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Bangladesh to throw beggars in jail
From correspondents in Dhaka



Agreat news to ears- i hope begging is eliminated from - world- we dont need these lazy buggers - Bangla desh is better off withotu them, you work ro earn your bread or go to jail.

I know a person who has 5 storeyed building and his sons in US,but he still begs.Now can you believe that?Its his business.:lol:

Thanks for this good news,but I doubt how much this will work.As police also get their "cut" from these beggers.so typical of our sub continent.
 
Bangladesh to throw beggars in jail
From correspondents in Dhaka

Agence France-Presse

April 02, 2009 05:45pm
BANGLADESH has made begging illegal and intends to eliminate the practice from the streets of the impoverished country within five years, an official said.

Hundreds of thousands of people depend on begging to survive in Bangladesh, where 40 per cent of the 144 million population earn less than a ($1.43) a day.

An official, who declined to be named, told AFP that a Bill had been passed in Parliament this week outlawing begging.

"Anyone caught begging will be put in jail for a month. This includes people who pretend to be ill or use a disability to get money," the official said.

Finance Minister A M A Muhith said in February that his Government, which came to power in December, would eliminate begging within five years.

According to a 2005 survey, a beggar in the capital Dhaka, home to around 27,000 beggars, earns an average 100 taka ($2.08) a day. Beggars in regional towns earn much less.

Bangladesh to throw beggars in jail | World News | News.com.au


Agreat news to ears- i hope begging is eliminated from - world- we dont need these lazy buggers - Bangla desh is better off withotu them, you work ro earn your bread or go to jail.

Well we can't call all of them lazy buggers..many are forced into this..!!! However now alteast they can make sure they will be taken care off for one Month and they can ensure food 3 times a day atleast ...;) Punishment is not the solution, rehabilitation is the permenant solution. Unless and untill you provide them and opporutnity locking them up will be only like an all expenses paid holiday for them ..!!! ;)
 
I know a person who has 5 storeyed building and his sons in US,but he still begs.Now can you believe that?Its his business.:lol:

Thanks for this good news,but I doubt how much this will work.As police also get their "cut" from these beggers.so typical of our sub continent.

I know bro , they have mafia contect poltiicans contect and its a big nexus , a proper organisation n stuff , i heard about it. But its insane i am very happy to see atleast - govt takign a step against it.

India face a big problem from bangla desi beggers, they are every where on streets . but since its an easy vote bank for polticians they are not takign a step against it.
which is insane , its very anti human, because some steps have to eb taken to make them educated and get out of this trap.
Bangla desh will get a big boost with such big labour. and their help in economy.
i agree its almost impossible but good they are atleast trying. :enjoy:
 
Well we can't call all of them lazy buggers..many are forced into this..!!! However now alteast they can make sure they will be taken care off for one Month and they can ensure food 3 times a day atleast ...;) Punishment is not the solution, rehabilitation is the permenant solution. Unless and untill you provide them and opporutnity locking them up will be only like an all expenses paid holiday for them ..!!! ;)

Bro - prison is not paid holiday - lol its much hrder than it sound - And 99% is mental block - you wont like to be traped in walls.

And yes many are forced but it have to stop- rehab is part of getting to jail. i guess, :cheers:
 
Source: The Associated Press: Study finds 6,000 rare dolphins off Bangladesh

Study finds 6,000 rare dolphins off Bangladesh

By FARID HOSSAIN – 19 hours ago

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of rare Irrawaddy dolphins have been found in Bangladeshi waters, a wildlife advocacy group said Wednesday, a hopeful sign for a vulnerable species found only in small numbers elsewhere.

However, the newly discovered population is already threatened by climate change and fishing nets, the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society said.

Nearly 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins, which are related to orcas or killer whales, were found living in freshwater regions of Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangrove forest and the adjacent waters of the Bay of Bengal, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced.

Prior to this study the largest known populations of Irrawaddy dolphins numbered in the low hundreds or less, a news release from the group said.

