, July 20 -- Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Sunday ridiculed various types of grabbers saying that Bangladesh is a unique country in the world that has so many types of dacoits.

"The varieties of dacoits in Bangladesh is very rare in the world. River grabber, land grabber, forest grabber, hill grabber, and so many," he said while addressing a kick-off workshop on protection of forest-dependent people from forest destruction, plantation economy, climate change and land grab at CIRDAP auditorium.

Society for Environment and Human Development (SHED) organised it with executive chairman of Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) Hossain Zillur Rahman in the chair.

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