“We need countries like Denmark to come forward and assist Bangladesh with solutions in water, sanitation and waste-management,” he said, while speaking at a global forum in Copenhagen.
At a meeting of the Dhaka Transport Co-ordination Authority (DTCA) on Wednesday, he said efforts were on to have 3,000 new buses to replace old ones in over a year.
Both Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon have claimed that blood and waste of the animals were removed from all areas in Dhaka ‘on time’. Prior to the holidays, the city corporations had set 48 hours, starting from Eid day on Friday morning when the sacrifices began, to finish the clean-up of the city.
Huq issued the warning at a press conference held in a hotel barely half a kilometre from yesterday’s scene of trouble, where the mayor had been seemingly confined by workers opposing the eviction.
The city corporation will launch a drive to demolish illegal constructions on the streets on the first day of the next year on Friday, he said.
Businessman-turned-politician Huq was elected as the mayor nine months ago. The councillors tried to gather in a restaurant in Dhaka’s Manipuri Parha on Monday evening, but the attempt failed due to ‘government pressure’.
He has said that this syndicate is the main obstacle in resolving the capital’s transportation problem. He stated this while interacting with CEOs of the TV stations on Monday.
A ‘wrong’ picture of e-tendering had been presented in the report, it claimed on Thursday. “All functions of this (e-tendering) system is conducted and controlled by the CPTU (Central Procurement Technical Unit). The process has helped the DNCC ensure transparency and accountability,” it said.
He gave the call at a discussion on transgender issues at Dhaka’s Daily Star Centre on Thursday. The discussion organised by Bandhu Social Welfare Society and USAIDS consisted of several reporters, police, government and NGO officials, lawyers, teachers, religious leaders and transgender community representatives.
He said on Saturday that he wants to build “mid-stations” by Jan 1 next year so that waste collected from homes can be managed there before reaching the final landfill site.
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