"This discovery gives us great hope that there is a future for Irrawaddy dolphins," said Brian D. Smith, the study's lead author. "Bangladesh clearly serves as an important sanctuary for Irrawaddy dolphins, and conservation in this region should be a top priority."

The Irrawaddy dolphin grows to up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) in length and frequents large rivers, estuaries, and freshwater lagoons in south and southeast Asia.

Scientists do not know exactly how many Irrawaddy dolphins remain. In 2008, they were listed as vulnerable in the International Union of Conservation of Nature's Red List based on population declines in known populations, according to the news release.

The results of the study were made public Wednesday at the First International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas in Maui, Hawaii. The news release did not say when the study was conducted but Bangladeshi researchers in the team said it was launched in 2004.

Ainun Nishat, the Bangladesh head of International Union for Conservation of Nature, said the finding was an indication that "ecology in the area is not dead yet."

"There is plenty of food, mainly fish, in the area for the dolphins to eat," said Nishat, who was not involved in the study. "What is now needed is to restrict fishing in the area to protect the dolphins."

During the study, researchers encountered two dolphins that had become entangled and subsequently drowned in fishing nets — a common occurrence, according to local fishermen.

Rising sea levels caused by climate change also threaten the freshwater dolphins, the researchers said.

Wildlife Conservation Society has asked Bangladeshi authorities to establish a sanctuary for the dolphins in the Sundarbans mangrove forest.

"The sanctuary may take time," said Mohammad Jalilur Rahman, an official at the state-run Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute. "But we are already motivating the fishermen not to harm the dolphins which get entangled in their nets."

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Source: ADB SEES 5.6% GDP GROWTH FOR BANGLADESH IN CURRENT FISCAL YR

ADB SEES 5.6% GDP GROWTH FOR BANGLADESH IN CURRENT FISCAL YR

DHAKA, Apr 01, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- Bangladesh's economy is expected to grow at a slower pace of 5.6 per cent in the current fiscal year as the global financial crisis starts to weigh on exports, remittances and government revenues, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in its latest forecast.

The prognosis came in the donor agency's Asian Development Outlook 2009 (ADO 2009) released Tuesday where the ADB projected a further decline in GDP growth to 5.2 per cent in the next fiscal year as the effects of the global slowdown continue to weigh on the economy.

ADB country director Paul J Heytens at a press briefing on the occasion said Bangladesh was largely unaffected by the first-round fallout of the global economic crisis, mainly because of the limited exposure of the financial system to international markets.

However, the country is vulnerable to the second round of impacts of the global slowdown that could come through reduced export earnings, remittances, which are the main drivers of economic growth in Bangladesh.

Migrant workers are now returning from abroad in larger numbers and recent data suggest a sloth in the number of workers leaving Bangladesh for jobs overseas, he said.

The funding agency's country chief also finds a growing nervousness among the country's leading export industries as overseas shipments have also begun to slow.

These developments will have immediate implications for the country's economic growth, employment and poverty situation, and will pose a major challenge for macroeconomic management, Heytens said, as his agency released the latest state of major indicators of Bangladesh's economic health along with a pack of prescriptions.

In its economic outlook, the ADB said improved crop harvests will boost agricultural growth from 3.6 per cent in FY 2008 to 4.0 per cent in FY 2009 and to 4.1 per cent in FY 2010, but this upturn will be offset by slower export growth which will see industry output fall to 6.6 per cent in the current fiscal year and 6.0 per cent in FY 2010, down from 6.9 percent in FY 2008.

It said services sector growth will also slow to 6.0 percent this year, from 6.7 per cent in FY 2008, as exports ease and consumer spending declines due to lower incomes and a pullback in remittances.

A further decline to 5.5 per cent is forecast for next year.

Export growth alone is projected to fall from 15.7 per cent in FY 2008 to 14.0 per cent in FY 2009 and 13.0 per cent the next year.

With the global financial crisis spreading beyond the credit markets to the real economy, a slowdown in remittances is inevitable, the ADB report said.

