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Cement expert visits factory of ScanCement The Bangladesh Ovserver
European cement expert, Dr Willem van Loo, Technical
Director of the European Cement Association, visited the Kanchpur Plant of
HeidelbergCement Bangladesh Ltd.
He scrutinized different sections of the factory and was
profoundly impressed by the State-of-the-Art technology of the factory.
He was especially impressed with the attention paid to quality control by
the HeidelbergCement management. Quality control monitoring enhances all
possible stages of production.
According to Dr Loo the factory laboratory uses the most
advanced testing equipment which is 100% European standard to guarantee
the highest quality of the final product. The entire production process
is strictly monitored through the Computerized Central Control Room,
says a Press release.
Tangail UZ tubewells
arsenic contaminated
From Our Correspondent , The Bangladesh Ovserver
TANGAIL, Sept.
22:—Arsenic was detected in 18,700 out of 1,86,591 tubewells in 11
upazilas of Tangail district following a survey report released by the
local PHED recently.
The water of 18,700 tubewells was alarmingly contaminated with high arsenic proportion. The highest number of arsenic affected tubewells of 16.67% were found in Delduar upazila, Mirza-pur upazila comes to the second with 12.14% tubewells, third Tangail Sadar upazila including Pourasava area with 11.1% and next Basail upazila with 10.32% tubewell.
According to
PHED report, 4,259 tubewells out of 55,788 were found arsenic contaminated
in Tangail Sadar including Pourasava area, 4,598 out of 27,570 tubewells
in Delduar upazila, 4,801 out of 39,557 tubewells in Mirzapur, 2,075 out
of 20,114 tubewells in Basail, 98 out of 2,948 tubewells in Gopalpur, 16
out of 1,293 tubewells in Madhupur, 9 out of 1,558 tubewells in Bhuiyapur,
32 out of 1,277 tubewells.
No arsenic was
detected in any of the 1,642 tubewells under Shakhipur upazila. With the
financial assistance of the UNICEF, the PHED Tangail conducted the survey
in co-operation with 5 local NGO's.
4 of a family
die of Kalazar
Four persons of
a family died of Kala-azar in one year at village under Ghatail upazila.
There were 65 members in the family of Abdul Quddus of Shankerpur under
Jamuria union of Ghatail upazila.
According to the
family members, the local health complex personnel did not provide
treatment to the affected men.
Dacoity in 15
houses
Dacoits let
loose reign of terror in remote forest areas of Ghatail upazila since
September 1.
Cash and
valuables worth Taka 5 lakh were looted from the houses of Khoaz Mia and
Abdul Mannan of Nayanchola, Gafur and Antu of Kusiara, Malek of Kochkhira
and Zainuddin of Vailkarchala. UNICEF chief urges UNGA to focus on children, youths UNB, DHAKA, The Independent UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy has urged the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to focus on children and young people in deliberation of HIV/AIDS during the meeting in reviewing the international community’s performance in crafting and financing the global response to this crisis. According to a message received here yesterday, Bellamy said "One thing should focus people’s minds that we are not reaching the two billion children and young people who will determine the future course of the HIV/AIDS pandemic." AIDS has killed 28 million people, and an estimated 42 million are living with HIV/AIDS. Many children and young people now watching their most critical adult caregivers succumb to the disease are those at greatest risk of becoming infected, Bellamy said, adding, everyday, 6,000 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 become HIV positive. Grls are being hardest hit. Less headline-grabbing but perhaps more worrisome, Bellamy said, are the millions of children and adolescents who have been orphaned due to AIDS and the millions more growing up in households struggling with the severe emotional, financial and social trauma of AIDS related sickness. The full day General Assembly gathering marks the first of three time-bound benchmarks set out in the Declaration of Commitment, the international community’s agreed-upon blueprint for reversing the spread of infection, and caring for those already infected. According to the Secretary General’s report, 88 countries have adopted strategies to promote reproductive and sexual health for young people, 80 countries report national policies to prevent parent-to-child transmission and only 60 countries have policies addressing the needs of children orphaned by the disease. Children orphaned by AIDS go through extreme stress. They are affected by actions over which they have no control and in which they had no part, she said. They deal with the most trauma, face the most dangerous threats and have the least protections, Bellamy added. She said the global funding picture was bleak. While