'Rinderpest eradicated'

Rinderpest, a dreaded cattle disease, was eradicated from Bangladesh and the world due to success of Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said speakers at a programme in the city's CIRDAP auditorium yesterday.
Rinderpest, an acute and highly contagious viral disease, was once common in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and the Middle East. It is the second disease after small pox to be eradicated from the world with human effort, they said.