This year remittances are expected to grow 20.0 percent after a 32.4 per cent rise in FY 2008. In FY 2010, growth will slip further to 15.0 per cent.

The report notes that government revenues have begun to ease in recent months, and a crisis-induced slowdown in private-sector activity could further impact on the revenue collection. In addition, cuts in customs duties agreed for the FY 2009 budget, and lower international commodity prices, will weigh on import receipts.

At the same time, the downward trend in global commodity prices will result in an easing of import payment growth from 25.6 per cent in FY 2008 to 18.0 per cent this year and 17.0 percent in FY 2010.

The upside of the slump in commodity prices is that inflation for FY 2009 is now projected at 7.0 per cent, significantly lower than the earlier estimate of 9.0 per cent.

A favorable domestic supply environment will also ease price pressures this year, the report says.

Next year, the inflation rate is expected to fall further to 6.5 per cent.

The donor agency suggests that new government should raise infrastructure investment and improve the enabling environment for private-sector activity, in order to enhance prospects for rapid growth and job creation. This, in turn, will require improved implementation of the annual development program (ADP) as well as strengthened revenue mobilization.

Bangladesh will need to address power and gas shortages to boost its growth prospects, and that must include steps to encourage more private investment, the ADB said in recommending the remedial measures.

The current global financial turmoil means fresh foreign investment in the sector will be more difficult to mobilize and so the Government must provide more from its own resources and tap external donor assistance.

It will need significant new investment in roads, ports, and urban infrastructure and services, which will require improved implementation of its development-spending program and strengthened revenue mobilization.

In its report, the ADB noted that in 2008 food security emerged as a major development challenge, and there is a clear need to boost agricultural productivity to both maintain affordable food prices and provide fiscally sustainable incentives to farmers.

The ADO says Bangladesh needs to substantially raise investment, which has followed a downtrend in recent years, in order to enhance growth and job creation and thereby reduce poverty. Public investment must be raised, primarily by accelerating ADP implementation, but efforts to raise private-sector participation in infrastructure investment should also be made.

In a special advice for the new regime it says the government needs to pay attention to improving institutional capacities in its various agencies, both to implement reforms and strengthen development administration. Over the medium term, with climate change posing a major threat to growth, tackling such concerns needs to be integrated into economic development plans and activities.

The emerging shortages in gas and power supplies (over four fifths of power is generated from gas) need to be urgently addressed. Unless early remedial measures are adopted, power cuts and irregular electricity supplies will hamper domestic production and hold back medium-term growth prospects.

In the longer term, the lack of gas supplies would severely limit power generation and, therefore, new investment in manufacturing activities, the ADB said.

(UNB)
 
Source: Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - Pakistan attaches great importance to relations with Bangladesh

Pakistan attaches great importance to relations with Bangladesh

ISLAMABAD, Apr 1 (APP): Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior A. Rehman Malik Wednesday said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with Bangladesh. He was talking to Bangladesh’s high commissioner to Pakistan Yasmin Morshed, who called on him here at the Ministry of Interior.

Malik said the two countries are enjoying brotherly relation that is strengthening with the passage of time.

Earlier, Yasmin Morshed felicitated Interior Adviser on his election as member of Upper House of the Parliament.

He appreciated the efforts of Pakistani security agencies’ personnel for a successful operation against the terrorists in Lahore.

He further lauded the services of National Database Registration Authority for successfully implementing computerized license project in Bangladesh.
 
Bangladesh to throw beggars in jail
From correspondents in Dhaka

Agence France-Presse

April 02, 2009 05:45pm
BANGLADESH has made begging illegal and intends to eliminate the practice from the streets of the impoverished country within five years, an official said.

Hundreds of thousands of people depend on begging to survive in Bangladesh, where 40 per cent of the 144 million population earn less than a ($1.43) a day.

An official, who declined to be named, told AFP that a Bill had been passed in Parliament this week outlawing begging.

"Anyone caught begging will be put in jail for a month. This includes people who pretend to be ill or use a disability to get money," the official said.

