Chief adviser Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus said that the world needs a new economic structure to deal with the climate crisis and to build a new civilization that is beneficial to the planet and people.

The chief adviser said these things at the LDC high-level meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (November 13). The meeting was held on the sidelines of the COP29 conference in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

The closed-door meeting was attended by the leaders of five major climate-vulnerable least developed countries - Nepal, Malawi, Gambia, Liberia and Bangladesh.

We need a new economic structure that is good for the planet and its people, the chief adviser said. At the same time, he supported the UN-sponsored conference "Summit for the Future" aimed at creating an economic system for the youth of the world.

Prof. Yunus said, 'We have created an economic structure based on consumption, consumption and consumption. It just produces waste, waste and waste. We have to create a world of zero waste.'

Noting that the COP climate conference should not be held every year, the chief adviser said, "We know what the world needs and we should have a long-term plan for that." It should be country wise. We have to make plans for long-term (waste) disposal.”

He said, we don't need to meet here every year. Meeting to discuss every year is time consuming, wasteful and humiliating.

The chief adviser called for a new approach to climate talks, noting that the current approach has failed to meet most of the world's needs.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the least developed countries face the greatest injustice when it comes to climate change.

He said LDCs need to engage in tough negotiations and develop "serious processes" to secure a bigger fund for climate adaptation and mitigation.

A fire broke out in a foam factory near Zahoor Ahmed Stadium in Chattogram city. 5 fire service units are working to control the fire.

A fire broke out in the factory located in Pahartali police station area on Wednesday (November 13) around 4:30 pm. So far the fire has not been brought under control.

The Fire Service Chattogram Region Control Room confirmed this to Barta24.com. An operator said that he received news of the fire at 4:25 pm. Then 5 units from Agrabad and Bandar station joined the fire one by one. They are still working.

However, it is not yet known how the fire started.

Colonel Intekhab Haider, Colonel Staff of the Army Head Quarter, said that how long the army will remain in the field to assist the civil administration is a matter of the government's decision because the army has been deployed by the government's decision. The government will decide how long the army will remain in the field.

He said this at a press conference on the activities of the army deployed under the In Aid to Civil Power at Dhaka Cantonment on Wednesday (November 13) morning.

In response to a question from journalists, he said that this information is not correct that the army will assist the administration for 60 days. It was said that executive powers were given for 60 days. How long it will remain is the government's decision. Because the army has been deployed by the government's decision, the government will decide how long it needs to be deployed.

'The army is very conscious about preventing human rights violations or extrajudicial killings. In this regard, our highest leadership has a specific order that we - the army - should not allow extrajudicial killings to take place under any circumstances, we will make every effort to prevent it, he said.

He also said, we are making every effort to prevent such (human rights violations). You are aware of the incidents that are happening. Apart from this, in how many situations it has been possible to prevent such things due to our activities, it may not come to the public's attention many times.

Regarding the improvement in the law and order situation, he said, we are monitoring it round the clock. We have conducted a comparative analysis of the crime information available to the police. Accordingly, after the army was deployed or after getting executive power, the number of crimes has decreased compared to before. Registration has decreased. That means the situation has not deteriorated. Many may say that we may not have improved as expected.

Intekhab expressed hope that the situation will improve in the future.

The immortal Ekushey Book Fair-2025 will be held at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital, said Adviser to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Mustafa Sarwar Farooqui.

He said this in response to questions from journalists after a meeting with the Group Theater Federation at the Secretariat on Wednesday (November 13).

Mostafa Sarwar Farooqui said, "We have discussed with the Ministry of Public Works. Our secretary has discussed. The book fair will be held at the same place as before. Three ministries are working on this."

He also said, "From the outside, I thought the Ministry of Cultural Affairs was sleeping. When I came here, I saw that there were a lot of opportunities to do work."

Earlier, on November 6, a letter was given to the Bangla Academy authorities from the Ministry of Housing and Public Works. It was mentioned there that, as per the decision of the meeting held on November 21, 2023, the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 will be organized on the Bangla Academy premises instead of Suhrawardy Udyan.

After submitting this letter to the Bangla Academy authorities, readers and publishers were in a dilemma about the exact location of the next book fair.

Meanwhile, although the book fair was held on the Bangla Academy premises from the beginning, stalls were also allocated in the Suhrawardy Udyan on the opposite side from 2014 to gradually expand its scope. Since then, the book fair has been held in a large-scale arrangement in Suhrawardy Udyan along with the Bangla Academy for the past decade.

Meanwhile, confirming the letter from the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Bangla Academy Director General Mohammad Azam said, we have not received Suhrawardy Udyan allocation for the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025. However, we will try to organize the book fair there. Because, having held a book fair there for the past decade has created a public desire in everyone's mind.