were missing. Md Faizur Rahman Faruqui, deputy sec-

retary of the Religious A� airs Ministry, said: “Through media we learned that nine Bang-ladeshi pilgrims reportedly died.”

Asked why the ministry had no updates, Faruqui said: “We cannot say anything with-out getting a report from Saudi Arabia.”

“There is a 35-member administrative team, an 11-strong hajj representative team headed by the minister and 263 assistants in Saudi Arabia,” he said.

Some 101,758 Bangladeshi pilgrims were set to perform the Hajj this year. l

Inexperience leads to huge loss for seasonal rawhide tradersevery year, hoping to make a quick pro� t. This year, almost all of the seasonal rawhide traders made losses.

Asked how he had � xed his purchasing price when the market price was lower, Sa-jib said: “I bought the rawhide at last year’s price. Last year, I saw many people make good pro� t at this price.”

Asked whether he knew that several tan-ners’ associations had o� cially cut down the � eld-level purchasing price of rawhide, Sajib said he had no idea about this.

Ali Haider, registrar of the Internation-al Business Administration and Information System (Ibais) University in Dhaka, and his ac-quaintance Haji Hanif, a wholesaler of rawhide, purchased around 5,000 pieces of rawhide at a cost of Tk75 lakh, that is, at Tk1,500 per piece.

As of yesterday, they had not sold their lot out of fear that they might not get even the purchasing price from the tanners – the end buyers of rawhide.

Usual vs unusualUsually, wholesalers do not directly collect the rawhide from cattle-owners during Eid-ul-Azha.

The regular practice is that retail traders – mostly seasonal operators – buy the rawhide and sell it to wholesalers at a pro� t. Wholesal-ers add their pro� t and sell it to tanners.

Sometimes, tanners buy directly from the � eld, giving seasonal traders a good price. But this year, things were di� erent.

Two days before Eid, at a press confer-ence, several tanners’ associations o� cially

announced cutting the � eld price of rawhide by Tk5 per square feet compared to last year.

They gave two reasons for this. First, they said the global trend of leather price was fall-ing. Second, they claimed that they still had 40% of last year’s stock unsold.

Seasonal traders like Sajib and Ali Haider, unaware of this development, therefore over-paid.

Abu Taher, chairman of Bangladesh Fin-ished Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear Exporters Association, yesterday said about 40-50% of last year’s rawhide remained un-sold due to a slowdown in the global market.

“A devaluation of the euro has cast a neg-ative impact on Bangladesh’s leather export,” he said. About 60% of Bangladeshi leather products are exported to EU countries. l

Three Bangladeshis con� rmed deadAtiqur Rahman Asif, son of Aminur Rahman, also con� rmed to the Dhaka Tribune that the body shown in the photo was not this fa-ther’s.

He said some of his uncles who were ac-companying his father during hajj had in-formed him that the photo was not Aminur’s.

The haji from Savar, Aminur, along with his wife, has been missing since the stampede took place in Mina.

A Foreign Ministry press release said the family of hajji Firoza Khanam con� rmed her death, even though her photo was not among those released by the Saudi government.

The families of � ve Bangladeshis claimed their relatives were killed in the stampede.

No response at hotlinesThe Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah opened two telephone hotlines –

00966(0)537375859 and 00966(0)509360082 – for people to report missing pilgrims.

Relatives of missing pilgrims told the Dhaka Tribune that they failed to contactany of the hotlines despite repeated attempts: no one picked up the phone on the otherend.

The Dhaka Tribune called the numbers several times yesterday between 5:00 and 5:30pm, but no one answered. l

Hajj disaster: Iran-Saudi war of words heats upIranian President Hassan Rouhani, addressing a UN development summit in New York on Saturday, said he wanted to “emphasise the need for swift attention to the injured as well as investigating the causes of this incident and other similar incidents in this year’s Hajj.”

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, also in New York for the UN General Assembly, said the Iranians “should know better than to

play politics with a tragedy that has befallen people who were performing their most sa-cred religious duty.”

Saudi King Salman, whose o� cial title is “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques” in Mecca and Medina, ordered a revision of how the Hajj is organised, state news agency SPA said.

A formal Saudi inquiry is under way into

the stampede, the worst disaster to strike the annual pilgrimage in a quarter-century.

“And we will reveal the facts when they emerge. And we will not hold anything back,” Jubeir said. “I would hope Iranian leaders would be more sensible and more thoughtful with regards to those who perished in this trag-edy, and wait until we see the results of the in-vestigation.” l

Sheikh Hasina’s 69th birthday todayn Abu Hayat Mahmud

The 69th birthday of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be ob-served today.

On this day in 1947, Sheikh Hasina, also the eldest daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mu-jibur Rahman, was born in Tungipara of Go-palganj in Faridpur.

The ruling Awami League, its associated bodies and other socio-cultural and profes-sional organisations have chalked out elab-orate programmes to observe her birthday across the country, says a press release.

The premier is now in New York attending the 70th United Nations General Assembly.

Sheikh Hasina has been serving as the prime minister since January 2009. She also previously served as the premier of the coun-try from 1996 to 2001.

She has led the Bangladesh Awami League since 1981. Her political career has spanned more than four decades.

As an opposition leader, she was the target of an assassination attempt in 2004.

In 2007, the Awami League president was arrested for allegation on corruption and charged with murder by the then mili-tary-backed caretaker government.

She returned to power as the prime minis-ter after the Awami League-led alliance won a landslide victory in December in 2008.

Sheikh Hasina became the prime minister for the third time after winning the one-sided parliamentary polls in the January 5, 2014 elec-tion boycotted by the main opposition BNP. l

PM calls for consensus on climate dealn Sheikh Shahariar Zaman

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the global community to reach a consensus with ambition, focus and commitment on climate change in December.

Addressing the UN Summit for the Adop-tion of the Post-2015 Development Agenda yesterday, she said: “For Bangladesh, climate change is putting much of our precious de-velopment gains at risk. Bangladesh already � nds limits to adapt. For us, it is increasingly a matter of existence.”

The Post-2015 Development Agenda, pop-ularly known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will govern the develop-ment process for the next 15 years, was adopt-ed at the United Nations on Saturday.

“We must ensure that this [Post-2015 Development] Agenda and the climate deal deliver on the shared objectives of protecting and harnessing the present and the futureof humanity for shared prosperity,”Hasina said.

She also emphasised that the internation-al community must deliver on the means of

implementation including � nancing, technol-ogy, capacity building and debt for each goal and across the agenda.

Citing MDG achievements, she said over the past 15 years, Bangladesh mobilised re-sources and people to realise the commit-ments of the development process.

Meanwhile, a report on the role of ICT in achieving the SDGs was published in New York on Wednesday, which was co-authored by Dr Fahmida Khatun, research director at Bangladesh’s Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). l

NEWS 5D

TMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Slaughtering spot plan failsn Abu Hayat Mahmud

At � rst, the plan for slaughtering at � xed places sounded really good, because stench from decomposing remains of sacri� cial ani-mals and the massive waste have always been major problems during and after Eid-ul-Azha every year.

Initially, the two city corporation authorities of Dhaka seemed very enthusiastic about the plan; but as the Eid progressed, their lack of preparation and coordination became evident.

Eventually, the plan failed almost entire-ly, with only a handful of people opting to take their animals to the spots � xed by the city authorities for their respective areas, only to prove Dhaka Tribune’s fears true that “Slaughtering spot plan may turn out useless” – the headline of a story published two days before Eid.

Even the two mayors of Dhaka – Annisul Huque in the north and Sayeed Khokon in the south – had their cattle slaughtered within the premises of their residences, instead of going to the places designated by their very own o� ces.

The Dhaka North and South City Corpora-tions (DNCC and DSCC) wanted to execute the plan using the local ward councillors, who had been asked to coordinate and monitor the pub-licity activities before Eid to make sure that everyone took their sacri� cial animals to the more than 500 places � xed for slaughtering.

Many ward councillors followed what their city bosses did by not going to the designated

spots.The DNCC and DSCC authorities’ assurance

about ensuring water supply and waste man-agement and the presence of enough clean-ers, butchers and Imams failed to encourage people to go these designated slaughtering spots.

Saiful Islam, a resident of Dhaka’s Nayapal-tan, had his cattle slaughtered in front of his residence although the DSCC-designated place was just a � ve-minute walk away.

“I have my own water supply, butcher, Imam and cleaner. I do not know whether I would have got these near at hand if I went there. Moreover, because the place is far from my house, carrying all the meat was going to be di� cult,” Saiful said when asked why did not go to the place designated for their area.

On Friday – that is the Eid day – this cor-respondent saw Salauddin Ahmed Dhali, the councillor of ward number 17 in Kalabagan area of Dhaka south having his cattle slaugh-tered in the street in front of his residence.

In the adjacent Rajabazar area in Shukra-bad, Faridur Rahman Khan Iran, councillor of ward number 27, also had his cattle slaugh-tered in the street in front of his residence.

Neither Dhali, president of the Kalabagan unit of ruling Awami League, nor Iran, a for-mer leader of Chhatra League, wanted to talk to this correspondent about this.

Many residents of these two areas said that on the eve of Eid, local leaders and supporters of the ruling party could be seen doing public-

ity, asking people to use the designated spots instead of doing the sacri� cial work in the streets of the locality.

When contacted, General Secretary of Kal-abagan unit Awami League Mahbub Hossain, who did publicity the night before, told the Dhaka Tribune: “The city corporation just � xed the spots but never said going there is manda-tory. You can go there if you are sacri� cing an animal, or you may also do it in the street.”

The initial enthusiasm of the two mayors and the city corporation o� cials started to die out as the Eid approached. Apparently sens-ing that their plan might not work out, they softened their tone saying this was just the beginning a good plan and they hope to see better implementation and participation in the coming years.

Yesterday, during the post-Eid press con-ference, Dhaka south Mayor Sayeed Khokon mostly talked about how successful they had been in removing the waste from the streets of roads of Dhaka.

In a separate press conference, Annisul Huque, the mayor in the north, admitted that their plan did not work out.

“On Eid day, I visited several areas. It is true that most people did not go to the places that the city corporation has designated for them. But they are now more aware. They dumped waste at the right places. That is why, we have been able to clean all the waste within just 27 hours, way ahead of our 36-hour pledge,” An-nisul told reporters. l

7 held for extortion n Kamrul Hasan

RAB arrested seven persons for extorting money from rawhide traders at Fatullah of Narayanganj area on the Eid day.

The arrestees were Taijul Islam alias Jewel, 30, Rajib, 21, Sajib, 24, Shuvo Khan, 20, Yasin Arafat, 21, Al Amin, 21, and Ahammad Ali, 21.

The RAB also recovered one foreign pistol, one magazine, four rounds of bullets, and Tk 1,09,000 from their possesion.

Maj Maksudul Alam, assistant dirctor of RAB media and legal wing, said they were ar-rested from Allama Road Fatullah on Friday while they were extorting money from traders.

All the arrestees were handed over to po-lice, he said.

Meanwhile, early Friday, members of RAB 10 arrested three persons with arms and am-munition from Kodomtoili area in Dhaka.

The arrestees are Shakil, Shumon and Bap-pi. They are the residents of Jatrabari. l

Sheikh Hasina receives ITU Award

n UNB

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received ICT Sustainable Development Award from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in recognition of her contributions towards harnessing Information Communication and Technologies for Sustainable Development.

ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao for-mally handed over the award to the Prime Minister at a Gala Dinner programme at the UN Headquarters here on Saturday evening.

ITU honoured a number of heads of state and government, past and present leaders of the United Nations, UN permanent represent-atives and business executives in recognition

of their contributions towards promoting the use of ICTs for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Receiving the award, the prime minister said: “It’s a signi� cant recognition as we’re working to build a digital Bangladesh. She extended her thanks to ITU for this important recognition, saying she deeply feels honoured to receive this award.”

Dedicating the award to the young people of Bangladesh, Hasina said her government is promoting ICT access to every citizen so that no one is left behind. She called upon all for joining hands with each other to remove all barriers to a knowledge-based sustainable future.

UN senior o� cials, heads of state and their spouses, permanent representatives of the United Nations, Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, high o� cials of UN specialised agencies and renowned busi-ness leaders and philanthropists attended the award-giving ceremony.