funding for developing countries has increased significantly from less than 300 million US dollars in 1996 to approximately 4.7 billion US dollars in 2003, the amount still falls far short of the 10.5 billion US dollars required annually by 2005. The shortfall will be paid for inhuman lives and suffering, she added. Manpower export to Malaysia to resume soon MONITORING STAFF, The Independent Bangladesh may soon start exporting Manpower to Malaysia after seven years under the terms of Memorandum of Understanding to be signed between the two countries. State Minister for Overseas Employment and Expatriate Welfare Major Retired Quamrul Islam told the BBC on Monday the proposed MoU stipulates that the age range of the employees should be between 18 and 40, ability to communicate either in Malaya or English language, restriction on recruiting anyone who has previous criminal records. Another significant provision of the proposed of MoU is that the salary of Bangladeshi and Malaysian workers will be same. Under the MoU if any Bangladeshi worker marries a Malaysian lady he will be fired at once because previous experience says some Bangladeshi workers wedded Malaysian girls but left that country leaving behind their Malaysian wives. There are more than one lakh thirteen thousand Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia whose tenure of work permit expired last year. But the Malaysian government extended their work permit by another five years at the request of the Bangladesh government. The minister added steps would be taken to prevent workers from harassment by the recruiting agents. The minister further said the government had set a target of exporting two lakh twenty thousand workers to different countries. Indian fertiliser, powdered milk, tea flood markets Our Correspondent, Jessore, The Independent Sept 22 : Indian SSP fertiliser, powdered milk and tea have flooded the markets of border areas of the district recently. This spurious fertiliser is harmful to crops. On the other hand, the inferior quality Indian powder milk and tea are also harmful to health. Prices of these inferior quality Indian goods being lower, a section of dishonest traders are marketing these commodities for making windfall profits. Reports available from Chowgachha border said, five border points of Chowgachha area including Borni, Mashila, Shahjadpur, Hizli and Andulia are virtually open for the smugglers. Hundreds of bags of Indian Single Super Phosphate (SSP) are entering into the country daily. The granules of this Indian fertiliser are almost similar to Bangladeshi Triple Super Phosphate (TSP). The dishonest fertiliser traders of the border areas are alleged to have been selling the Indian SSP to the ignorant and innocent farmers as Bangladeshi TSP and cheating them outright. It may be mentioned here that there is a gulf of difference between the quality of the Indian SSP and Bangladeshi TSP. As a result, prices of these two fertilisers are also different. A bag of TSP is sold between Tk 610 and Tk 680 whereas the price of the inferior quality Indian SSP is between Tk 260 and Tk 270 per bag. By using the Indian SSP in their land the farmers of the border areas are being unable to fulfil the target of production of crops. The fertility of their land is also at stake. The dishonest fertiliser traders still market the smuggled Indian SSP without caring for the interest of country. Meanwhile, huge quantities of smuggled spurious Indian powder milk and tea are entering into the country through the border points of Putkhali, Goga, Saadipur, Ghiba under Sarsha upazila, Kalaroa under Satkhira district and different border points of Chowgachha upazila. The inferior quality milk powder and dust tea are being sold in the grocery shops and tea-stalls of the border areas. The prices of these items being cheaper the shopkeepers of the bordering markets choose the India milk powder and tea dust for making windfall profits. Although the colour of the Indian powder milk is attractive, it is harmful to human health. One packet of Indian milk powder weighing one kilogram is being sold at Tk 130. Some dishonest traders are alleged to have been putting this milk powder in packets of various trade marks after mixing lower quality powder with it. As a result, children are being infected with various diseases related to stomach after drinking the adulterated milk powder. Reports available from various sources from the border areas said that despite flooding of Indian inferior quality SSP, milk powder and dust tea, the BDR personnel on duty at the border areas and the police of the border thanas are allegedly mere spectators. They are taking no measures to stop smuggling of SSP, milk powder and dust tea from India. People of the border areas have urged the competent authorities to stop smuggling of these harmful commodities. |
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