Page-1 (08-07-2019)_Layout 1 7/7/2019 9:39 PM Page 1 Regd No DA: 6392, Vol 03: No. 289 * Dhaka Monday July 08, 2019 * Ashar 24, 1426, BS * Zilqad 04, 1440 Hijri * 16 Pages * Price: Tk 10.00 www.bangladeshpost.net PM to brief media on China visit Dhaka city’s 4 mega today Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will brief the media on her five-day bilat- eral official visit to China today, projects coming reports BSS. The media briefing will start at 4 Mohammad Zakaria pm at her official Ganobhaban resi- dence, the PM’s Speech Writer M The fastest growing four mega proj- Nazrul Islam said. ects, metro rail, elevated expressway, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina bus rapid transit are expected to be returned home Saturday afternoon completed by 2021, while the after wrapping up her five-day bilat- Shakib retains proposed underground railway is eral official visit to China at the invi- expected to be completed by 2026 tation of her Chinese counterpart ODI ranking as works are going on at full speed. Li Keqiang. With the completion of the proj- New Delhi Correspondent ects the devastating traffic situation of Dhaka city, which takes up 3.2 Two Congress Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan has million work hours everyday, would retained the top spot among all- be over. leaders resign rounders as the International The city dwellers would get a New Delhi Correspondent Cricket Council on Sunday came relief from long sufferings from (L) Proposed 40-kilometre Mass Rapid Transport Line-2 from Gabtoli to Sayedabad through Mirpur Road (R) A out with its latest ranking of players chaotic traffic system, vehicle pollu- portion of the under-construction Metro Rail in city’s Banglamotor area. Photo: BP Two key Congress leaders in One Day Internationals. tion, delays on the roads and Jyotiraditya Scindia, a close aide of England’s Ben Stokes has gained unwanted accidents once the proj- progress namely the construc- The proposed underground an elevated part to connect Rahul Gandhi, and Milind Deora, nine places to reach second position ects are launched. tion of Metro Rail, Dhaka railway or better known as MRT Purbachal with Notun Bazar in the on Sunday resigned from their orga- as all-rounder. In the ICC ODI team Some mega transport improve- Elevated Expressway and Bus Line-1, will link the capital's airport city. The project deadline is 2026. nizational posts, adding to the See Page 2 Col 1 ment projects are now in Rapid Transit (BRT). with Kamalapur. It will also have See Page 2 Col 5 turmoil in the party over the party's crushing defeat in parliamentary Marshall Island elections. HC calls explanation for Hartal no more a weapon The first to announce the resig- nation was Deora as Mumbai president Hilda, Congress President following a WASA’s contaminated water of mass movement: Quader meeting with Rahul Gandhi who Ban Ki-moon due has also quit as the Congress chief The High Court (HC) Sunday different supply points of Dhaka Awami League General Secretary and this was followed by Scindia, directed Dhaka Water Supply and WASA. on Tuesday and Road Transport and Bridges the party General Secretary, soon Sewerage Authority (WASA) to “The presence of harmful Marshall Island President Dr Hilda Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday after. submit a report within the next two bacteria, high level of ammonia and Heine and former UN Secretary said hartal is no more a weapon of Both Scindia and Deora belong weeks explaining the steps taken even the traces of human feces were General Ban Ki-moon are scheduled mass movement as the countrymen to the young generation of Congress after the tracing of chlorine, found in the water samples. The to arrive Dhaka on Tuesday on a understand the reality, reports BSS. leaders and considered Rahul loyal- ammonia, arsenic and human feces court has asked Dhaka WASA to two-day visit to attend the “Dhaka “Gas price has been increased for ists. "Accepting the people's verdict in its water, reports BSS. give its explanation in writing as to Meeting of the Global Commission cost adjustment. Even after that the and taking accountability, I had A HC division bench comprising what steps it has taken after the on Adaptation”, reports BSS. government will have to give submitted my resignation as Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Md latest fi ndings,” Advocate Md The Marshal Island President will subsidy,” he told a press conference General Secretary of AICC (All India Khairul Alam passed the order as Tanvir Ahmed told newsmen. arrive in the early hours of Tuesday at the AL president’s Dhanmondi Congress Committee) to Shri Rahul deputy attorney general Motahar Following an order of the High while Ban Ki-moon in the afternoon. political office following a meeting Gandhi," Scindia tweeted. Hossain Sazu submitted a report Court, the