President of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Sam Kutesa, Director General of Unesco Irina Bokova, Founder and CEO of Global Sustainability Foundation Sheri Yan, President of New York Academy of Sciences and Chairman of Global STEM Alliance Ellis Rubinstein and Founder and CEO of China STEM Education Foundation Dr Ruiyang Wang were, among others, present on the occasion. l

British-Belgian consortium likely to win power plant consultancyn Asif Showkat Kallol

A British-Belgian consortium will likely be awarded a Tk33 crore consultancy to advise the government on the upgrade of three pow-er plants in Sylhet and Sirajganj.

The project is funded by the Asian Devel-opment Bank (ADB), Islamic Development Bank, European Investment Bank and French Agency for Development.

Three plants under the Power Devel-opment Board (PDB) will be converted to increase their power generation capacity: Baghabari Power Plant in Sirajganj will be up-graded from 100 MW to 150 MW, Shahjibazar Power Power will be upgraded from 70 MW to 105 MW and Sylhet Power Plant will be up-graded from 100 MW to 225 MW.

A Power Division o� cial said the project had lapsed in August but was extended to November.

The Cabinet Committee on Public Pur-chase is likely to approve the Power Division’s proposal on whom to award the consultancy, at its next meeting, the o� cial said.

According to the proposal, a consortium of Tractebel Engineering SA, Belgium, and Mott MacDonald (UK) Ltd will advise the PDB on upgrades to the three power plants.

PDB selected the British-Belgian consorti-um in line with ADB guidelines.

The government will spend Tk33.72cr to hire the consultant for the “Power Sector Ca-pacity Building” project. which has a total es-timated cost of 5.7 million euros. l

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accepts the ICT Sustainable Development Award from International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary General Houlin Zhao at the UN Headquarters in New York, the US yesterday PID

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015NEWS6DT

Body of young woman recovered in cityn Kamrul Hasan

Police recovered the body of a young woman early yesterday from the capital's Ramna area.

The deceased, Promithi Rahman, 25, was found in her � at at Eskaton of Ramna.

She was the only daughter of Alam Ara Be-gum, joint secretary of the Ministry of Prima-ry and Mass Education.

Quoting the joint secretary, police said she had gone abroad on September 19, and, on returning to Dhaka, discovered her daughter had passed away.

Sub-Inspector Imdadul Haque of Ram-na police station said police found the body around 12am on Saturday.

They also found what seems like poison or some chemical marks on her face. The condi-tion of her abdomen suggests she might have died a few days before, he added.

Whether it was murder or suicide will be cleared after an autopsy, the SI said.

Alam Ara was the wife of Mahbubur Rah-man. After their divorce, she lived with her daughter at the � at. l

NGO director sued for questioning deaths in Minan Our Correspondent, Satkhira

Shyamnagar Awami League leader Mohon Kumar Mondol, also director of a local NGO named “Leaders,” has been arrested in a case � led for hurting religious sentiment of the Muslims through his Facebook status.

Local police made the arrest on Saturday afternoon after Shyamnagar unit Awami League President Akbar Kabir � led the case under section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act.

O� cer-in-Charge of Shyamnagar police Enamul Huq con� rmed the arrest to the Dhaka Tribune.

A sta� of the NGO was also held for requesting the police not to arrest Mohon.

The plainti� is also the president of local Press Club.

The detainees were produced before a Satkhira court yesterday and the judge sent them to jail.

Mohon had removed the status, posted at 11:12am on Saturday, within a short time, locals said.

In his post, echoing the views of sacked Awami League minister Abdul Latif Siddique about Hajj management, Mohon criticised Saudi Arabia’s security arrangements at Mina during the Hajj and negligence in dumping the dead bodies after the September 24 stampede.

He also questioned the rationality of throwing stones at devils during the Muslim ritual suggesting that such devils were roaming around everywhere.

A number of cases were � led against Latif Siddique after he made “derogatory” remarks about the Hajj, Tabligh Jamaat and the prime minister’s son. He was also removed from the cabinet and his party membership scrapped. Later he resigned from the parliament. l

Gas explosion burns six of a family in Kafruln Kamrul Hasan

At least six members of a family have sus-tained burn injuries in an explosion in gas pipeline in Kafrul area of Mirpur in the capital.

The untoward incident took place early yesterday and the victims were admitted to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hos-pital (DMCH).

The six are SM Delwar Hossain, 45, his wife Saleha, 40, the couple’s daughters Amena, 25, and Fatema, 12, and son Jahid, 14, and their

one-year-old grandson Arman. All of them su� ered 16-40% burn injuries,

said DMCH police outpost SI Sentu Chandra Das.

Kafrul police station Assistant Sub-Inspec-tor Abul Hasan said a leaked gas pipeline got exploded in a tin-shed house at Purba Senpa-ra Parbata of the area around 1:10am, leaving the six hurt.

Besides, their neighbour named Ratan also received burn injuries when he approached to help them.

Delwar alleged that he had informed the matter to his landowner several times but he did not pay any heed to the concern.

However, Fire Service Control Room Of-� cer Brajan Kumar Sarkar said they � nally managed to distinguish the blaze and got ad-mitted the injured to the hospital.

Kafrul police station O� cer-in-Charge Sik-der Md Shamim Hossian said: “Someone has lit a cigarette unknowingly amid the stored gas leaked from the pipeline and the whole house caught � re.” l

UNPFII hails adoption of 2030 Agendan Tribune Report

The United Nations Permanent Forum on In-digenous Issues has welcomed the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Develop-ment by the UN General Assembly.

The transformative Agenda, adopted on Friday, lays out the global goals for reducing poverty, in all its dimensions, over the next decade and a half.

“From the least developed countries to the most developed countries, the inequalities faced by indigenous peoples are staggering,” said Prof Megan Davis, chairperson of the Per-manent Forum, according to a press release.

In particular, “indigenous peoples’ rights to their traditional lands, territories and re-

sources have to be secured as the fundamen-tal basis for their economic development and foundation of their lives, livelihoods and cul-tures,” the chairperson said.

Indigenous peoples have much to teach the world about living sustainably “to combat climate change, to sustainably manage forests

and to halt biodiversity loss,” Prof Davis said.There are six speci� c references to indig-

enous peoples in the Agenda. “These con-stitute a step up from the Millennium De-velopment Goals, which had no references to indigenous peoples,” points out UNPFII Member Joan Carling.

Yet “States and the UN system must be am-bitious, and go beyond the points mentioned in this text to bring indigenous peoples into the achievement of goals and targets – for the 2030 Agenda to be truly inclusive,” she con-tinued.

The Declaration on the Rights of Indige-nous Peoples provides a framework for the rights and development priorities of indige-nous peoples. l

The transformative Agenda, adopted on Friday, lays out the global goals for reducing poverty, in all its dimensions, over the next decade and a half

Six victims, who were injured in a gas pipeline explosion in the capital’s Kafrul area early yesterday, are undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital DHAKA TRIBUNE

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015NEWS 7

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Source: Accuweather/UNB

D H A K A

TODAY TOMORROW

SUN SETS 5:49PM SUN RISES 5:49AM

YESTERDAY’S HIGH AND LOW

35.4ºC 21.6ºC

Chandpur Srimongal

Source: IslamicFinder.org

F O R E C A S T F O R T O D A YDhaka 34 24Chittagong 34 27Rajshahi 33 22Rangpur 33 23Khulna 33 24Barisal 33 24Sylhet 33 24Cox’s Bazar 32 26

PRAYER TIMESFajr 4:35am

Sunrise 5:48amZohr 11:50am

Asr 4:14pmMagrib 5:50pm

Esha 7:05pm

WEATHER

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

THUNDERSHOWER WITH RAIN

Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway in a sorry staten Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat

The Lalmonirhat-Burimari National Highway is in dilapidated condition leading to frequent accidents.

Although Tk50 lakh has been spent to re-pair 17km of the road from Burimari land port to Mirzercoat in Patgram city corporation, the stone carpeting is gradually fading on the 89km highway.

The road condition started deteriorating from July this year due to the heavy rainfall.

Truck drivers are apathetic to drive on this road full of large potholes. As a result, traders are being compelled to pay extra to them to transport goods.

Around 400 goods-laden trucks ply through the Burimari land port. Trucks car-rying imported products every day take the highway to reach di� erent districts from the Burimari. Besides, 13 Dhaka-bound coaches and 26 Rangpur-bound local buses set out from Burimari Bazar for di� erent parts of the country through this route.

Truck and bus drivers are risking their lives for a living seeing no other way.

Haji Abdur Rashid, a businessman of Parulia Shimultola area of Hatibandha upazi-la, said: “It is di� cult to travel through the Lalmonirhat-Burimari National Highway. Corruption of contractors and engineers have led to the poor construction of the road, as a

result, potholes appear following downpour. Bus and trucks regularly get stuck in the pot-holes.”

A truck driver Riaj Hossain and his as-

sistant Md Ratan Miya said they started for Rangpur from Burimari land port on Sunday with 300 sacks of limestone seeds. Right af-ter starting the journey, they came across

a number of potholes and saw that the road had turned narrower. The stone carpeting was gone. Wheels of heavy vehicles created holes on the road which were muddy and full of rainwater. No one was there to monitor the situation.

Anwarul Islam, a local resident of Uttar Parulia area, complained that carpeting on one-fourth of the road was gone. The road has turned narrower where commuters move risking lives as accidents occur frequently. He doubted if the road would be reconstructed ever.

Sub-Divisional Engineer of Lalmonirhat Roads and Highways Department Monowarul Islam told the Dhaka Tribune: “Measures were taken to repair the 106km highway in three phases. In the � rst phase, a construc-tion � rm from Pabna, Dhrubo Constructions, repaired 17km of the road from Burimari land port to Patgram city corporation with Tk6.50 crore. Now, around 37.5km road up to Kaliganj upazila’s Bhotmari is under reconstruction.”

Lalmonirhat Roads and Highways Depart-ment Executive Engineer Abdul Halim said: “Due to heavy rainfall, last month potholes occurred on di� erent points on the Lalmonir-hat-Burimari National Highway. Repair work started in full force. The � rst phase is over. Now we are waiting for tender to start the sec-ond phase. After appointing a contractor, the repair work would start.” l

College student stabbed to deathn Tribune Report

A college student was stabbed to death alleg-edly by his two friends in Chhoto Latifpur vil-lage in Kaliakoir upazila early yesterday.

The deceased was identi� ed as Masud Rana, 20, son of Nurul Islam, a resident of the village and a 2nd year student of Kaliakoir De-gree College.

Shahidul Islam, sub-inspector of Kaliakoir Police Station, said Masud’ s two friends Parvej, 21, and Amit, 19, came to his house at the village for staying at night as Masud’s family members were not at house.

They locked into an altercation over an is-sue when they were gossiping at midnight.

At one stage, Parvej and Amit stabbed Masud by a scissors, which left him critically injured.

Hearing the screams of Masud, the neighbors went to the spot and caught Amit and Parvej.

Later, the injured was admitted to Sadar Hospital where doctor declared him dead.

On information police recovered the body. Parvej and Amit were handed over to police. l

OC closed for negligence of dutyn Tribune Report

The o� cer-in-charge of Gobindaganj Police Station was closed to Gaibandha Police Line on Saturday night for negligence of duty over the murder of Awami league leader’s son Ashiqur Rahman.

The district’s superintendent of police Ashraful Islam said the action was taken against OC Jahidul Islam for his negligence of duty. l

Sonadia Island emerges as e� ective sanctuary for rare speciesn BSS

Sonadia Island, a seven square kilometer is-land of Northeastern Bangladesh declared ‘Ecologically Critical Area’ in 1999 now with manmade mangrove and non-mangrove for-ests developed into a natural sanctuary for numerous wildlife and birds.

“As part of massive campaign of biodiversi-ty conservation, we have declared 3,191 acres of land as reserve forest in 2014 to ensure eco-logical balance in the coastal area. A total of 1756 acres of mangrove forest and 884 acres of jhauban have so far been developed at Sona-dia Island, “ Divisional Forest O� cer of Coast-al Forest Division RSM Munirul Islam told BSS.

Visitors who will travel through waters ways from Moheshkhali channel to Sonadia through canals spread like spider web will � nd Mangrove and non Mangrove growth on the banks where di� erent species of wildlife live and use mangrove forests inside the Is-land as their breeding ground.

