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32 wild birds, monkeys rescued in Tongi

Man held, fined for illegal keeping
Bangladesh forest department with the help of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescue 28 wild birds and four animals at a bird market at Tongi in Gazipur. Photo Courtesy: Asim Mallick

The forest department with the help of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescued 32 wild birds and two Rhesus monkeys at a bird market at Tongi in Gazipur.

A trader, identified as Golap Hossain, was fined Tk 20,000 for keeping those illegally, said Wildlife Inspector Asim Mallick of Dhaka Forest Department.

As per Bangladesh Wildlife (Protection and Safety) Act 2012, trapping, selling, buying, consuming or caging wild birds is a punishable offence.

The wild birds include: 12 Rose Ringed Parakeets, one red-breasted parakeet, five eurasian collared doves, three emerald doves, two spotted doves, two oriental turtle doves and five tricolour Munias.

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32 wild birds, monkeys rescued in Tongi

Man held, fined for illegal keeping
Bangladesh forest department with the help of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescue 28 wild birds and four animals at a bird market at Tongi in Gazipur. Photo Courtesy: Asim Mallick

The forest department with the help of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescued 32 wild birds and two Rhesus monkeys at a bird market at Tongi in Gazipur.

A trader, identified as Golap Hossain, was fined Tk 20,000 for keeping those illegally, said Wildlife Inspector Asim Mallick of Dhaka Forest Department.

As per Bangladesh Wildlife (Protection and Safety) Act 2012, trapping, selling, buying, consuming or caging wild birds is a punishable offence.

The wild birds include: 12 Rose Ringed Parakeets, one red-breasted parakeet, five eurasian collared doves, three emerald doves, two spotted doves, two oriental turtle doves and five tricolour Munias.

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ভোটের অধিকার আদায়ে জনগণকে রাস্তায় নামতে হবে: ফখরুল

‘যুবকরা এখনো জানে না ভোট কী। আমাদের আওয়ামী লীগের ভাইরা ভোটটা দিয়েছেন, বলে দিয়েছেন—তোরা আসিবার দরকার নাই, মুই দিয়ে দিনু। স্লোগান ছিল—আমার ভোট আমি দিব, তোমার ভোটও আমি দিব।’

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