Finance Minister A M A Muhith said in February that his Government, which came to power in December, would eliminate begging within five years.

According to a 2005 survey, a beggar in the capital Dhaka, home to around 27,000 beggars, earns an average 100 taka ($2.08) a day. Beggars in regional towns earn much less.

Bangladesh to throw beggars in jail | World News | News.com.au


Agreat news to ears- i hope begging is eliminated from - world- we dont need these lazy buggers - Bangla desh is better off withotu them, you work ro earn your bread or go to jail.

Begging illegal this won't work people might even protest their government should first provide their people with jobs and facilities before they make begging illegal
 
omerh - i think you dont know the ground reality - i heard many beggers earn up to -5000 rupee a month and it goes up to -12,000 rupee a month,this is pay the real money goes to their master.
So this nexus have to be broken , very hard to break it but possible never the less. good start by govt.
 
Well we can't call all of them lazy buggers..many are forced into this..!!! However now alteast they can make sure they will be taken care off for one Month and they can ensure food 3 times a day atleast ...;) Punishment is not the solution, rehabilitation is the permenant solution. Unless and untill you provide them and opporutnity locking them up will be only like an all expenses paid holiday for them ..!!! ;)

These are not the beggars which I used to see in my childhood at my village home where they used to sit for hours on the porch for ony a meal. Those were real hard days, I still remember. But you cant even find beggars now a days in those areas, to throw some charity meal.
You will be surprised to know, you have to pay bribes to some beggar leaders to get them to come to your home.. hahahahah
These junks needs to be cleaned up by anyhow.
 
Country's tallest building opens in December after 'minor jolts'

Mushir Ahmed

The country's tallest building opens in December this year after a minor earthquake last year almost robbed its glory and tore apart its original opening plan, an official said Thursday.

At a height of 350 feet and 37 floors, the City Center at Motijheel will be the largest commercial building in the country, surpassing 32-floor Bangladesh Bank Building, but its owners are counting the cost of a minor tremor in March 2008.

The quake measured around four degree in the Richter scale left cracks in the sidewalls of the building --- which is not part of the structure --- but it created panic among its tenants and was overplayed by an army of satellite televisions.

Although the first tenants, StanChart, HSBC and the Grameenphone, hired their own experts to check the damages, with one of them even flying in structural engineer from Mumbai, they took months to re-open their offices.

Project chief K.M Nurul Islam said they have now overcome "all the difficulties" and the building would now open up in December this year, some 18 months after its original opening date and five years after the start of construction.

"We are now giving final touches to the building. Some 35 floors have already been completed. We have also started interior works to make the building ready by end of this year," he said.

Islam admitted that the quake caused "unnecessary panic" among the people and is largely to blame for initial poor response from the floor buyers.

"Our building can resist a quake measuring eight degree in the Richter scale. But some televisions ignored the facts and deliberately overplayed the cracks in the sidewalls," he said.

Belhasa Accom, a Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates joint venture, is constructing the building on a 21-katha land leased by Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) in exchange for 10 floors to the city authorities.

The owners have so far sold out 90 per cent of its floor space, but initially the company had to settle for Tk4000 for per square feet, as the buyers took their time to make long-term investment.

"At the moment the response is very good. We are selling space at more than Tk10,000 per square feet, which should have been the natural floor price at Motijheel. We have set aside three floors for an asking price of Tk12,000," he said.

Banks, insurance companies and Dhaka Stock Exchange brokerage firms bought the bulk of the floors, he said, adding three other floors have been kept aside for conference room, meeting halls and cafeteria.

Officials said total cost of the building would cross Tk1.40 billion, making it the costliest in Bangladesh, and the company expects to make about Tk1.80 billion by selling all its floors.

Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) will use seven of its floors for car parking, aimed at lessening jams in the busiest commercial center of the country. It would use three other floors for office and rents.

Country's tallest building opens in December after 'minor jolts'

City Centre :: The Highest Skyline of Dhaka

 
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Grt news,idune...........btw can you post some pics......i bet it wd look very sexy,....thnx
 

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