Tamarisk forest along the bay of Bengal en-hance beauty of the island as well as it protects residents of island from natural disasters.

Forest Department is launching a� oresta-tion activities through the Climate Resilient Participatory A� orestation and Reforestation Project at the Sonadia Island to expand forest coverage with both mangrove and non-man-grove trees, Munirul Islam said.

“We are also implementing two sub-pro-jects under the Strengthening Regional

Co-Operation for Wildlife Protection Project for conservation of di� erent critical endan-gered species of wildlife and birds,” he said adding olive riddle turtle and spoon-billed sand piper both are very rare in the world and they are on the verge of extinction.

Olive riddle turtle are only seen at the Sona-dia Island and breeding period of this threat-ened turtle is winter season, Munirul added.

“Several thousands of Babies of olive rid-dle turtle are released at the bay of Bengal every year as part of conservation of the wild-life,” he added.

“The spoon-billed snadipiper is a small wader, which breeds in north-eastern Russia and the rare bird is seen during winter sea-son at the Sonadia Island. The spoon-billed sandpiper is hurtling towards extinction. The spoon-billed sandpiper is facing imminent extinction as fewer than 100 pairs remain in the world, Munirul said adding ten pairs are seen at the Sonadia Island last winter season.

Sonadia Island’s importance for wildlife has been given international recognition by BirdLife International, a global conservation organization.

Sonadia Island has been declared as 20th Important Bird Area (IBA) of Bangladesh by BirdLife International. Sonadia Island also supports the globally endangered Nordmann’s Greenshank, as well as other threatened birds such as Great Knot, Asian Dowitcher, Eurasian Curlew and Black-tailed Godwit, they added. l

Vehicles are seen plying amid risk on Lalmonirhat-Burimari road in Borokhata area, in Lalmornirhat as a portion of the road lies in sorry state for lack of maintenance DHAKA TRIBUNE

FACTBOX

What are the Russian weapons in Syria?Russia’s defence contracts with Syria have been kept under wraps, but observers have used satellite imagery to identify some.

TanksBuilt at Uralvagonzavod, Russia’s main tank factory in the Urals, T-90 is the � rst post-Soviet tank, used by the military since 1993. US o� cials said some arrived at Syria’s Latakia air base this month. The battle tank is equipped with a 125mm tank gun and an anti-aircraft machine gun. ”

ArtillerySyria’s military has used Soviet-designed mul-tiple launch rocket systems in the con� ict and Human Rights Watch accused it of � ring impre-cise cluster munitions, possibly from Smerch weapon systems. Smerch is a heavy multiple rocket launcher

AircraftRussia’s aircraft contracts with Syria before the con� ict included MiG � ghter planes and reports suggested a new contract was in the works in 2013. Recent deliveries to Syria have included Sukhoi Su-24 and Su-25 planes, called Fencer and Frogfoot by Nato.

DronesSyria’s o� cials this week announced that the military is using Russian unmanned aerial ve-hicles (UAVs), without specifying the model or how they are being used. l

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China pledges $2bn to meet UN SDGn Reuters, United Nations

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Saturday that Beijing will establish an as-sistance fund with an initial pledge of $2bn to help developing countries implement a sweeping global sustainable development agenda over the next 15 years.

“China will continue to increase invest-ment in the least developed countries, aiming to increase its total to $12bn by 2030,” Xi told a sustainable development summit of world leaders at the United Nations in New York.

“China will exempt the debt of outstand-ing intergovernmental interest-free loans due by the end of 2015 owed by the relevant least developed countries, landlocked de-veloping countries and small island devel-oping countries,” he added.

The 193-member United Nations Gen-eral Assembly on Friday adopted the most far-reaching agenda ever of global goals to combat poverty, inequality and climate change, capping years of debate. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are to be implemented over the next 15 years with a big global push to win public and political support.

“Looking to the future, China will con-tinue to take a right approach to justice and interests by putting justice before interests and join the other countries in the concerted e� orts to realize the post-2015 development agenda,” Xi said. l

Who funds the new trillion-dollar-SDG?n Thomson Reuters Foundation,

United Nations

As world leaders brandish a hard-fought new set of global goals designed to improve lives in all countries, the question of who foots the trillion-dollar bill remained open on Saturday as � nancial pledges started rolling in.

The United Nation’s 193 member coun-tries on Friday adopted 17 Sustainable De-velopment Goals (SDGs) as a roadmap to end poverty and hunger, � ght inequality and conquer climate change over the next 15 years, or 800 weeks.

The goals tackling issues in both rich and poor countries replace an earlier UN action plan, the Millennium Development Goals, which focused mainly on poverty in devel-oping nations.

While aid funds and debt relief were key for the millennium goals, there is wide rec-ognition of the need for other sources for the estimated $3tn a year needed to enact the SDGs.

The World Bank, with other develop-ment banks, coined the phrase “Billions to Trillions” to illustrate the challenge.

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Secretary-Gen-eral Angel Gurria said private sector partici-pation was critical while governments need to strengthen tax and regulatory systems to encourage investment.

“Without the private sector, it is not go-

ing to happen, as we have budgetary con-straints in every country,” Gurria said in an interview.

Meanwhile the world’s richest nations again committed to a target of earmarking 0.7% of gross national income for overseas development assistance - although few meet that level in practice - which now stands at about $135bn a year.

Pledges of funding started to roll in dur-ing the UN three-day SDG summit that ends on Sunday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon an-nounced more than $25bn in initial commit-ments over � ve years from 40 countries and more than 100 international organisations to help end preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents.

Contributions to boost funding for gen-der equality powerment included $5m from Chinese e-commerce giant the Aliba-ba Group and $1m from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled an initial pledge of $2bn with aims to increase that to $12bn by 2030.

Centerpiece to funding talks has been a focus on helping countries boost their do-mestic resources by improving tax collec-tion and attacking tax evasion and illicit cash � ows.

While some criticise this as tinkering with a broken global tax system, Gurria said SDG funding does not need new initiatives but can build on and improve existing structures. l

Germany, Brazil, India, Japan push for stronger UN rolen AFP, United Nations

German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined leaders from Brazil, India and Japan on Satur-day to push for seats in a revamped UN Secu-rity Council that they said would do a better job of addressing global crises.

Meeting on the sidelines of a UN develop-ment summit, the so-called G4 said they were “legitimate candidates” to become perma-nent Security Council members and backed each other’s candidacy.

“A more representative and e� ective Se-curity Council is needed more than ever to address the global con� icts and crises that (have) spiraled in recent years,” said a state-ment by the four leaders. There have been mounting calls for changes to the powerful UN council which has been deeply divided over how to address the war in Syria, now in its � fth year with more than 240,000 dead.

Merkel met with Brazil’s Dilma Rousse� , Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who agreed that a new round of talks on changes to the Security Council should yield results.

The UN General Assembly earlier this month agreed on a negotiating text on Securi-ty Council reform, but China, the United States and Russia refused to sign on to the initiative.

The three countries along with Britain and France are the � ve veto-wielding permanent members of the council, while the 10 other seats rotate among UN member-states. l

West reaches out to Iran as Syria strategy stumblesn Agencies

US and Western diplomats scrambled to cob-ble together a diplomatic strategy to end the war in Syria, after the latest humiliating blow to their military plan.

Secretary of State John Kerry and his Euro-pean counterparts reached out to traditional foe Iran on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Iran and Russia back Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad, whom Washington sees as the instigator of the civil war that left half his country in the hands of the Islamic State group.

Unwilling to countenance a peace process that would leave Assad in power after he al-ienated or killed so many of his people, the US has backed small “moderate” rebel groups.

But that strategy appeared in tatters on Saturday after the Pentagon admitted the lat-est US-trained � ghters to cross into Syria had given a quarter of their gear to al-Qaeda.

A previous 54-strong group that crossed into Syria earlier this year was attacked by al-Qaeda’s local franchise, the al-Nusra Front, and fell apart, leaving only four or � ve guer-rillas active.

With the initiative falling away, Kerry and his allies came to New York hoping to per-suade Tehran and Moscow to push for a broad political solution to the con� ict.

On Friday, the Pentagon admitted a 70-strong group of rebels that it had trained to � ght the Islamic State as part of a $500m programme had surrendered much of its equipment, including vehicles and muni-tions, to the al-Nusra Front.

US Central Command, which oversees the � ght against the IS group, is also facing an in-vestigation into reports it had manipulated intelligence reports to paint a rosier picture of the campaign.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded US support for re-bel forces in Syria as illegal and ine� ective, saying US-trained rebels were leaving to join Islamic State with weapons supplied by Washington.

In an interview with US networks recorded ahead of a meeting with his US counterpart Barack Obama, Putin said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad deserved international sup-port as he was � ghting terrorist organisations.

“In my opinion, provision of military sup-port to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United Nations Charter,” he said in an ex-cerpt of an interview with US television net-works CBS and PBS released by the Kremlin.

Russia has stepped up its military in-volvement in Syria in recent weeks, with US o� cials accusing Moscow of sending com-bat aircraft, tanks and other equipment to

help the Syrian army.Conservative British newspaper The Sun-

day Telegraph reported that UK Prime Min-ister David Cameron is open to keeping Syr-ian President Bashar al-Assad in power in the short term while a unity government is formed in the country.

Citing an unnamed high-level government source, the newspaper said Cameron’s view was: “There is not a long-term, stable, peace-ful future for Syria where Syrian people can re-turn home with President Assad as its leader.”

Asked whether Assad could remain during a transition period, the source said Camer-on would not demand he immediately steps down.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel also said last week it was necessary to speak to “many actors, among them Assad.”

German government o� cials, however, denied Merkel was backing the positions of Spain or Austria, who see Assad as possibly playing a role in an interim solution for Syria that would involve joining with international military forces to defeat Islamic State.

Critics have been urging Western pow-er-brokers to be more decisive in the Middle East and Syria, where the United Nations has said 250,000 people have died after four years of con� ict, and say lack of a clear pol-icy has given Islamic State opportunities to expand. l

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4 funerals and a wedding: China President Xi mends political bridgesn Reuters, Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s attendance at the funeral earlier this year of a one-time propagan-da minister was a surprise; Deng Liqun, who died aged 99, was never a top-ranked o� cial and had been a political enemy of Xi’s father.

Xi’s presence, sources said, was in fact part of a nascent e� ort to heal wounds across Chi-na’s ideological divide after his unrelenting crackdown on corruption alienated senior of-� cials from the ruling Communist Party, gov-ernment and military.

Xi wants to consolidate support ahead of the 19th party congress in 2017, when the sev-en-member Politburo Standing Committee, is reshu� ed, said the sources.

While Xi is expected to rule until 2023, he needs to get allies on the committee who will back his three-year war on corruption and his plans for reforming China’s slowing economy, experts said.

Xi has been involved in a number of funer-als this year for ex-o� cials who spanned Chi-na’s political spectrum.

The Chinese leader’s anti-graft campaign has netted scores of senior o� cials, targeted in� uential families and frightened a bureau-cracy to the point where some o� cials won’t make decisions for fear of drawing attention to themselves.

It has also traumatised political factions.

Father’s nemesisThat’s why Xi was among the mourners at Deng’s funeral in Beijing on February 17, where he bowed three times before the body of the ultra-conservative Marxist ideologue, sources said.

Xi had no obligation to go, the sources add-ed, requesting anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to foreign media.

Deng had also been a nemesis of Xi’s late father, Xi Zhongxun, a vice premier in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

“Deng Liqun was a leftist and Xi Zhongxun a rightist. They were political enemies since ... the 1950s,” one source said.

“Xi went because he needs leftists in his � ght against corruption,” the source said.

Experts believe that, in a worst-case sce-nario, conservatives could try to oust Xi, es-pecially if the economy falters further and unemployment sky-rockets.

The president has walked a tightrope tar-geting “tigers,” or senior � gures, in his cor-ruption crackdown.

‘He’s their guy’Xi has also paid tribute to those on China’s political right. Zeng Yanxiu, the � rst party member purged in the 1957 Anti-Rightist movement against liberal intellectuals, died in Beijing on March 3, according to sources close to the family. He was 96.

“Xi has been courting both the left and the right in the party,” a second source with lead-ership ties said. “Xi is a pragmatist, neither a rabid conservative nor excessive liberal.”

