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150 tonnes jatka seized
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized more than 150 tonnes of jatka (hilsa fry) from a fishing trawler on the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong yesterday noon, reports UNB.
Tipped off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in the fishing trawler nearby Karnaphuli Ferry Ghat and seized the jatka, Rab officials said. Earlier on Monday, the Rab members in a drive arrested 15 people and seized around 50 tonnes of jatka from the same spot.
3 restaurants, 4 shops fined
A mobile court fined the owners of three restaurants and four food shops Tk 1.9 lakh for selling substandard food items in violation of food safety acts.
Sukhamay Sarkar, executive magistrate of district administration, operated the mobile court in presence of deputy commissioner Barisal on Wednesday afternoon. Court sources said during the drive the court fined three restaurants China Palace Tk 50,000; Garden Inn Tk 50,000; Hot Plate Tk 20,000. The court also fined sweetmeat shop Sree Guru Mistanna Vandar Tk. 50,000; Sweet Heart Confectionary Tk. 10,000, Sakal Sandhya Confectionary Tk 3,000 and Matri Vandar fined Tk 7,000.
Workshop on climate change
An inception workshop on modeling climate change impact on agriculture and developing mitigation and adaptation strategies for sustaining agricultural production in Bangladesh, CRP-II was held at Kazi Badrudduza auditorium of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) in Gazipur yesterday.
The workshop was jointly organised by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mozibur Rahman Agriculrural University as a Krishi Gobeshona Foundation funded project.
The workshop was chaired by Director General of BARI Dr Mohammed Rafiqul Islam Mondal.
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