Rights gone wrong
in emergency rites
Interim govt completes six months
Human rights violation has continued since the proclamation of a state of emergency in the country six months back, with 114 people killed in the custody of law enforcers and some two lakh people detained....[ + ]
Time for some
soul searching
It is indisputable that a significantly large section of our people was happy when the military intervened in the political arena on January 11. They welcomed the ‘caretaker’ government of Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed that was midwifed by the military the next day, to the extent that they were not much bothered by the imposition of a state of emergency that instantly took away certain ‘inalienable’ fundamental rights of the citizens...[ + ]
Moeen links review
of constitution with sustained reforms
The chief of army staff, General Moeen U Ahmed, on Tuesday called for a review of the constitution to ensure sustained reforms and hoped that the stalled parliamentary elections would be held by December 2008 as announced by the interim administration...[ + ]
Local industry reels under lender-driven policies
The interim government has largely toed the line of the multilateral lending agencies over the past six months, formulating economic policies which, economists and business leaders say, compromise national interest and expose local industries to uneven competition....[ + ]
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Morshed Khan, family submit wealth reports
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Cuba calls elections
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Man detained in jail hurts himself in courtroom
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Investment scenario bleak, investors still shaky
Potential investment by local entrepreneurs as registered with the Board of Investment in the past six months till June 2007 has become almost half of the investments registered in the six months before that, between July and December 2006...[ + ]
DSE general index crosses record 2200 points
The general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange on Tuesday hit a new high at 2210.69 points due to rise in share prices of power, ICT and banking stocks...[ + ]
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EU urges France to reform its economy
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World’s poorest nations discuss impacts of globalisation
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