“Xi draws strength from convincing both sides of the ideological divide that he’s their guy,” said Christopher Johnson, a China ex-pert at the Center for Strategic and Interna-tional Studies in Washington, referring to Xi’s focus on funerals.

Disquiet in the ranksAnti-graft investigators have focused particu-lar attention on the military, causing much dis-quiet throughout the ranks, sources have said.

While Xi appears to have attended no pub-lic weddings since assuming power, his own showed his penchant for keeping his cards close to his chest.

Xi, then 34, and his wife, Peng Liyuan, then 24 and a popular army singer, exchanged vows in a simple ceremony at Xi’s home in the southeastern port city of Xiamen in 1987 where he was a vice mayor, o� cial media re-ported last year. l

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Why Catalonia wants to secede from Spain?n Tribune Desk

Catalonia has always had a distinct cul-ture and language and a strong desire for self-government. Though Catalonia lost its independence in 1714, there was a political and cultural renaissance in the 19th centu-ry which eventually led to the proclamation of the Catalan Republic in 1931. Subsequent negotiations with the Spanish Republic led to a wide-reaching autonomy. However, General Franco’s fascist victory in 1939 led to the suspension of Catalonia’s autonomy, a ban on the Catalan language, and a � erce repression forcing 200,000 Catalans to go into exile. Franco also ordered the execu-tion of Catalonia’s President at that time, Lluís Companys.

After Franco’s death, 1977 saw the return of the Catalan President, Josep Tarradellas who had been elected in exile. This allowed for the reestablishment of the autonomous government. Subsequently, the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the 1979 Statute of Autonomy for Catalonia set the limits of its autonomy.

Spain has become economically and so-cially modernised since then but it has not fully accommodated its internal diversity into its political setup. A new statute of au-tonomy, agreed by referendum in Catalo-

nia and passed by the Spanish parliament in 2006, was drastically altered by a con-troversial court ruling in 2010. Catalonia’s proposal for greater fiscal autonomy was then rejected out of hand. Attacks against Catalonia’s education system and linguis-tic rights have also increased and more and more recentralisation measures are being taken.

A referendum on self-determination is necessary to reset the relationship between Catalonia and Spain.

It is the popular demand of more than 80% of Catalans in opinion polls, and of a clear ma-jority of members of the Catalan parliament.

Catalonia voted on November 9, 2014 in a non-binding participatory process which showed, once more, the determination of the Catalan population to decide their own future. Despite the � rm legal and political opposition of the Spanish Government and judicial bodies, a total of 2,305,290 Catalans cast their vote, 35.81% of those who were eli-gible to do so. 80.76% of these citizens voted in favour of independence, 4.54% against and 10.7% in favour of a non-independent state (the federal solution).

As this vote was a non-binding one, the Catalan President, Artur Mas, called an early election with a plebiscitary character to be held on September 27, 2015. This vote will

become a “de facto” referendum on inde-pendence from Spain. This kind of election with a plebiscitary character is not the ideal solution (unlike a binding referendum agreed

with the Spanish State would have been) but it will o� er the democratic guarantees and international validity required by any process of independence. l

CHRONICLE

A glimpse at the history of Catalonia’s independence driveCatalonia votes on Sunday in a regional elec-tion which nationalist leaders hope will lead to independence from Spain by 2017.

Following are key dates in the histo-ry of Catalonia’s long struggle to become independent:

1932 Spain’s parliament grants Catalonia a statute of autonomy granting it broad powers over its internal a� airs.

January 24, 1939General Francisco Franco’s forces take con-

trol of Barcelona after a three-year civil war. Catalan autonomy is suppressed and the speaking of Catalan in public is banned across Spain until Franco’s death in 1975.

October 31, 1978Spain’s new constitution recognises Catalo-nia among various distinct communities in Spain.

October 25, 1979Catalans approve in a referendum a new au-tonomy statute for greater powers in areas such as healthcare, education and culture.

June 18, 2006 Catalans approve a new autonomy charter, negotiated with the then Socialist govern-ment and approved by the national parlia-ment, increasing their � scal and judicial pow-ers and describing Catalonia as a “nation.”

June 2010Responding to an appeal by the conservative Popular Party, Spain’s Constitutional Court approves parts of the 2006 autonomy charter.

January 23, 2013 Catalonia’s parliament approves a declara-

tion of sovereignty that it says permits the region to vote on self-determination, but Spanish judges rule that unconstitutional in March 2014.

November 9, 2014 Catalonia de� es Madrid and presses ahead with a symbolic referendum on in-dependence despite a court order that it be suspended. Turnout is just 37%, of which over 80% vote in favour of independence.

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Crucial legislative elections in CataloniaTogether for Yes*

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Nepal imposes vehicle curbs on fuel shortage fearsn AFP, Birgunj, Nepal

Nepal Sunday imposed nationwide restric-tions on vehicle use due to growing fears of a fuel shortage, as protesters seeking changes to a new constitution vowed to keep blocking a major border trade route.

Drivers are allowed on the roads only on alternate days, depending on whether their licence plates end in odd or even numbers, to try to counter the e� ect of the blockade im-posed on the India-Nepal border since Thurs-day night.

Hundreds of protesters called for amend-ments to the constitution as they blocked a bridge crossing in the town of Birgunj, 90km south of Kathmandu, that serves as the key hub for oil and food imports into landlocked Nepal.

The protesters, from the Madhesi commu-nity, are angry about plans to divide the Him-alayan nation into seven federal provinces under the charter adopted on September 20.

More than 40 people have died in weeks of clashes between police and protesters from the Madhesi and Tharu communities.

Customs o� cials in Birgunj said the block-ade has halted all tra� c for days.

O� cials said cargo movement through other border checkpoints has also declined since last week.

The government has asked international airlines to carry their own supplies on board if they need to refuel in the capital because of concerns of an impending shortage on the ground, Kathmandu airport spokesman Pur-na Prasad Chudal said, without elaborating. l

Clinton on email controversy: A ‘drip, drip, drip’ of revelationsn Reuters, Washington, DC

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clin-ton said on Sunday the politically damaging “drip, drip, drip” of revelations about her use of a private email server is out of her control and she is unsure when the controversy might end.

Clinton, who has seen her lead shrivel in the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, said she has tried to be as open as possible and take responsibility for the email � ap.

“It is like a drip, drip, drip. That’s why I said there is only so much I can control,” Clin-ton told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

But asked if she could reassure nervous Democrats that no new email revelations would hit her campaign, she said: “I can’t pre-

dict to you what the Republicans will come up with, what sort of charges and claims they might make.”

Clinton has apologised for the email set-up and said it was a mistake. She gave 55,000 pages of work-related emails to the State Department last year but eliminated about 30,000 emails she said were personal. On Sunday, she said she did not help her lawyers determine which ones to turn over.

“I did not want to be looking over their shoulder,” she said, calling accusations she was trying to avoid transparency laws “ridiculous.”

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll on Sunday found Clinton’s lead over top rival Bernie Sanders, a US senator from Vermont, has dwindled to 7% points, 42% to 35% , amid the controversy. l

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TEDITORIALMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

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Climate change is the most important issue facing Bangladesh.With the homes and livelihoods of millions of people being

threatened by rising water levels permanently inundating entire districts, it is vital that the Global Goals on Sustainable

Development, adopted by world leaders at the UN this week, ful� lls its aim of � xing climate change by 2030.

For Bangladesh to successfully adapt to climate change, we urgently need the whole world to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

We agree with the head of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, that the best way to do this is by taxing fossil fuels to reduce emissions and create funds for investment in renewable alternatives.

Prominent economists are right to call for an end to the nearly $1tn spent each year subsidising fossil fuels, and to move towards global taxes on greenhouse-emitting fuels.

The World Bank estimates that, in low and middle-income countries, the richest � fth of the population uses up six times as much of these subsides as the poorest 20%. This is an unjust and illogical way to spend tax-payer funds. Not only does it increase greenhouse emissions, but it encourages wasteful consumption of � nite resources, and burns tax-payer money which could be better spent on education and development.

The prime minister should use her global standing as leader of a nation on the front-line of climate change and as a recipient of UNEP’s Champion of the Earth award, to press for rich countries to do more to reduce carbon emissions, and support Bangladesh in adapting to climate change.

Without a world-wide approach to taxing carbon and incentivising large industrialised nations to reduce emissions, policy changes in Bangladesh will not be enough to avert catastrophe.

Our government must not only do more to rationalise our own energy pricing policies, but take a stronger lead in calling on the world to get its act together.

A worldwide approach to taxing carbon and incentivising renewable energy is needed to avert catastrophe

Global Goals need global taxes on fossil fuels

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The wrong kind of sacri� ceContemporary Muslim society in Bangladesh regrettably treats Eid-ul-Azha, a highly regarded religious festival, as a ‘social meat festival,’ revealing the lack of attachment with the religiousness and spirituality of the event

The out� ow of refugees from the con� ict-ridden countries now, from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, or even Afghanistan, is not a result of any externally-driven war. The refugees are � eeing from wars that are imposed on them by their own kind

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n Namia Akhtar

Eid is an occasion to reconnect with our higher selves, the transcendent self that exists within us to connect with the celestial and to instill at

least a fragment of that celestial order in (or into) our lives. Nonetheless, in contempo-rary Muslim society in urban Bangladesh, Eid-ul-Azha has evolved into a social festival -- and less of a religious one -- that provides the middle class and the upper class with an opportunity to aggrandise their self-esteem. The days preceding the Eid-ul-Azha become a podium for self-aggrandisement which is performed and established through the com-parisons made among sacri� cial animals.

This comparison takes place through catechising at multiple levels, beginning with the price inquiry, then the marketplace from where the cow was bought, the quantity, the variety of animals bought by the household, and the number of shareholders. Some inquire into the price to judge the animal’s cost-e� ectiveness and to feel a sense of superiority in their economic purchase, while others inquire to take pleasure from having haggled it down to exclusive prices. Since higher earnings in our society is associat-

ed with that of a higher social status, the acquisition of expensive, super-sized cows provides heightened prestige to the family.

Nonetheless, some also take pride in buy-ing an “economic cow,” as it re� ects an en-hanced sense of masculinity and intelligence in terms of portraying better bargaining power among the men in the family. Thus, both exclusiveness and cost-e� ectiveness of the purchase stipulate grati� cation.

Additionally, individuals and families who are in acquisition of exclusive cows feel acute hubris. Hubris of the self emerges, as the dearly-priced animals are markers of class distinction that are unreachable to the other classes, setting a mark of distinctive pride. More than a religious festival, Eid-ul-Azha has become a festival to display one’s social standing through the animals that come into one’s possession, through which recogni-tion is acquired within the inter-class and intra-class social parameters.

In urban Dhaka, the quantity of the sac-ri� cial animals is also crucial and acts as a status symbol, since the quantity of sacri� -cial animals is perceived to have a positive

correlation with the religiosity and piousness of the family.

Intriguingly, the social perception of Eid-ul-Azha as an occasion for equitable protein distribution within society, contradicts the way it is being observed. When it comes to the implementation of equitable protein dis-tribution, the best portions of meat are kept for the cooking of sumptuous meat dishes to satisfy the cravings of the “privileged” stomachs.

Families claiming to be religious store signi� cant portions of the � nest meat for the demonstration of culinary skills, while the needy are given only the bare minimum, even though Islam strongly focuses on distributing a substantial portion of the meat to the poverty-stricken. From an Islamic per-spective, giving away considerable portions of meat is gainful in terms of its contribution to the spiritual essence of human beings, as well as for life after death.

Society’s capitalist orientation of Eid is re� ected in the media’s portrayal, as it becomes immensely occupied in the days leading up to the festival in enlightening the

public about attires that are in vogue and the projected prices in the cattle market. Articles or essays addressing the spiritual or the religious aspects of this festival rarely make it to the media, since it is of least concern to the majority of the people.

Eid-ul Azha is, from an Islamic perspec-tive, a long-awaited moment of complete submission of one’s desires and yearnings to the will of God through the oblation of a be-loved aspect of our life, as Prophet Abraham (pbuh) did while attempting to sacri� ce his son. From the tradition of Prophet Abraham’s (pbuh) oblation, comes the obligation of developing propinquity with the sacri� cial animal, in such a way that Muslims treat it as their own child.