Ministry of Local They will be received by foreign of the party secretariat. parties for today in protest of the Deora said he was going to take that said contamination was found Government and Rural minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at He said there was no reflection of gas price hike. “Everything was up a national role to stabilize the in water samples taken from eight See Page 2 Col 1 See Page 2 Col 1 the hartal called by left-leaning See Page 2 Col 5 See Page 2 Col 5 Enam Ahmed Chy Razzaque for exploring Cardiac unit Digital economy made AL advisor inaugurated growing substantially Staff Correspondent newer export markets at DMCH Enam Ahmed Agriculture Minister Dr A separate cardiac unit has been Staff Correspondent Laying due emphasize on impact Chowdhury, a Mohammad Abdur Razzaque opened at the Dhaka Medical of digital economy on sustainable career diplomat Sunday laid stress on exploring College Hospital (DMCH), reports Digital economy has been the focus development, experts further , has been made newer overseas markets to increase BSS. of countries across the globe as its mentioned that digitization is 4.7 Awami League exports of agricultural products to Health and Family Welfare size is growing substantially, $1.26 times more powerful than the advisor. make this sector economically Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday trillion in Asia Pacific region by 2021, average impact of broadband rollout A w a m i vibrant, reports BSS. formally inaugurated the unit for 60 percent of the Gross Domestic in boosting economic growth. L e a g u e “One of the problems of our agri- ensuring emergency healthcare Products (GDP) and 4.4 trillion The 3-day Conference is organ- P r e s i d e n t culture is that the lion’s share of our services and modern treatment Euros in the EU by 2022. ized by 'Tomorrow People Sheikh Hasina, agro-products is being sold at local facility to the cardiac patients. Keeping this in view, the govern- Organization', an internationally b e i n g markets. We have to expand export Addressing a function at DMCH ments are setting out their national recognized non-profit organization empowerd by the council, appointed him markets overseas for agro-prod- auditorium, he said the Awami plans, visions and digital strategies with headquarters in Belgrade, adviser of the rulling party. Chowdhury ucts,” he told an international League government has always for the future. Serbia. is also a columnist and former chairman symposium titled “Agricultural attached utmost importance to Speakers made the view at the 7th A total of 7 thematic papers were of the Privatization Commission. See Page 2 Col 1 See Page 2 Col 4 Annual Sustainable Development presented in the opening day. Prof. Conference 2019 on ‘Green Salim Hiziroglu from United State Technology, Renewable Energy and of America (USA) presented paper Govt appoints Nothing to be scared High cost deters Environmental Protection’ in on “Sustainable Timber Harvesting Bangkok, Thailand. Practices” and Dr. Hesham Dinana aviation growth from Egypt 105 AAGs of dengue: Tajul Anwar Hossain presented the on The government through a gazette “The Impact of notification on Sunday appointed Local Government, Rural civic life with taking pragmatic Despite huge potentials, the growth the Digital 105 assistant attorney generals Development and Co-operatives steps, ” the minister said while of aviation industry of the country Economy on (AAG’s), reports BSS Minister Md Tajul Islam Sunday presiding over a meeting on water is being decelerated due to various Sustainable A gazette issued from Solicitor urged all concerned not to be scared logging, cleanliness of drains and types of high service charges such Development”. Wing of Law and Justice Division, of dengue fever as the government drives against mosquito. as landing, parking, route naviga- In his presen- said the 105 lawyers are being is working on to cope with the He added: “Prior to the rainy tion, airports charge in domestic tation, Prof. appointed as assistant attorney menace, reports BSS. season, all drains have been cleaned. and international routes. Salim narrated generals of Bangladesh until passing “We have nothing to be scared of As we want to build a comfortable On the other hand domestic jet that timber of further order. dengue fever . Two city corpora- city we are trying to modernize all fuel cost comparing to international harvesting is The notification further said tions – Dhaka South City the roads of new wards earlier market is another barrier to the extracting and except the 27 AAGs appointed on Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka included in the jurisdictions of the private aviation outgrowth. transporting June 12, 2017, and 25 others North City Corporation (DNCC) – two city corporations.” However, private airlines of the See Page 2 Col 2 See