....what is a zoo in Bangladesh? Is is the whole country or a part thereof?
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> Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh
> Sunday, May 11, 2008 01:31 PM GMT+06:00
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> Monkey business!
> Moinul Alam, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
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> I was shocked by the news on 5th May which said that the Dhaka zoo
> managers were planning to purchase fifty monkeys for Tk. 5 lakh. It
> meant each monkey would cost around Tk 10,000 .
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> When the special assistant to the chief adviser was asked, he appeared
> to be uninformed and referred the matter to the curator. It sounds
> funny, doesn't it? A few days back, the misery of the Hanumans of
> Keshabpur Jessore was re****ted. It was said that because of scarcity
> of food the Hanumans are at risk of extinction.
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> When our monkeys and Hanumans do not have food to eat and face
> extinction, the purchase seems unnecessary. It was also re****ted that
> the price of each monkey is around Tk 3,000 at the local market.
> Therefore, the possibility of corruption cannot be ruled out.
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> Although the curator has said that the monkeys are to be bought
> because of visitor's demand, the government should look into the
> matter seriously. Moreover, the authorities concerned should protect
> the Hanumans of Keshabpur and other areas from possible extinction.
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