Humans share a special bond with ani-mals, that is strongly re� ected in pet-owners, as the vicinity of the human-animal hearts mould profound love, making them insepara-ble. Renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Hamza Yusuf noted in one of his lectures that meat consumption is highly discouraged in Islam and, consequently, through the oblation of the beloved animal, empathy develops with-in the heart, which potentially cultivates an inner tenderness restricting meat consump-tion.

In addition, the Eid-ul-Azha also provides us with a remarkable opportunity to learn from the “sacri� cial” abilities of the animals, and utilise this learning in our everyday lives, in terms of our relationship with God, and in terms of enhancing our capacity to negotiate with other human beings. The festival of Eid-ul-Azha, in terms of the actual day of cel-ebration and the days prior to it, is a ritual to develop a feeling of respect towards animals through the formation of a spiritual bond.

Unfortunately, the meat-eating mantra has presided over the spiritual aspect of

Eid-ul-Azha, where sacri� cial animals are commodi� ed, with little attention being paid to their treatment. For instance, the o� ering procedure is carried out in a deeply errone-ous manner. The beauty of Islam lies in its kindness towards Allah’s creations, and it is for this reason slaughtering an animal in front of another is not permitted, as it in� icts mental torture on the animal witnessing it -- an animal that witnesses the slaughtering of another animal before being slain encounters death twice, for which Islam prohibits it.

Furthermore, Islam discourages an individual from o� ering sacri� ce under two conditions: If the individual’s family member(s) is already making a sacri� ce that is su� cient for the entire family. And secondly, if one has the slightest suspicion regarding the animal’s ill-treatment and su� ering, for example, in relation to the animal being transported in appalling conditions, or the possibility of the sacri� cial animal being slaughtered in front of another. Under these two circumstances, it is encouraged to pay an amount of money equivalent to the price of a sacri� cial animal to a person in need, or to a charitable organisation.

Contemporary Muslim society in Bangladesh regrettably treats Eid-ul-Azha, a highly regarded religious festival, as a “social meat festival,” revealing the lack of attachment with the religiousness and spirituality of the event. Acquiring Islamic knowledge is of crucial importance to amend the current social practices and to better serve the religious, spiritual, and social objectives of Eid-ul Azha. l

Namia Akhtar is a Research Associate of Bangladesh Enterprise and a student of BRAC Institute of Governance and Development.

The wrong kind of sacri� ceEid-ul-Azha has become more about the price of our cattle than the extent of our sacri� ce

Contemporary Muslim society in Bangladesh regrettably treats Eid-ul-Azha, a highly regarded religious festival, as a ‘social meat festival,’ revealing the lack of attachment with the religiousness and spirituality of the event

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n MJ Akbar

There is a small but signi� cant question about the 1965 war that no one has asked and, therefore, no one has answered. Why did Pakistan

code-name the � rst part of its dual campaign after a small, rocky island o� the coast of Spain and still in the possession of Britain? Why was the August 1965 assault, in which Pak-trained � ghters posing fraudulently as “Kashmiris” attempted an insurrection in the Valley, called Operation Gibraltar? It seems odd, if not downright idiosyncratic. Except that it was not deception; it had a meaning that would resonate among militants in Pakistan.

Gibraltar begins life in history as the launch-pad of a Muslim Arab victory that changed the history of the world. Like so many Spanish place-names, it is a distortion of Arabic. The island was named by Arabs

after Tariq ibn Ziyad defeated the Visigoth king Roderick, and laid the foundations of Muslim rule on the Iberian peninsula that would last till the middle of the next millennium.

The Arab success was swift and stunning. As the iconic historian Edward Gibbon wrote in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, if the Arabs had moved west from west instead of turning east, Britain could well have fallen and minarets might have risen instead of spires in Oxford and Cambridge.

I cannot be very certain about the ambitions of General Ayub Khan, who was dictator of Pakistan then, since he was widely considered a realist, but the name certainly re� ected the fantasies of his young foreign minister Zul� qar Ali Bhutto, who was the principal architect of Pakistan’s invasion of Jammu and Kashmir in 1965. Perhaps Ayub Khan was a realist only in comparison to Bhutto. Even after the comprehensive defeat of Pakistan in 1971, Bhutto was still talking of a thousand-year war with India.

Pakistan activated a two-stage plan in the autumn of 1965. The � rst, through Operation Gibraltar, was designed as a mirror of 1947-48, when trained irregulars, commanded and accompanied by regulars and o� cers, were sent to create an alibi uprising.

The second stage was called Operation

Grand Slam, which was to be conducted by formal troops of the Pak army. After some tense � ghting, both were reversed, and Pakistan ended up losing ground across the line and an international reputation for foolhardy failure that it has not quite erased. But is there a clue in the name of the second stage as well?

Yes. Grand Slam is, as everyone knows, a term from bridge: The ultimate contract, and therefore the highest form of victory. By the cease� re, there was nothing grand left about the mission, and the contract ended in shambles. But the name o� ers a hint about the mind-set.

The Pakistan elite, till the mid-70s, when General Zia-ul-Haq led the coup d’etat that overthrew Bhutto, was a combination of Islamic tendency and Burra Sahib behaviour. The bureaucrats and o� cers were Anglicised children of the British Raj, who ruled the country without much interference from the

elected class, who might have brought the � avours and biases of the land into the higher echelons of Karachi, Rawalpindi (which was home to General Headquarters) and Islamabad.

This conclave of privilege lived by the rules and etiquette of club life, spoke good English, and considered itself a benevolent necessity that was doing its patriotic duty by keeping the geographical unity of Pakistan intact. It paid occasional homage to Islam, when considered politically expedient, but not much more. Bhutto had the gall to tell the fundamentalists who objected to his preference for whiskey, that he was only drinking alcohol and not the people’s blood. This class was socially, culturally, and strategically attractive to its mentors in Washington and London, particularly in the Pentagon and Sandhurst.

That Pakistan is gone. It disappeared in stages, rather than overnight. Zia set the course during his long decade; he turned the annihilation of Pakistan in 1971 into a reason for rea� rmation of Islamicisation, rather than its abrogation. His successors lost direction as new tides of religious fervour began to envelop the public discourse and then the polity.

General Pervez Musharraf tried to reverse this process, but with the weakness of a dilettante. His heart lay in preservation of

personal rule, not in bringing the nation back to its senses. He was the Bahadur Shah Zafar of the Grand Slam Sultans. The deluge did not wait for his departure; it came while he was in power.

Delhi has to deal with a radically di� erent power structure in Islamabad. Those who claim o� ce in Pakistan, even by democratic elections, know that survival is possible only through compromise, with fundamentalists. That is one of the critical hurdles to any form of a peace process.

I cannot think of anyone in India who would miss Bhutto, but spare a thought for Ayub Khan and his predecessors. It is no surprise that the general understood war much better than his arrogant civilian deputy. l

MJ Akbar is an Indian journalist. He is the founder of The Sunday Guardian. This article was � rst published in The Sunday Guardian.

Fundamentalism and the Burra SahibsUntil the mid-70s, the Pakistani elite was a combination of Islamic tendencies and Burra Sahib behaviour. That Pakistan is no more

Those who claim o� ce in Pakistan, even by democratic elections, know that survival is possible only through compromise, with fundamentalists. That is one of the critical hurdles to any form of a peace process

Did General Zia-ul-Haq set the course for fundamentalism in Pakistan?

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n Ziauddin Choudhury

The wave of refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Yemen continues to strike the shores of Europe and, at the moment, it does not look like it’s

going to stop anytime soon. While Western European nations struggle with this relent-less human wave, the neighbouring countries in the region do not appear to be in any hurry to stop the cause of this mass migration.

Some countries such as Lebanon or Jordan may be too weak because of the internal struggles they have among themselves to do any powerful intervention, but others who have both the � nancial and military resourc-es to intervene are not willing to put out any e� ort to stop this crisis. One of the mighty military powers in the region, in fact, let out its forces to join the fray in Yemen on behalf of a warring party instead of quelling the war there.

Unfortunately, the wars that are currently raging in the Middle East are all home-grown, and are among parties that are rooted in the soils of the a� ected countries. The war in Syria that started as a rebellion against President Assad and his cohorts, morphed into a hydra-headed monster, splintering the rebellion into several groups that are currently feuding more among themselves than against the government of that country.

The ultimate feud was sown by a rebel group, which, in the name of establishing a true Islamic state, seized territories in a failed state and marched on to annex territories from neighbouring Iraq by defeating a thor-oughly demoralised and weak Iraqi force. The success of this violently radical group in holding on to a sizable territory in Syria and Iraq for over a year, and their zealous implementation of harsh laws in the name of

religion, turned that area into a police state that was no better than the one the group was supposed to have liberated from Presi-dent Assad.

As the civil war ravaged city after city with strikes by government forces, militants from the Islamic state gained most, because they were better organised and better motivated than other rebel groups. But, in the mean-time, people in these cities became the helpless collaterals.

The situation in Iraq was hardly better -- the inability of the Iraqi Army to defend Iraqi cities in the face of advancing jihadists from Syria, and the failure of the Iraqi government to provide security to its Sunni minority, splintered the country into two camps. This internal division also helped the expansion of the so-called Islamic state into Iraqi terri-tory. People in the fallen territories became victims of not only the war between the two armies, but also the increasing Shia-Sunni strife.

While wars in Syria and Iraq went from bad to worse, a third � ght began in Yemen, again resulting from historic internal struggle between two sects. What had once begun as

a rebellion of the people against a corrupt president, leading to the exit of said pres-ident, turned, again, into a battle between two opposing Shia-Sunni sects, one seeking domination over the other.

The � ght was exacerbated when Saudi Arabia decided to come and join forces with the government to put out the rebel army. The � ght there shows no sign of termination even after three months of external inter-vention. Like the hapless Syrians and Iraqis, the Yemenis have also joined the wave of refugees.

Yet another source of the procession of refugees who are pounding the walls of Europe is Afghanistan, which has been a perennial supplier of refugees to the world (since the Russian invasion). The successive governments there, since the fall of the Talib-an, have been too weak to provide a sense of protection or security to its people. With the resilient Taliban forces harassing the govern-ment frequently, the � ow of refugees from that country continues unabated.

There is a temptation in some quarters to provide a blanket explanation for all the con� icts that are raging in most Middle

Eastern countries -- putting the blame on the external powers for the current crisis for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq more than a decade ago. The idea is that the refugee crisis would not have occurred had there been no such wars. There may be some merit to such arguments, if the genesis of the current crisis were solely attributable to the previous wars. However, it is not entirely so.

Much of the current refugee crisis in the Middle East and Afghanistan has to do with political instability within the countries and rivalry among the countries to dominate regional politics. In doing so, these countries have aligned with super-powers of the world to retain their areas of interest.

Wars, per se, do not create refugees. Wars generally create displaced persons who have to move from places of con� ict to safer plac-es. This we had seen in major wars in Europe and Asia in the past. However, the displaced people moved back to their own homes when the wars were over.

The out� ow of refugees from the con� ict-ridden countries now, from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, or even Afghanistan, is not a result of any externally-driven war. The refugees are � eeing from wars that are imposed on them by their own kind, either for throwing out regimes that they do not want or they are � ghting amongst themselves to gain political control.

They are � eeing their country because the government there is unable to protect them. They are � eeing from persecution carried out by their own people because of their sect or beliefs. These are not wars carried out by for-eigners. These are wars created by their own people. No wonder they want to leave.

The supreme irony is that, the lands that the refugees seek for their safety and security are not those that are in their vicinity or which are closer to their culture and religious beliefs. These are distant lands that are as far removed from them physically as they are culturally and ethnically. They are not only � eeing their own countries, but also the entire region, as they do not think their neighbours would welcome them. They have become pariahs to their own kind.

The refugees from the Middle East have raised both short-term and long-term issues for the region and for the Western powers who are torn between a moral obligation to give them asylum and a practical problem of accommodating them at a substantial cost to their economies. It is ironic that, while the Western powers debate these issues, � nancially solvent countries in the Middle East have decided to remain silent on the subject.

Refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Yemen should be of equal concern to the countries in that region. Today, it might be only these three countries, where in� ghting has driven people from their homes. Tomorrow, it might be the countries in their vicinity. This out� ow needs to be stopped at the root. And it can only happen if all countries in the Arabian Gulf and Middle East join forces.

