Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) yesterday formed a human chain in front of the Chittagong Press Club opposing the beaching of a toxic ship at a Chittagong ship-breaking yard.

Speakers at the human chain urged the authorities concerned not to allow the beaching of MT Enterprise blacklisted by Greenpeace for scrapping in Bangladesh.

Development in Bangladesh is usually segregated into two broad contextsurban and rural.

A safety movement titled 'Earthquake: School Safety Programme' was launched in the port city yesterday with an aim to save the schoolchildren from earthquake.

Institute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB), Chittagong organised the daylong programmes, including a procession and training workshop, to launch the movement.

Speakers at the workshop expressed their concern over the vulnerable conditions of the existing school buildings in the city.

An eight-day long " Fisheries Resources Development Programme-08" was launched in the port city on Sunday aimed at motivating people to contribute more in expanding fish cultivation.

Chittagong District Administration and Chittagong Fisheries Department (CFD) jointly organised the function as per the national programme.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (general) of Chittagong S M Alahi formally inaugurated the programme as the chief guest by freeing spices of Rui fish in Laldighi pond at 11 am in presence of a large number of fishermen.

The government-formed Hill Management Committee has decided to immediately implement protective measures to prevent landslides and make the dwellings in foothill areas risk-free instead of going for large-scale evacuation.

On the basis of suggestions from the Technical Protection Committee, it decided at a meeting on Monday evening that hill regions would be made risk-free through development of retaining walls, afforestation, bamboo plantation and setting up physical barriers like sacks of sand and walkways.

The four-day real estate fair styled 'Abasan Mela' began in the port city yesterday with a view to bringing the real estate companies, intending customers and manufacturers of construction materials under one roof.

Bangladesh Real Estate Directory (BD-RED) has organised the fair for the sixth time at the auditorium of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB).

Acting Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) M Manjur Alam formally inaugurated the fair in the afternoon while Lion District 315-B1 Zone Chairperson MN Karim was the special guest.

Education and Commerce Adviser Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman here on Thursday said that Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) had been playing significant roles in boosting country's animal resources.

He also pledged all possible cooperation to the university authority for the quick implementation of the proposed different projects.

The shipping authorities have banned a foreign

In an effort to bring the drainage and consequent waterlogging issues into media focus, The Daily Star Chittagong bureau organised a roundtable titled "Drainage: A Menace for Chittagong' at its conference room on August 14.

Abul Momen, adviser to the editor of The Daily Star in Chittagong, briefed about objectives of the series roundtable on Development of Chittagong. He said The Daily Star Chittagong Office will seek views on different problems and make endeavour to highlight development issues and prospect of Chittagong.

Abul Momen

The chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to take a comprehensive and integrated plan to remove water logging in different parts of the country including the cities of Dhaka and Chittagong.
He also directed them, at a high-level inter-ministerial meeting at his office, to recover, from the grabbers, the canals in the two cities, keep them clean round the year, construct walk ways on both the banks of the canals and keep them free from grabbing.