Ziauddin Choudhury is a commentator and analyst.

From one hostile land to anotherMiddle Eastern refugees wish to run away from their entire region, not just their respective nations

The out� ow of refugees from the con� ict-ridden countries now, from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, or even Afghanistan, is not a result of any externally-driven war. The refugees are � eeing from wars that are imposed on them by their own kind

The refugees look to cultures far removed from their own for hope REUTERS

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The easiest memorisation techniques

n Rafi d Ahnaf

Most of us are not too practised at keeping everything inside our heads, and we end up fearing the idea of memorisation. Remember all those countless nights when we tried to learn everything on the syllabus by heart, only to remember nothing the day after. Memorising is a vital part of learning in every step of your life. Don’t worry, we won’t have you memorise the techniques for better memorisation, but will hopefully give you an idea about the importance of understanding content, before blindly memorising word by word.

Understanding is keyIf you have to memorise the de� nition of Brownian motion for your physics quiz tomorrow, avoid trying to do that without understanding what is written. When you clearly know what you are studying, it becomes easier to recall the next word while downloading the information from your brain memory. Even if not the exact words, but because you understand the idea completely, you can write answers in your own words and still try to adhere to the main essence of the de� nition.

RepetitionABCDEFGHIJK ELOMENOPEE. What was that you ask? Well that is what we sound like when we are saying the alphabets out loud, or even inside our heads. We can forget our baes’ names, but we will never forget the 26 alphabets. This is because we have learned it through repetition. The more you read something, or the more you write it, the faster and deeper it gets settled into your brain. If you are struggling with a de� nition, read it aloud a few times, then test yourself by writing it, then go back to reading it. Repeat until it is completely taken in by your system. If the problem is mathematical, for example product rule for di� erentiation, then rather than reading it out, write it down multiple times and don’t stop until your wrist can start writing the formula by itself without conscious order.

Pomodoro techniquePomodoro means a tomato in Spanish, where clock timers are commonly used in baking and cooking. It is recommended to use such a timer (essentially any timer) during your study session. Set the timer for 25-30 minutes and start studying. Memorise what you want to within this time frame, and

when the timer goes o� , shut your books and copies and give yourself a break for 5 minutes. You brain will cool down within this time, and then start the next 30 minute session once again. Research shows, that as time goes, the level of concentration falls for any person. However if small periodic breaks are taken, your brain gets time to replenish and then function properly again. This, is a very e� ective technique. Record itWhy not record that hideously large history answer into your phone and they play it? Many believe the best way to learn is to incorporate most, if not all, your senses.

Teach someoneWhen you think you have mastered the art of memorising a particular excerpt you wanted to, try and repeat it, but imagine you are teaching someone. Try teaching it to your younger brother or sister, but if they don’t want to be bothered with their busy lives, go ahead and try it out on a few dolls. The idea is, when you know you have to make someone understand, you put in more effort and in turn end up memorising well.l

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All that chaos surrounding anti-depressants

Lifestyle brand Menz Klub successfully completed 15 years of operations recently. Through a combined success in fashion forecasting and trend setting, they have been able to make a name for their youth formal wear and casual ready-to-wear collections. For their exclusive exhibitions on di� erent social media platforms, managing director Mahmudul Helal found a new face, Samir Rahman, for their modelling campaigns through a three day grooming session, from a pool of 11 candidates to represent the brand. However, the pool will also participate in numerous promotional o� ers for new collections on social media platforms as well. l

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n Khan N Moushumi

Have you, or someone you know, been su� ering from depression and been prescribed anti-depressants? Then you’re no stranger to their side e� ects, we’d assume. They claim to ease depression by outsourcing energy through your body, elevating your mood and giving you that feel-good factor, but many people often su� er from their side e� ects which can range from mild to deadly ones. And yes, there are a lot of them.

How do they work?

Anti-depressants, although do not claim to cure depression on a permanent basis, may elevate the symptoms. They work to correct chemical imbalances of neurotransmitters in the brain that are believed to cause changes in mood and

behavior. They are often used for psychiatric conditions such as social anxiety disorder, mild chronic depression and so on. There are di� erent kinds of anti-depressants that may fall under any of these four major categories:

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)Most widely used and considered to be a safer choice out of the lot, this one presumably has fewer side e� ects and works to elevate and stabilise moods.

Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)A relatively newer type of anti-depressant class used to treat mild to severe depressive disorder.

TricyclicsMostly used to treat depression, and sometimes even anxiety.

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)Not so widely used, this class includes anti-depressants that have a higher number of side e� ects and may clash with other medications and sometimes, even food.

Your doctor might give you a subtle warning before you take them, but it can actually get more serious. Here are some of the most common side e� ects that anti-depressants can cause.

Common side e� ects

They include nausea, sleeplessness, agitation, dry mouth, upset stomach, headache, weight gain, muscle aches and more.

Depression worsenedBecause of the placebo e� ect, a lot of patients may feel a � ush of energy for a short period of time until they fall back to being even more depressed.

Suicidal tendenciesStudies prove that patients with depressive disorders may experience a stronger urge to commit suicide if prescribed the wrong meds.

Loss of libidoKnown as one of the long-term side e� ects, patients may lose interest in sex or be unable to orgasm.

Addiction and withdrawalHave you ever heard of patients su� ering from insomnia who have to increase their doses in order for their sleeping meds to work? It’s

because those pills make them dependent. Similarly, anti-depressants have properties that work the same way. They make you dependent on them and sometimes, highly addicted. If stopped, patients may experience mild to severe withdrawal symptoms that can last for months.

That being said, all is not lost yet. Di� erent people may show di� erent sets of side e� ects and the trick is to thoroughly explain your doctor about your condition and � nding the right anti-depressant for you. Once your doctor prescribes you an anti-depressant, do some research before you actually start to take them. Look for their side-e� ects. Be patient, it may take a while to � nd the right one. But remember not to stick to something that’s doing more bad than good, because it doesn’t get worse before it gets better. l

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Directors refuse‘Fast and Furious 8’n Showtime Desk

After the death of Paul Walker, the latest of the Fast and Furious series, Furious 7, had much di� culties to overcome and handle before the world premier. Despite the challenges, the action � lm still progressed to become the third highest-grossing movie of all time. Keeping that in mind, with six previous successful � lms preceding Furious 7, the opportunity to direct number eight is surely a lucrative one, even though no one is stepping up to grab Vin Diesel’s ambitious venture.According to The Hollywood Reporter, even though the former � lm grossed over

a whopping $3.5 billion globally, Universal Studios is having trouble to � nd a suitable director for the eighth edition of the series. Previous director James Wan has rejected the o� er and chose to concentrate on his horror sequel, The Conjuring. A source con� rmed that the director feels the deal to be “life ending,” considering Furious 7 was extremely stressful for the 38-year-old and took a toll on his health. “Obviously, if there was any issue, we wouldn’t be making the eighth [� lm] with [Diesel] right now. The studio and � lmmakers loved working with James on Furious 7, but he was never in the mix for an eighth � lm due to a scheduling con� ict with The Conjuring 2. We are actively casting and searching for

the right director for the next chapter of the franchise,” said a Universal spokesperson.

It was even said that Vin Diesel himself was one of the reasons for the rejections to direct the � lm. The actor was accused of being “way too demanding” and as “di� cult to work with.”

The � lm is scheduled to be released in April 2017. l

n Showtime Desk

It is always a nice sight to see a � lm, without great expectations, do very well at the box o� ce. Sony Pictures have had a bit of poor form in the box o� ces around the world. However, their Hotel Transylvania 2 has gone past the projected $46 million mark.

The sequel’s initial opening projections for the weekend was a humble estimate. Surprisingly, it has had a huge weekend and bodes well for Sony Pictures Animation, being the best opening ever. Past Friday, the animated sequel opened domestically to 3,754 locations and gathered a little over $13 million on � rst-day numbers. The original � lm opened with $42 million back in 2012, with an overall raking of $148 million domestically.

The � lm features voices of Adamn Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James and Keegan-Michael Key.Rounding up the other box o� ce, coming in second was The Intern, starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. The � lm

picked up $6 million from 3,305 locations and is expected to go over $17 million in its weekend haul. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials stays strong in third picking up around $13-$14 million as the weekend comes to a close. This sequel earned around

$30 million in its opening weekend and is expected to stay in the top � ve in the coming week.Universal’s Everest comes in forth, while the horror � ick by Eli Roth, The Green Inferno squeezes into the top � ve. l

X-Men 2Star Movies 4:00pmThe X-Men band together to � nd a mutant assassin who has made an attempt on the President’s life, while the Mutant Academy is attacked by military forces.Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Brian Cox

Journey 2: The Mysterious IslandWB 5:00pmSean Anderson partners with his mom’s husband on a mission to � nd his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Luis Guzmán, Vanessa Hudgens

EragonStar Movies 7:00pmIn his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon’s egg; a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realizes he’s the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.Cast: Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, Djimon Hounsou

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsWB 9:00pmSherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their � ercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Jared Harris, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams.

WHAT TO WATCH

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Neymar over tax evasion allegations surrounding the Barcelona striker. The 23-year-old is already battling

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29-MEMBER SQUADRussel Mahmud Liton, Shahidul Alam

Sohel, Mazharul Islam Hemel, Ashraful Rana; Rayhan Hasan, Topu Barman,

Nasirul Islam Nasir, Yeasin Khan, Atiqur Rahman Meshu, Yeamin Munna, Waly Faisal, Faysal Mahmood, Rezaul Karim;

Ruman, Jamal Bhuiyan, Mamunul Islam, Sohel Rana, Monaem Khan Raju, Shahedul

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Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan (L) exchanges pleasantries with national women’s cricket captain Salma Khatun (R) at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday MAINOOR ISLAM MANIK

Lopez cuts o� national trio n Tribune Report

National trio Hemanta Vincent Biswas, Nasir Uddin Chowdhury and Enamul Haque missed out on the 29-member Bangladesh squad which began its conditional training camp at BKSP yesterday.

Italian head coach Fabio Lopez exclud-ed the star trio alongside eight others from the preliminary 40-man squad ahead of the upcoming 2018 Fifa World Cup second round away quali� er against Kyrgyzstan next month.

Sheikh Jamal DC defender Nasir and Muk-tijoddha SKC striker Enamul were overlooked due to injury concerns. Centre-back Nasir, who is usually � rst choice when available, would be cursing his luck as he also missed the earlier quali� ers against Asian champions Australia and Jordan.

Sheikh Russel mid� elder Hemanta on the other hand did not make it as he breached the disciplinary code on September 18 when he took part in a local football match in Dinajpur without the consent of the Bangladesh Foot-ball Federation. Hemanta was later asked by Lopez not to join the camp.

It was not all bad news however, as the newly-appointed Lopez named young Team BJMC forward Nabib Newaj Jibon in the line-up after being impressed with the juvenile striker recently. Lopez also included veteran defenders Faysal Mahmood and Rezaul Karim following long lay-o� s from injury.

Lopez is preparing his charges for his � rst o� cial challenge as the Bangladesh trainer ever since taking charge on September 10. The Bengal Tigers will take on Kyrgyzstan on Oc-tober 13 away at Spartak Stadium. The men in red and green are scheduled to leave here for Bishkek on October 9.

Bangladesh lost their home quali� er against the Kyrgyz 3-1 on June 11 this year at Bangabandhu National Stadium. l

There is no pressure on us to go to Pakistan, says Salma 15-member Bangladesh women’s squad to � y today for T20Is and ODIs

n Mazhar Uddin

Pakistan Cricket Board has assured of pro-viding VVIP security measures to the Bang-ladesh women’s team who will � y to the ter-ror-stricken country today. Salma Khatun and her troop will play two international Twen-ty20s alongside two one-day internationals in Karachi.

“There is no pressure on us to go to Paki-stan and we are going on our own,” all-round-er Khatun told reporters yesterday. “The board took our opinion. We have been looking for an away tour as we did not play enough international cricket for sometime now. After the last Asian Games (in 2014) we have not played any matches, so we are eager to play some competitive cricket.

“Naturally our parents were concerned. We talked with them and convinced them.

“There is nothing risky in it because these kind of things happen in every country and not only in Pakistan,” she added.

Salma showed no concerns with the secu-rity measures in place and insisted on con-centrating on the game only. “We have been training for the past two months or so though we were not con� rmed about the tour earlier,

but now we are going to Pakistan. I think we are ready for the tour and we are not going there to watch any sort of violence but to play cricket. We will only think about the game and playing better cricket will be our top pri-ority,” she said.

No international cricket matches were played in Pakistan between 2009 and 2015 af-ter a terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore in March, 2009.

The country’s six-year isolation ended when the Zimbabwe men’s side toured Pakistan in May-June this year for two Twenty20 interna-tionals and three one-day internationals.

Bangladesh Cricket Board only agreed to send the women’s team last week after the visit of the four-member delegation earli-er this month. The delegation later gave the green signal to the BCB.

“We were promised that the team would be given VVIP security, like the ones usually giv-en to the president or the prime minister of a country,” team manager Sha� qul Haque said. l

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Manchester United’s Spanish mid� elder Juan Mata (C) gestures after scoring their third goal against Sunderland in the English Premier League at Old Tra� ord in Manchester on Saturday AFP

City slip at Lane as United climb to topCan United stay at the top?Manchester City’s collapse at the hands of Tottenham meant that United went into the game knowing that a win will get them to the top of the table. While the football in the � rst half wasn’t as � uid as it has been at Old Traf-ford for the past two decades, this is a very di� erent United side. A side whose founda-tions are solid, especially in central defence and thrives on domination of the ball and be-ing clinical when presented with chances. The chants of “United, United, top of the league,” from the home fans haven’t been heard for a long time at Old Tra� ord. But if United main-tain their solid foundation and can keep their forwards � t, they will have a chance of stay-ing at the top. But that is a very big “if”.

Lack of width – Chelsea too predictable? Mourinho likes using the 4-2-3-1 formation. It has earned him huge success over the years but may be he should tweak the system a bit.

Just an alternative thought: Is Nemanja Matic not good enough to perform the anchor role alone? That will allow Fabregas to play a lit-tle forward, and the three attacking wingers, especially Pedro and Hazard can spread the play. At this moment, the front three is very clustered, Chelsea are becoming very predict-able with their set up.

Newcastle went into shell, Chelsea’s change of tacticsQuite surprisingly, Newcastle went into de-fensive mode after the break. While Chelsea tried to be aggressive, the Magpies were hap-py to sit back and rely on counter attacks. Had Newcastle been more adventurous, especial-ly after taking 2-0 lead, the result could have been di� erent. Mourinho in a way was forced to make those changes. He wanted more at-tacking players on the pitch. In the end it took two very good individual e� orts to avoid an-other defeat

Spurs need to perform consistentlyThe best side won the game. In every aspect of the game and across all the positions, Tot-tenham were superior to Manchester City. After the disappointing performance against Arsenal in midweek, it was vital that the hosts put in a strong performance. After go-ing behind to Kevin de Bruyne’s marginally o� side goal, the home side rallied. They had their own slices of good luck – Eric Dier’s goal should have been ruled out for an earlier o� -side in the move and Harry Kane’s long-await-ed goal appeared to be o� side, too – but that shouldn’t count against Spurs. What must be most infuriating for the Tottenham fans is that they are so glorious inconsistent.

City’s attacking flamboyance must be teamed with defensive rigidityManuel Pellegrini has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to attacking talent, spending over £100m on Raheem Sterling

and De Bruyne during the summer transfer window. It would appear that the Chilean has neglected an important aspect of his side’s balance – the attack can only be as good as the defence which protects the team. Pellegrini was unfortunate to lose Vincent Kompany to illness prior to the game and to have Joe Hart nursing a minor complaint too.

Martial with a masterclassAnthony Martial may not have scored the goal that would have made him the � rst United player in over four decades to score in his � rst three league games, but delivered a perfor-mance that only enhanced the notion that he might yet prove to be a bargain. While it is true that strikers are measured by the amount of goals they score, Martial gave his � nest perfor-mance yet, leading the line for the Red Devils as the French striker delivered a masterclass in how to lead the line. If he continues to per-form like this, goals will certainly follow. l

EPLLeicester 2-5 ArsenalVardy 13, 89 Sanchez 33, 57, 81, Walcott 18, Giroud 90

Liverpool 3-2 Aston VillaMilner 2, Sturridge 59, 67 Gestede 66, 71

Man United 3-0 SunderlandDepay 45+4, Rooney 46, Mata 90

Newcastle 2-2 ChelseaPerez 42, Wijnaldum 60 Ramires 79, Willian 86

Southampton 3-1 SwanseaVan Dijk 11, Sigurdsson 83-PTadic 54, Mane 61

Stoke 2-1 BournemouthWalters 32, Diouf 83 Gosling 76

Tottenham 4-1 Man CityDier 45, Alderweireld 50, De Bruyne 25Kane 61, Lamela 79

West Ham 2-2 NorwichSakho 33, Kouyate 90 Brady 9, Redmond 83

Paris St Germain striker Edinson Cavani heads to score against FC Nantes during their French Ligue 1 match at the Beaujoire stadium in Nantes on Saturday REUTERS

PSG go four points clearn Reuters, Paris

Zlatan Ibrahimovic underlined his return to scoring form as he helped Paris St Germain

stretch their Ligue 1 lead to four points with a 4-1 comeback win at Nantes on Saturday.

The Sweden striker cancelled out Yacine Bammou’s early opener three minutes into the second half before Edinson Cavani, An-gel Di Maria and Serge Aurier’s goals put the champions on 20 points from eight games.

Coach Laurent Blanc took o� the disap-pointing Lucas and sent on Cavani in the 64th minute and it only took the Uruguay striker nine minutes to make his presence felt as he headed home unmarked at the near post from Di Maria’s corner. It was Cavani’s sixth goal in Ligue 1 this season. Argentina winger Di Maria then volleyed in Pastore’s cross before Aurier completed the rout in the last minute for PSG, the only unbeaten side in Ligue 1.

Olympique Lyonnais now trail PSG by eight points after they slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Gi-rondins de Bordeaux. l

POINTS TABLE ON SATURDAYPOS CLUB PLD PTS

1 Man Utd 7 16

2 Man City 7 15

3 West Ham 7 13

4 Arsenal 7 13

5 Spurs 7 12

6 Leicester 7 12

7 Liverpool 7 11

8 Everton 6 9

9 Southampton 7 9

10 Crystal Palace 6 9

11 Swansea 7 9

12 Watford 6 9

13 Norwich 7 9

14 West Brom 6 8

15 Chelsea 7 8

16 Bournemouth 7 7

17 Stoke 7 6

18 Aston Villa 7 4

19 Newcastle 7 3

20 Sunderland 7 2

LIGUE 1Nantes 1-4 Paris SGBammou 11 Ibrahimovic 48, Cavani 73, Di Maria 80, Aurier 90

Caen 2-0 Gazelec-AjaccioRodelin 28, Imorou 55

Rennes 1-1 TroyesFallou 71 Pi 11

Bordeaux 3-1 LyonKhazri 17, Plasil 40, Beauvue 78Pablo 45+2

Bastia 3-0 ToulousePalmieri 8, Squillaci 31, 42

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Bhutan Under-19 football team arrived in Dhaka on Saturday evening to participate in the AFC U-19 Championship 2016 Quali� ers, starting from October 2

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GM Niaz � nishes 20th in Malaysian OpenBangladesh Grandmaster Niaz Murshed � nished 20th in the 12th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess 2015 which concluded in Kuala Lum-pur, Malaysia yesterday. Niaz earned six points from nine games. Fide Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman was placed 89th with four points. Niaz drew with International Master CRG Krishna of India and Fahad lost to Chan Yi Meng Ryan of Malaysia in the last round. A total of 141 players from 18 countries participated in the event.

–TRIBUNE DESK

Bangladesh face Philippines in KO todayBangladesh swept into the third round of the 22nd Asian Table Tennis Championship after beating Oman in the second round in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday. After losing against Malay-sia and Mongolia in the � rst round, Bangladesh team, comprising Manash, Parag, Javed and Shahed defeated Myanmar in their third game and it was enough to qualify for the knockout stage. Bangladesh will take on Philippines in the third round today afternoon.

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Pakistan edge ZimbabwePaksitan beat Zimbabwe by 13 runs in the nail-biting � rst T20 in Harare yesterday. Shoaib Malik scored 35 as Pakistan made 136. The hosts made a terrible start as Imad Wasim took 4-11 to reduce Zimbabwe to 90-8 before Elton Chigumbura’s (31) lusty hits took the game to the last over. Needing 16 o� the last over Zimbabwe were restricted to 123 for 9.

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Blatter, Platini risk suspension amid probeThe future of embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his heir-apparent Michel Platini was in play Sunday, as they faced scrutiny by the football world body’s ethics committee that could end with suspension. Committee spokesman Andreas Bantel told AFP he could not comment on individual cases, and refused to con� rm reports that the committee had opened a probe against the two most powerful men in football.

–AFP

Hamilton puts hammer down to win in JapanLewis Hamilton blazed to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg on Sunday to strengthen his grip on a third world title. The Briton, who is chasing back-to-back Formula One championships, opened a 48-point gap over Rosberg with � ve races left after putting on a masterclass at Suzuka.

–AFP

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DAY’S WATCH

SCORECARD, DAY 1BANGLADESH A 1ST INNINGS R BAnamul Haque c Ojha b Pandey 0 11Soumya Sarkar c Ojha b Aaron 0 1Mominul Haque c Ojha b Aaron 2 5Liton Das c Aparajith b Aaron 0 9Sabbir Rahman not out 122 131Nasir Hossain c Ojha b Mithun 32 28Shuvagata Hom c Nair b Aaron 62 95Saqlain Sajib lbw b Yadav 4 28Sha� ul Islam b Yadav 0 4Rubel Hossain b Yadav 0 1Jubair Hossain lbw b Yadav 0 3Extras (lb 5, nb 1) 6Total (all out; 52.4 overs) 228FoW: 1-0 (Soumya), 2-2 (Mominul), 3-2 (Anamul), 4-6 (Liton Das), 5-50 (Nasir), 6-182 (Shuvagata), 7-220 (Saqlain), 8-220 (Sha� ul), 9-228 (Rubel), 10-228 (Jubair)BowlingPandey 11-2-48-1, Aaron 11-1-45-4, Mithun 11-2-51-1, Jadeja 9-0-35-0, Yadav 7.4-3-28-4, Shankar 3-1-16-0INDIA A 1ST INNINGS R BMukund b Shuvagata Hom 34 78Dhawan not out 116 112Iyer not out 6 9Extras (b 4, nb 1) 5Total (1 wicket; 33 overs) 161FoW: 1-153 (Mukund)BowlingSha� ul 3-1-10-0, Rubel 2.5-1-16-0, Soumya 0.1-0-0-0, Shuvagata 9-2-37-1, Saqlain 8-0-45-0, Jubair 4-0-35-0, Nasir 6-1-14-0

India A trail by 67 runs

BANGLADESH A v INDIA A, THREE-DAY MATCH

Dhawan eclipses Sabbir ton as India A take controln Mazhar Uddin

Bangladesh A are looking down to another grueling result in their tour to India as the visiting batsmen were once again the focal point of their disappointment in day one of their three-day match against India A yesterday.

Sabbir Rahman’s unbeaten 122 o� 132 deliveries restored sanity in the second string Bangladesh line-up who otherwise were in a heap of trouble losing four wickets for only six runs on the scorecard.

Apart from Sabbir only Nasir Hossain (32) and Shuvagata Hom (62) entered double digits as Bangladesh A consisted six ducks in their � rst innings with Varun Aaron and Jayant Ya-dav sharing eight wickets between them.

In reply, India A were in a strong position at stumps on day one after skipper Shikhar Dha-

wan smashed an unbeaten 116 to help his side post 161/1 at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru.

Earlier, the visitors’ top order collapsed like a house of cards. Anamul Haque, Soumya Sarkar and Liton Kumar Das returned without trou-bling the scorer while Mominul Haque made only two before Sabbir added 44 with Nasir.

However, it was the 132-run sixth wicket partnership between Sabbir and Shuvagata that repaired the early damage.

Shuvagata’s departure deprived Bangla-desh from a formidable total as the 23-year-old Sabbir, who played some mesmerising strokes, ran short of partners to see his side bundled out for 228. Sabbir clobbered 23 fours and a six in his attacking knock.

Later, Dhawan had put on 153 with Abhi-nav Mukund (34) before o� -spinner Shuvaga-ta removed the latter. l

BPL 3 without Rajshahi!n Minhaz Uddin Khan

The governing council of the Bangladesh Pre-mier League Twenty20 has denied the inclu-sion of a seventh franchise in the forthcoming third edition of the tournament, scheduled for this November.

Earlier this month, the BPL GV announced that six teams would contest the cash-rich yet controversial tournament. Mango Entertain-ment however, informed at the last minute that they were interested in buying the Ra-jshahi franchise.

Bangladesh Cricket Board initially gave a positive response with regards to the interest

shown by Mango Entertainment. The chal-lenges of accumulating a seventh franchise in such a short notice however, proved to be a daunting task for the BCB.

“A company had requested for the Rajsha-hi franchise to the board president (Nazmul Hasan) a few days ago. [Yesterday], the presi-dent had a meeting with the BPL GC. We had o� cially informed that this time the BPL will feature six teams. So we are sticking to our de-cision and have turned down the request of including a seventh team,” BCB media com-mittee chairman Jalal Younus told the media yesterday.

“Including Rajshahi will mean that there

will be seven more matches. We have a very limited time in hand so it will be tough to hold these many matches. Our other domestic tournaments will also be a� ected in the event of more matches.

“So, the BPL GC has decided not to include Rajshahi this year. With that said, they can always join next season. At the moment we are looking to hold the opening ceremony on November 20 and the � rst match of the tour-nament on November 22,” the BCB director explained.

Jalal also informed that BPL 3 will hold all of its matches in two venues this season – Dhaka and Chittagong. l

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Barcelona forward Lionel Messi complains after being injured next to Las Palmas goalkeeper Javi Varas during the Spanish league match at the Camp Nou stadium on Saturday AFP

Barcelona player registration could break FIFA rules n AFP, Madrid

FIFA believe Barcelona’s request to register mid� elder Arda Turan before January would be against their rules.

The European champions said on Friday their application to have the Turkish inter-national registered as an exceptional case following the serious knee injury su� ered by mid� elder Ra� nha was yet to be ruled upon by world football’s governing body.

However, Barca did concede that FIFA had communicated to the club that adding Turan to their squad would most likely be in contra-vention of FIFA’s rules.

Barca were handed a ban on registering new players for two transfer windows, e� ec-tive from January this year. The Catalan giants subsequently signed Turan and Sevilla’s Aleix Vidal during the summer transfer window, but neither can play until the are registered when the January transfer window opens. l

Insigne, Higuain compound Juventus woes in Napoli winn AFP, Milan

Goals by Lorenzo Insigne and Gonazalo Higuain saw Napoli to a precious 2-1 win over Juventus on Saturday and compounded the champions’ poor start to the season days before a crucial Champions League � xture with Sevilla.

Juventus had earned their only points from a win and two draws in their � ve open-ing games before travelling to a Napoli side that had hit 10 goals in their past three out-ings, including a 5-0 Europa League win over Club Brugge.

After conceding their third defeat of the season, Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri ad-mitted � ghting for the title this season has just become more di� cult.

“I don’t know about our chances of win-ning the title now, but we’ll be � ghting all the way for every point,” he told Sky Sport.

“We’re in a di� cult moment, but it’s a long tournament and we have a break for interna-tional duty coming up soon.”

Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri applauded his side.

“We showed a lot of determination and character. Even after Juve’s goal we kept to our gameplan,” he said.

Allegri gambled by leaving Spanish striker Alvaro Morata on the bench and with Mario Mandzukic sidelined through injury it meant starts for Simone Zaza and Paulo Dybala.

Napoli, looking for just their second league win under new coach Maurizio Sarri, deployed their new-look 4-3-3 with Insig-ne, Higuain and Jose Callejon spearheading an attack that kept the visitors on their toes throughout a pulsating encounter at the San Paolo stadium. l

Lewy breaks 100-goal markn AFP, Berlin

Robert Lewandowski followed up his record � ve-goal haul by netting twice in Bayern Mu-nich’s 3-0 win at Mainz on Saturday to take his tally to 101 Bundesliga goals as the Bavarians went � ve points clear.

Having sent German league records tum-bling with � ve goals in just nine minutes o� the bench in Tuesday’s 5-1 rout of Wolfsburg, the 27-year-old Poland hot-shot now has ten goals in six German league games.

“If you believe in yourself then the chances come along,” said Lewandowski.

“I’m very happy with the win and the points, but Mainz played well and made life hard for us,” he added as Bayern now go on to host Dinamo Zagreb in Champions League action on Tuesday. Bayer Leverkusen, who play European champions Barcelona away on Tuesday, romped to a 3-0 win at Werder Bremen with goals by Swiss forward Admir

Mehmedi, winger Kevin Kampl and Germany Under-21 talent Julian Brandt. l

Messi faces two-month injury layo� Lacklustre Madrid held by Malaga, Villarreal clinch top spotn AFP, Madrid

Lionel Messi will be out for up to eight weeks with knee ligament damage su� ered as Barce-lona beat Las Palmas 2-1 on Saturday.

Barca’s troubles were eased, though, as Real Madrid remain a point behind the Cata-lans after being held 0-0 at home by 10-man Malaga. Villarreal now lead La Liga as Leo Baptistao scored the only goal of the game against his parent club Atletico Madrid.

Luis Suarez struck twice to ensure no more damage was done to Barca’s title chances, but the hosts were left hanging on after Jon-athan Viera’s de� ected e� ort three minutes from time halved the de� cit. Barca had been humiliated 4-1 at Celta Vigo in midweek and hopes of a trouble-free afternoon were ended after just 10 minutes when Messi injured his left knee in a clash with Pedro Bigas.

Messi, 28, was injured as he tried to turn the ball home after taking a wonderful � rst touch inside the area. The four-time World Player of the Year brie� y returned to the � eld after receiving treatment, but was clearly un-

able to run freely before he was replaced by Munir El Haddadi.

At the Bernabeu, Madrid failed to move back to the top of the table as they were de-nied by an inspired display from Malaga goal-keeper Carlos Kameni.

Ronaldo had an early goal ruled out for o� side before Kameni got down well to twice turn e� orts from Jese Rodriguez behind. Madrid launched wave upon wave of attack towards the Malaga goal, but were repelled by Kameni as he made an incredible save to deny a � ercely struck volley from Ronaldo as his wait to become the club’s all-time leading scorer continued.

Malaga also had their chances to win the game, though, as Keylor Navas produced a stunning save from Juan Carlos’s free-kick, whilst Nordin Amrabat � red wide with just Navas to beat. l

SERIE ARoma 5-1 CarpiManolas 24, Pjanic 28, Borriello 34Gervinho 31, Salah 51, Digne 68

Napoli 2-1 JuventusInsigne 26, Higuain 62 Lemina 63

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland holds her trophy as she throws a kiss to fans after defeating Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in their Pan Paci� c Open singles � nal in Tokyo yesterday REUTERS

Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski celebrates his goal against FSV Mainz 05 on Saturday REUTERS

LA LIGABarcelona 2-1 Las PalmasSuarez 24, 52 Viera 87

Real Madrid 0-0 Malaga

Sevilla 3-2 Rayo VallecanoGameiro 23, Nzonzi 46, Bebe 51, Konoplyanka 86 Javi Guerra 68

Villarreal 1-0 Atletico MadridBaptistao 13

Eibar 1-1 Celta VigoBaston 2 Aspas 76

BUNDESLIGA VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Hanover 96Dost 40 Kiyotake 57

VfB Stuttgart 1-3 Bor. M’gladbachGinczek 40-P Xhaka 17, Gentner 20-og, Ra� ael 90

Augsburg 1-3 Ho� enheimKoo 38 Volland 10, 69-P, Schmid 73

Werder Bremen 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen Mehmedi 31, Brandt 58, Kampl 65

Mainz 05 0-3 Bayern Munich Lewandowski 51, 63, Coman 63

Hamburg 0-1 Schalke 04 Sane 60

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SALMA: NO PRESSURE TO GO TO PAKISTAN PAGE 19

FROM ONE HOSTILE LAND TO ANOTHER PAGE 14

DIRECTORS REFUSEFAST & FURIOUS 8 PAGE 18

Devotees participate in a special munajat during the Eid prayers at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Friday MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU

Bangladesh pledges 5% greenhouse gas emissions cuts by 2030n Abu Bakar Siddique

Bangladesh pledged an unconditional 5% greenhouse gas emissions cut by 2030, adding that with � nancing and technology support it will cut emissions by 15%.

The Intended Nationally Determined Con-tribution (INDC) submitted by the world’s states to the United Nations Framework Con-vention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), con-tains each country’s declaration on voluntary carbon emissions reductions.

As of yesterday, 43 countries including the top three greenhouse gas emitters – China, the United States and the European Union – had submitted their INDCs.

The US promised cuts of 26–28% from its 2005 level emissions by 2025 and the EU com-mitted to cut 40% of its 1990 level emissions by 2030.

China said it intends to allow emissions to peak by 2030 before it reduces its carbon in-tensity by 60–65% of 2005 levels by 2030.

The collation of voluntary countries’ vol-untary contributions to reducing emissions

will be used to determined whether global warming can be limited to a 2 degrees Celsius rise by 2050.

Bangladesh’s INDC document identi� ed the power, transport and industry sectors as the major sources of carbon emissions.

According to the INDC, greenhouse gas emissions in these sectors are expected to represent 69% of total emissions by 2030, an

increase of 264% by 2030, from 64 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2011 to 234 MtCO2e in 2030.

The document said Bangladesh will will-ingly reduce its emissions in the power, trans-port and industry sectors by 12 MtCO2e by 2030 or 5% below business-as-usual (BAU) emissions for those sectors by 2030.

It added that with adequate technology

and � nancing from the international commu-nity, the country will reduce emissions by 15% below BAU emissions by 2030.

International support could help pay for the implementation of super-critical technol-ogy in coal-� red power plants, shift passenger tra� c from road to rail, improve vehicle e� -ciency and reduce energy consumption in the industrial sector, an Environment and Forests Ministry o� cial, who asked not to be named, said. That would help the country achieve 15% emissions cuts, he added.

According to the 5th assessment report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Bangladesh was identi� ed as being at speci� c risk from climate change due to exposure to sea-level rise and to extreme events like salinity intrusion, drought, erratic rainfall and tidal surges.

Bangladesh accounts for just 0.35% of global emissions but is highly vulnerable to climate change.

The report estimates that the country’s cli-mate change adaptation costs for the period between 2015 and 2030 is around $42 billion. l

Nazmul: Bangladesh safest place for cricketn Tribune Report

Bangladesh is one of the safest places to play cricket in and all security clari� cations will be given to Cricket Australia, Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hasan has said.

He said this after a meeting with the Head of Security of Cricket Australia (CA), Sean Carroll, at the Australian High Commission in Dhaka yesterday.

“I have told them that we are unaware of any such threats...I have told them if they need clari� cation on the security arrange-ments, they are most welcome to discuss that with the intelligence agencies,” Nazmul told media yesterday.

Meanwhile, Home Minister Asaduzzam-an Khan Kamal has said: “Australia Cricket’s security concerns over the Bangladesh tour are baseless because no terrorist or militant attacks have so far been made.”

The minister said this to reporters yesterday.“Our country is now safe and there are no

scopes for the rise of any militant out� ts. So, their report about security concerns in our country is baseless. Law and order situation is under control. Bangladesh will never turn into a country like Pakistan or Afghanistan,” he said.

“We can give them full assurance that there will be no problem with the Australian cricket team when they come to our country,” he added. l

Sector Base year (2011)

(MtCO2e)

BAU scenario (2030)

(MtCO2e)

Unconditional contribution

scenario (2030)

(MtCO2e)

Change vs

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Conditional contribution

scenario (2030)

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Changevs

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Power 21 91 86 -5% 75 -18%

Transport 17 37 33 -9% 28 -24%

Industry 26 106 102 -4% 95 -10%

Total 64 234 222 -5% 198 -15%

MtCO2e : Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent BAU: Business-as-usual Source: INDC Bangladesh

Projected emissions reductions in the power, transport and industry sectors by 2030

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